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Global Fish Stocks Can’t Rebuild If Nothing Done to Halt Climate Change and Overfishing, New Study Suggests

Global fish stocks will not be able to recover to sustainable levels without strong actions to mitigate climate change, a new study has projected.

Life at Close Quarters

Larvae with extremely inflated trunks, fossilized in amber, are giving LMU zoologists insights into the evolution and lifestyle of early lacewings.

Unlocking the Mystery of How Mosquitoes Smell Humans

Between malaria and a host of other mosquito-borne diseases, nearly one million deaths each year can be traced back to simple mosquito bites.

RIPE Researchers Prove Bioengineering Better Photosynthesis Increases Yields in Food Crops for First Time Ever

For the first time, RIPE researchers have proven that multigene bioengineering of photosynthesis increases the yield of a major food crop in field trials.

Are You Aged 40 or Over? in That Case, You Need to Do Heavy Weight Training to Keep Fit

Heavy weight training can help make sure your nerves and muscles continue to work together, and it is never too late to get started.

Scientists Stunned by Vast Insect Migration

Tens of millions of migratory insects cross at least 100km of open sea to reach Cyprus on the way to mainland Europe, new research shows.

Study Achieves Longest Continuous Tracking of Migrating Insects

Insects are the world’s smallest flying migrants, but they can maintain perfectly straight flight paths even in unfavorable wind conditions, according to a new study from the Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) and the University of Konstanz in Germany, and the University of Exeter in the UK.

How Measuring Blood Pressure in Both Arms Can Help Reduce Cardiovascular Risk and Hypertension

Blood pressure should be measured in both arms and the higher reading should be adopted to improve hypertension diagnosis and management, according to a new study.

Ant Colonies Behave Like Neural Networks When Making Decisions

Temperatures are rising, and one colony of ants will soon have to make a collective decision.

Heart Attack Damage Reduced by Shielded Stem Cells

Stem cell capsules implanted on heart surface improve function in four weeks

Octopus-Like Tentacles Help Cancer Cells Invade the Body

With the help of the worlds best tweezers a team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has shed new light on a fundamental mechanism in all living cells that helps them explore their surroundings and even invade tissue.

Researchers Discover an Unexpected Regulator of Heart Repair

A study using mice by scientists at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCLA reveals that cardiac muscle cells play a pivotal role in determining how the heart heals following a heart attack.

Notches on Lions’ Teeth Reveal Poaching in Zambia’s Conservation Areas

UCLA study shows the strange markings are the result of trapped big cats chewing through wire snares, indicating these animals are injured at far higher rates than previously assumed

New Way to Make Microparticles Could Accelerate Drug Development, Production of New Cell Strains

UCLA scientists have devised a method for producing intricately shaped hydrogel microparticles at a rate of more than 40 million per hour — at least 10 times faster than the current standard approach.

Israeli scientists learn important lessons for drug design from acetylcholinesterase

Enzyme inhibitors are used by pesticides and nerve agents to target acetylcholinesterase, an enzyme that starts the breakdown of an organism's neurotransmission. It is also used in the laboratory to preserve a protein for study by shutting down the organism's nerve impulse transmission.

NIH Grant to Expand Research into Tick‑borne Diseases

A $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will allow Washington State University researchers to take the next steps toward blocking transmission of Lyme disease and anaplasmosis.

10 Years On, a Cell Death Discovery Shows Promise for Treating Disease

A new journal article by Columbia professor Brent R. Stockwell marks the ten-year anniversary of the discovery of ferroptosis, a form of cell death that could help treat life-threatening illnesses like cancer.

Moths Enlist Additional Troops in an Evolutionary Arms Race

Using artificial intelligence, researchers have discovered what is likely the largest animal mimicry complex on Earth, changing the way we see — or rather, hear — the night sky.

New Hawk Moth Species Are Among the Smallest Ever Discovered

Hawk moths are known for being some of the largest night fliers in the insect world.

Chanchita May Have the Highest Cold Tolerance of All Non-Native Fish in Central Florida

When Florida Museum ichthyology collection manager Rob Robins brought home fish samples from central Florida in 2017, he didn’t anticipate he’d be adding a new member to the state’s list of non-native species.