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Animal Research is the use of animals in scientific procedures that helps scientists understand diseases that afflict animals and humans.
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MAR 18, 2015Immunology
Rodents infected with a common parasite lose their fear of cats, resulting in easy meals for the felines. Now, Indiana U ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Normally, the very rare albino wallaroos are not found anywhere near racecars and revving engines. However, there is a f ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2015Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 18, 2015Earth & The Environment
An article by Andrew Griffin, appearing in the 17 March issue of The Independent, tells the story:
Life ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 17, 2015Microbiology
Scientists have discovered evidence of oxygen-breathing microbial life more than 200 feet below the ocean floor-or 12,00 ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 17, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
Dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels were close to half what they are ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 16, 2015Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 16, 2015Plants & Animals
A federal animal-research center in Nebraska will not be allowed to start any new experimental projects until it strengt ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 13, 2015Earth & The Environment
Localized die-offs aren't even the most disruptive effect of depleted oxygen. "Changes in oxygen turn out to be really i ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 13, 2015Neuroscience
Pigeons might never ask noontime park-bench noshers to share their lunch, but the birds known for their relative intelli ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 13, 2015Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 12, 2015Cancer
A study by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers aims to determine whether green tea can inhibit the growt ...Written By: Robert WoodardMAR 12, 2015Neuroscience
Narcolepsy, a chronic central nervous system disorder that occurs when the brain cannot normally regulate cycles of slee ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Record Catch?
Hogan keeps track of freshwater fish size records through his Megafish Project, whi ...Written By: Greg CruikshankMAR 12, 2015Plants & Animals
Their findings could help researchers engineer better cotton fibers, improve plant defense against insects, alter plant ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 11, 2015Health & Medicine
Pietro Valdastri is convinced that using magnetic force in the right way can make minimally invasive surgery easier and ...Written By: Will HectorMAR 11, 2015Plants & Animals
Chameleons may not be the only creatures on the planet capable of shade shifting, but they're probably the best at it-pa ...Written By: Jennifer EllisMAR 10, 2015Genetics & Genomics
Stephanie Dutchen, Harvard Medical School
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...Written By: Ilene SchneiderMAR 10, 2015Cell & Molecular Biology
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When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...Written By: Brenda Kelley KimMAR 10, 2015Immunology
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, have designed a new type of vaccine ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 10, 2015Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why ...Written By: Judy O'RourkeMAR 09, 2015Plants & Animals
New photographs of some 80 young elephants that are being held in a heavily guarded facility in Zimbabwe suggest that th ...Written By: Greg Cruikshank
MAR 18, 2015
Immunology
Rodents infected with a common parasite lose their fear of cats, resulting in easy meals for the felines. Now, Indiana U
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Normally, the very rare albino wallaroos are not found anywhere near racecars and revving engines. However, there is a f
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2015
Plants & Animals
Francisco Delgado Vargas, from the Autonomous University of Sinaloa (UAS), researches the use of the plant Typha dominge
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 18, 2015
Earth & The Environment
An article by Andrew Griffin, appearing in the 17 March issue of The Independent, tells the story:
Life ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 17, 2015
Microbiology
Scientists have discovered evidence of oxygen-breathing microbial life more than 200 feet below the ocean floor-or 12,00
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Many animals, including humans, acquired essential ‘foreign' genes from microorganisms co-habiting their environment in
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
Dinosaurs appeared on Earth about 230 million years ago, when atmospheric oxygen levels were close to half what they are
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 16, 2015
Neuroscience
Two groups have recently made strides with amyloid beta (aβ), the supposed main villain in Alzheimer's disease. But whil
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 16, 2015
Plants & Animals
A federal animal-research center in Nebraska will not be allowed to start any new experimental projects until it strengt
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Queensland scientists have found that non-invasive ultrasound technology can be used to treat Alzheimer's disease and re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 13, 2015
Earth & The Environment
Localized die-offs aren't even the most disruptive effect of depleted oxygen. "Changes in oxygen turn out to be really i
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 13, 2015
Neuroscience
Pigeons might never ask noontime park-bench noshers to share their lunch, but the birds known for their relative intelli
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 13, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers in Japan have created a protein that fluoresces and assembles into large crystals when placed inside a livin
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 12, 2015
Cancer
A study by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers aims to determine whether green tea can inhibit the growt ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
MAR 12, 2015
Neuroscience
Narcolepsy, a chronic central nervous system disorder that occurs when the brain cannot normally regulate cycles of slee
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
Record Catch?
Hogan keeps track of freshwater fish size records through his Megafish Project, whi ...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank
MAR 12, 2015
Plants & Animals
Their findings could help researchers engineer better cotton fibers, improve plant defense against insects, alter plant
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 11, 2015
Health & Medicine
Pietro Valdastri is convinced that using magnetic force in the right way can make minimally invasive surgery easier and
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 11, 2015
Plants & Animals
Chameleons may not be the only creatures on the planet capable of shade shifting, but they're probably the best at it-pa
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
MAR 10, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Stephanie Dutchen, Harvard Medical School
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...
It's been "known" for decades: Sensory, motor and cognitive signals ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 10, 2015
Cell & Molecular Biology
BERKELEY -
When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...
When UC Berkeley bioengineers say they are holding their hearts in the palms of their hands, they are no ...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAR 10, 2015
Immunology
Scientists at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, Bronx, NY, have designed a new type of vaccine
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 10, 2015
Chemistry & Physics
The process of wrinkle formation is familiar to anyone who has ever sat in a bathtub a little too long. But exactly why
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 09, 2015
Plants & Animals
New photographs of some 80 young elephants that are being held in a heavily guarded facility in Zimbabwe suggest that th
...
Written By:
Greg Cruikshank