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Astronomy & Space news
 | Study finds our Sun is like other stars, resolving mysteryOur Sun is much like other stars, and not an anomaly because of its magnetic poles that flip every 11 years, scientists said Thursday. |
 | Shedding light on galaxy rotation secretsThe dichotomy concerns the so-called angular momentum (per unit mass) that in physics is a measure of size and rotation velocity. Spiral galaxies are found to be strongly rotating, with an angular momentum higher by a factor of about five than ellipticals. What is the origin of such a difference? An international research team investigated the issue in a study just published in the Astrophysical Journal. The team was led by SISSA Ph.D. student JingJing Shi under the supervision of Prof. Andrea Lapi and Luigi Danese, and in collaboration with Prof. Huiyuan Wang from USTC (Hefei) and Dr. Claudia Mancuso from IRA-INAF (Bologna). The researchers inferred from observations the amount of gas fallen into the central region of a developing galaxy, where most of the star formation takes places. |
 | Researchers describe one of the most massive large-scale structures in the universeA team of astronomers from the Inter University Centre for Astronomy & Astrophysics (IUCAA), and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), both in Pune, India, and members of two other Indian universities, have identified a previously unknown, extremely large supercluster of galaxies located in the direction of constellation Pisces. This is one of the largest known structures in the nearby Universe, and is at a distance of 4,000 million (400 crore) light-years away from us. |
 | Hubble spots a barred lynx spiralDiscovered by British astronomer William Herschel over 200 years ago, NGC 2500 lies about 30 million light-years away in the northern constellation of Lynx. As this NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows, NGC 2500 is a particular kind of spiral galaxy known as a barred spiral, its wispy arms swirling out from a bright, elongated core. |
 | Planets like earth may have had muddy originsScientists have long held the belief that planets – including Earth – were built from rocky asteroids, but new research challenges that view. |
 | Image: Vesuvius on fireWith Italy suffering high temperatures and drought, wildfires have broken out including blazes that are ravaging the slopes of Mount Vesuvius near Naples. Using images taken by the Copernicus Sentinel-2B satellite on 12 July 2017, the animation combines different sensor bands to highlight the numerous separate fires around this iconic volcano and the smoke billowing over the surrounding area. |
 | LISA Pathfinder—bake, rattle and rollThe final days of the LISA Pathfinder mission are some of the busiest, as controllers make final tests and get ready to switch off the gravitational pioneer next Tuesday. |
 | Image: Jupiter's Great Red Spot (enhanced color)This enhanced-color image of Jupiter's Great Red Spot was created by citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt using data from the JunoCam imager on NASA's Juno spacecraft. |
 | Complex gas motion in the center of the Milky WayHow does the gas in the centre of the Milky Way behave? Researchers from Heidelberg University, in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Oxford, recently investigated the motion of gas clouds in a comprehensive computer simulation. The new model finally makes it possible to conclusively explain this complex gas motion. Astrophysicists Dr Mattia C. Sormani (Heidelberg) and Matthew Ridley (Oxford) conducted the research. |
 | Astronomers discover one of the brightest galaxies knownThanks to an amplified image produced by a gravitational lens, and the Gran Telescopio CANARIAS a team of scientists from the Polytechnic University of Cartagena and the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias have discovered one of the brightest galaxies known from the epoch when the universe had 20 percent of its present age. |
 | Mars mission astronauts rehearse water landings off TexasNASA astronauts training for a possible mission to Mars have been practicing water maneuvers in a mock-up Orion space capsule in the Gulf of Mexico. |
 | Russia launches 73 satellites into orbitAn imaging satellite and 72 micro-satellites were launched into orbit Friday from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency Roscosmos and research centre Glavcosmos announced. |
 | To infinity and beyond? US lawmakers advance 'Space Corps' plansUS lawmakers on Friday advanced a defense bill that includes a provision to establish a new branch of the military—dubbed "Space Corps"—that would focus on space operations. |
