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Phys.org / How social brains allow animal groups to escape danger
Social behavior is found across the tree of life, with animals of all types benefiting from living in a group environment. Large bird flocks and fish schools coordinate their actions by sharing information among individuals. ...
Phys.org / Bat genomes and fossils point to a European origin 65 million years ago
New research from the University of St Andrews has created the largest combined study of bat genomes and fossils ever undertaken, finding that bats most likely originated in Europe around 65 million years ago before spreading ...
Medical Xpress / Newly discovered inflammatory cell signaling could open the door to autoimmune disease treatments
Our understanding of how cells interact with each other has been driven for decades by the central concept of receptor-mediated signal transduction. Now, researchers from Boston Children's Hospital are reporting the discovery ...
Medical Xpress / PATHFINDER 2 findings advance multi-cancer early detection blood testing
A single blood draw that screens for more than 50 cancers substantially increased cancer detection when added to standard screening, identifying cancers that otherwise might have gone undetected until later stages, according ...
Phys.org / Earth may have gained optimal conditions for life's chemistry 4.33 billion years ago
Conditions on early Earth may have become stable enough to sustain the chemistry associated with the origins of life around 4.33 billion years ago, according to new research co-led by Planetary Science Institute senior scientist ...
Medical Xpress / How human impacts increase the risk of emerging infectious disease outbreaks
Global fragmentation of ecosystems and changing patterns of rainfall have increased the risk of diseases spreading to humans from animals, mosquitoes and ticks, finds a study co-led by a University College London (UCL) researcher.
Phys.org / Buy, wear, return: Retail fraud and abuse explored in new study
New research reveals retailers are losing money through two kinds of problematic returns: deliberate fraud and opportunistic abuse of generous return policies.
Phys.org / How evolution shaped the human skeleton: Clues from cartilage
Human and chimpanzee genomes are more than 98% identical, and the genes themselves barely differ. The changes that make us human are thought to hide instead in the DNA that controls when and where genes switch on.
Phys.org / Adding limestone to Mississippi River Basin farmlands acts as a major carbon sink, study finds
In a discovery as broad and far-reaching as the Big Muddy itself, a new Yale–led study says farmers in the Mississippi River Basin are storing more carbon dioxide (CO2) in the soil than they emit when they add limestone to ...
Medical Xpress / Could quitting ultra-processed food boost mental health?
A preliminary study led by UC San Francisco adds to growing evidence that reducing ultra-processed food may improve symptoms of depression. Published in JAMA Psychiatry, the study is believed to be the first to compare symptoms ...
Medical Xpress / Large-scale studies create one of the world's most comprehensive single-cell atlases of human brain disease
Research led by Mount Sinai scientists within the PsychAD Consortium, a large-scale, multidisciplinary initiative launched in 2019 with support from the National Institute on Aging (NIA), is featured in a collection of nine ...
Medical Xpress / A shorter, better-tolerated treatment for Chagas disease is possible
A 30-day course of benznidazole taken once a day could offer people with chronic Trypanosoma cruzi infection a safer and more practical option than the current standard treatment, taken twice a day for 60 days. The results ...
