Seeds and fat balls do more than just fill small birds' stomachs. New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that feeding during the wintertime causes birds to be healthier, since they do not have to expend as much ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 18, 2023
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Examination tables, scales and other surfaces in small animal veterinary practices are frequently contaminated with multidrug-resistant "superbugs," the results of a Portuguese study suggest.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2023
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Thousands of dark blue creatures have been washing ashore at beaches across the state, littering the shores and bewildering passersby from Marin to Orange county.
Plants & Animals
Apr 11, 2023
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A research team led by Dr. Chaogu Zheng from the School of Biological Sciences at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has made a significant discovery about the evolutionary age of different type of cells in a small animal ...
Evolution
Apr 6, 2023
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For tiny salamanders squirming skin-to-soil, big-picture weather patterns may seem as far away as outer space. But for decades, scientists have mostly relied on free-air temperature data at large spatial scales to predict ...
Ecology
Mar 31, 2023
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The Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology (OIST), in collaboration with Astellas Pharma Inc., has developed a new toolkit that uses small molecules to control the activity of a piece of synthetic RNA, and ultimately ...
Biotechnology
Mar 30, 2023
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They are small, have a high reproductive output and live in the forests of Madagascar. During the 5-month rainy season, offspring are born and a fat pad is created to survive the cool dry season when food is scarce. But what ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 28, 2023
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A team of botanists from Ecuador, Germany, and the United States has described two new species of carnivorous plants with striking appearance. They are part of the butterworts (genus Pinguicula), a group of flowering plants ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 27, 2023
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Mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) are present in all tissues and are known to directly or indirectly promote tissue regeneration. There are several challenges in acquiring MSCs from living organisms for cell replacement therapies, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 1, 2023
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The World Health Organization called Wednesday for vigilance after the recent detection of bird flu in mammals, but tried to calm fears that large-scale human outbreaks could be looming.
Veterinary medicine
Feb 8, 2023
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