 | A new search for extrasolar planets from the Arecibo ObservatoryThe National Science Foundation's Arecibo Observatory and the Planetary Habitability Laboratory of the University of Puerto Rico at Arecibo joined the Red Dots project in the search for new planets around our nearest stars. This new collaboration will simultaneously observe in both the optical and radio spectrum Barnard's Star, a popular star in science fiction literature. |
Technology news
 | Hybrid approach optimizes gridThe modern "smart" city, says Jie Liu, is a web of networks that should run like a healthy, well-tuned circulatory system. |
 | UK government report suggests using waste instead of wheat to make biofuels(Tech Xplore)—The Royal Academy of Engineering, a U.K. governmental entity has released a lengthy document called "Sustainability of liquid biofuels" outlining the current state of biofuel manufacture and use in the U.K. The group suggests that more of the fuel should be made using waste and less from regular food crops such as wheat. |
 | Intelligent camera app from Microsoft useful for people with visual impairment(Tech Xplore)—For the blind and low vision population, technology can help them toward greater independence and quality of life. Microsoft researchers recognized the kinds of questions they might try to address with a supportive app. |
 | Helping robots learn to see in 3-DAutonomous robots can inspect nuclear power plants, clean up oil spills in the ocean, accompany fighter planes into combat and explore the surface of Mars. |
 | Explainer: Bitcoin's possible financial panicAnyone holding the digital currency bitcoin could soon face some unsettling problems—up to and including financial losses, whipsawing prices and delays in processing payments. |
India's Infosys eyes artificial intelligence profitsIndian IT giant Infosys said Friday that artificial intelligence was key to future profits as it bids to satisfy clients' demands for innovative new technologies. | |
 | Australia to compel chat apps to hand over encrypted messagesSocial media giants like Facebook and WhatsApp will be compelled to share encrypted messages of suspected terrorists and other criminals with Australian police under new laws unveiled Friday. |
 | Computational imaging on the electric gridResearchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology and the University of Toronto have developed a technology for producing a new understanding of the nighttime landscape—from the office level to the entire city—based on the flicker of electric lights. |
Thailand to check monks' bad habits with 'smart ID cards'Thailand's Buddhist monks could soon be issued "smart ID cards" flagging any drug or criminal records, in the latest move by the junta to restore the tarnished image of the men in orange robes. | |
 | What an artificial intelligence researcher fears about AIAs an artificial intelligence researcher, I often come across the idea that many people are afraid of what AI might bring. It's perhaps unsurprising, given both history and the entertainment industry, that we might be afraid of a cybernetic takeover that forces us to live locked away, "Matrix"-like, as some sort of human battery. |
 | Prime Day broke records, Amazon saysAmazon.com said its third Prime Day, held Tuesday, broke records and was the biggest day of sales in the company's history. |
Silicon Valley reeling in wake of sexual harassment stormIt started with a few women speaking up, reporting a suggestive text message, an invitation to a hotel room, an unwanted touch under a table. | |
 | Review: Apple's new MacBook Pro looks the same, but inside it's much improvedIn the flurry of announcements at Apple's recent Worldwide Developer's Conference, Apple CEO Tim Cook and his colleagues showed off new versions of the operating systems for Macs, iOS, Apple TV and Apple Watch. |
 | 15 awesome 'Google Home' tricksWhether you already own one or have thought about it, you probably know Google Home ($129) is one of those popular voice-activated personal assistants for the home. |
 | Apple Beta program lets anyone install early versions of Mac OS, iOSSome of us are just destined to be explorers. |
 | AT&T could create media division after Time Warner merger: reportTelecoms giant AT&T is likely to create a separate media division upon completion of its planned merger with Time Warner, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday. |
Two UK police forces team up to launch drone unitTwo British police forces have combined efforts to create what they say is the nation's first police unit dedicated to using drones. | |
Citrix pivoting from growth mode to profit-taking in CEO change, analysts saySoftware company Citrix Systems promoted its chief financial officer to CEO on Monday, and for good reason, analysts say. | |
Security mistakes prompt changes to Georgia election systemGeorgia's top elections official says his office will take over managing the state's elections technology after a major security lapse at the center that has done the work for 15 years. | |
Medicine & Health news
