Birth Ratios Skew Towards More Females During Famine
In China, during the Chinese Great Leap Forward famine, the male-to-female birth ratios fell significantly. This implies that whenever food is in short supply, women…
In China, during the Chinese Great Leap Forward famine, the male-to-female birth ratios fell significantly. This implies that whenever food is in short supply, women…
It seems that allergic diseases have reached an almost pandemic level. That’s what a new study states in the journal Nature Medicine. Allergies are caused…
It turns out that infants might not be using rational thinking as a reason for selective imitation. A new study suggests that observed differences in…
The Great Barrier Reef is under attack by a disease and new data shows that the Black Band Disease can migrate at a rate fast…
Researchers now have a better understanding of how dendritic cells address specific types of infections. By using a protein called NOD2, the scientists were able…
A newly published report documents the first full 3-D images of B12 interacting with other molecules during the reaction known as methyltransfer. This reaction is…
According to new data from 2011 NOAA tests, bottlenose dolphins in the Gulf of Mexico are underweight, anemic, have low blood sugar and/or some symptoms…
The flu can be lethal in some patients, but benign in others. The reason that this is the way that flu infections work might be…
By building on a technology known as two-dimensional infrared spectroscopy, scientists at MIT have developed a way to analyze proteins that doesn’t require any pre-treatment….
Scientists have confirmed that there have been no sightings of the copper striped blue-tailed skink in the Hawaiian Islands since the 1960s and are now…
It’s hard to believe that the only tuberculosis vaccine currently available is over 90 years old. Since the BCG vaccine only protects young children, scientists…
A new genomics technique developed at Cornell University is roughly 50 times cheaper than comparable methods. The cost effectiveness of this new method, called Genotyping-by-sequencing…
Lost memories may be a thing of the past as neuroscientists conduct research on mice to test memory recall. By using optogenetics and stimulating the…
Trillions of bacteria populate our intestines. While these communities vary between humans, a study published last year in the journal Nature indicated that they may…
A team of researchers have determined the structure of the kappa-opioid receptor, KOR, and give details about how salvinorin A and other drugs interact with…
These colorful photos of two species of Dendrobatidae, from the Reptile House at the London Zoo, feature these critically endangered amphibians in all of their…
A new discovery of three unique non-repetitive microDNA sequences was made by a team of researchers at the University of North Carolina. Their research shows…
With infectious disease deaths on the rise, a new study gives reason for concern. Researchers found that agricultural soils contained more diverse populations of drug-resistant…