A recent study from Oregon State University's veterinary college found that planting hedgerows in pasture-raised chicken farms may reduce heat stress to help certain chicken breeds grow faster and increase their immune response ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 28, 2021
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The monumental reliefs at the Camel Site in northern Arabia are unique: three rock spurs are decorated with naturalistic, life-sized carvings of camels and equids. In total, 21 reliefs have been identified. Based on similarities ...
Archaeology
Sep 15, 2021
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How body clocks work could lead to science that can turn an early bird into a night owl or vice versa as well as other advances, like helping crops grow all year long.
General Physics
May 4, 2021
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Parents who are exposed to predators pass on information about risky environments to their offspring through changes in gene expression—but how that information affects offspring differs depending on the sex of the parent. ...
Evolution
Mar 30, 2021
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Dairy producers are feeding dairy calves more milk before weaning, as research has demonstrated that greater milk consumption provides short- and long-term benefits for calves. Encouraging solid feed consumption by calves ...
Veterinary medicine
Jun 22, 2020
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Disabling a gene in specific mouse cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have prevented mice from becoming obese, even after the animals had been fed a high-fat diet.
Bio & Medicine
May 5, 2020
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Engineered ingestible molecular traps created from mesoporous silica particles (MSPs) introduced to the gut can have an effect on food efficiency and metabolic risk factors. The results from studies on mice, published in ...
Bio & Medicine
Jan 14, 2020
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A cup might seem like the most obvious way to measure out dry dog food, but new University of Guelph research finds that when it comes to getting portions right, dog owners often get it wrong.
Veterinary medicine
Oct 7, 2019
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Researchers at Cornell University have uncovered a key step in how the human body metabolizes sugar, which could lead to better treatment and prevention of heart disease, obesity and Type 2 diabetes.
Biochemistry
Oct 2, 2019
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The call to evolve could be coming from inside the house mouse.
Evolution
Sep 27, 2019
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