Laziness Or Heredity – What Makes The Back Hurt?
Researchers have used twins to investigate the influence of movement behavior on the development of permanent back pain — with astonishing results. Sooner or later,…
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New Toulouse-Led Scientific Study Reveals Drosophila melanogaster Can Transmit Sexual Preferences Culturally Over The Long Term
A Toulouse-led interdisciplinary research consortium shows that the fruit fly has all the cognitive capacities to culturally transmit their sexual preferences across generations, potentially leading…
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The Occurrence Of Eating Disorder Behaviors In The General Community
Published by Felipe Luz The University of Sydney and the CAPES Foundation, Ministry of Education of Brazil These findings are described in the article entitled…
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Can We Use Entomopathogenic Fungi As Endophytes For Biological Control Of The Horse-Chestnut Leaf Miner?
The horse-chestnut leaf miner, Cameraria ohridella (Lepidoptera, Gracillariidae), is a major pest of horse-chestnut trees (Aesculus hippocastanum) in Europe. This little moth (only 5mm long)…
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Using A Serum-Free Medium To Study cCFU-F
Heart failure is a leading cause of death in developed countries worldwide. It is typically caused by a heart attack that irreversibly damages the muscle…
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New Cost-Effective Polymer Coating Method Leads To High-Performance Conductive Materials For Flexible Electronics
Plastics are polymers consisting of large molecules with long repeating chains of organic units. They offer the possibility of molecular design through chemical synthesis, good…
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Measuring Parked Vehicles’ Effect On Noise Pollution
Many types of research indicate that exposure to noise pollution can induce negative effects on human health: cardiovascular diseases, sleep disturbances, psychological disorders, negative effects…
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My Science Life: Dr. Bill Sullivan, Showalter Professor Of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Welcome to the My Science Life feature of Dr. Bill Sullivan, Showalter Professor at Indiana University School of Medicine (IUSM), where he studies infectious disease….
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Producing New Flocculants Using Health-Friendly Ingredients In Water Treatment
Water purification is one of the inevitable problems affecting people throughout the world. Effluents resulting from industrial activities are the most problematic and challenging wastewaters…
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The Leaky Gut — Studied In Twins
How Crohn’s disease develops is still not really understood today. However, Swedish researchers say that a leaking intestinal wall could play an important role. When…
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Duck-Billed Dinosaurs Uncovered In Aniakchak, Alaska
“…It was the abomination of desolation, it was the prelude to hell,” is how the Jesuit priest, Father Bernard Hubbard, described the Aniakchak Caldera of…
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