 | Epigenetics between the generations: Researchers prove that we inherit more than just genesWe are more than the sum of our genes. Epigenetic mechanisms modulated by environmental cues such as diet, disease or lifestyle take a major role in regulating the DNA by switching genes on and off. It has been long debated if epigenetic modifications accumulated throughout the entire life can cross the border of generations and be inherited to children or even grand children. Now researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg show robust evidence that not only the inherited DNA itself but also the inherited epigenetic instructions contribute in regulating gene expression in the offspring. Moreover, the new insights by the Lab of Nicola Iovino describe for the first time biological consequences of this inherited information. The study proves that mother's epigenetic memory is essential for the development and survival of the new generation. |
 | Researchers upend longstanding idea that astrocytes can't be differentiated from each otherFrom afar, the billions of stars in our galaxy look indistinguishable, just as the billions of star-shaped astrocytes in our brains appear the same as each other. But UCLA researchers have now revealed that astrocytes, a type of brain cell that supports and protects neurons, aren't all the same. While stars might be categorized by their size, age and heat, the supportive brain cells vary when it comes to shape, molecular machinery and functioning. |
 | Researchers discover region of male mice brain involved in asserting dominance(Medical Xpress)—A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China has located a part of the brain in male mice that appears to play a key role in dominance behavior with other male mice. In their paper published in the journal Science, the team describes experiments they carried out with mice using brain scans, optogenetics and plastic tubes. |
 | Researchers engineer macrophages to engulf cancer cells in solid tumorsOne reason cancer is so difficult to treat is that it avoids detection by the body. Agents of the immune system are constantly checking the surfaces of cells for chemical signals that say they belong, but cancer cells express the same chemical signals as healthy ones. Without a way for the immune system to tell the difference, little stands in the way of cancer taking over. |
 | Study identifies new target to preserve nerve functionScientists in the Vollum Institute at OHSU have identified an enzyme that plays a crucial role in the degeneration of axons, the threadlike portions of a nerve cell that transmit signals within the nervous system. Axon loss occurs in all neurodegenerative diseases, so this discovery could open new pathways to treating or preventing a wide array of brain diseases. |
 | Advance furthers stem cells for use in drug discovery, cell therapySince highly versatile human stem cells were discovered at the University of Wisconsin-Madison nearly 20 years ago, their path to the market and clinic has been slowed by a range of complications. |
 | Low doses of radiation could harm cardiovascular health, study suggestsIonizing radiation, such as x-rays, has a harmful effect on the cardiovascular system even at doses equivalent to recurrent CT imaging, a new study published in the International Journal of Radiation Biology suggests. |
 | Long working hours increase the risk of developing atrial fibrillationPeople who work long hours have an increased risk of developing an irregular heart rhythm known as atrial fibrillation, according to a study of nearly 85,500 men and women published in the European Heart Journal today. |
 | Researchers overcome suppression of immune response against bacterial pathogensUniversitätsmedizin Berlin researchers have positively influenced the immune response in severe viral and bacterial co-infections using a human lung tissue model. They were able to show that the immune mechanisms triggered by viral pathogens prevent the tissue from mounting an effective response against a simultaneously occurring bacterial infection. The researchers successfully tested a new drug-based treatment aimed at correcting this misguided immune response (which occurs, for instance, in cases of pneumonia). Results from this study have been published in the European Respiratory Journal. |
 | High throughput microscopy and image analysis technologies identify potentially safer substitutes for BPAResearchers at Baylor College of Medicine have identified a group of potential substitutes for bisphenol A (BPA) that lack the adverse effects typically associated with BPA. The researchers used automated microscopy- and image analysis-based technologies that allowed them to analyze multiple effects of the compounds in hours, instead of days or weeks, that are usually required for standard toxicology analyses. The results are published in PLOS ONE. |
Study shows new ambulance service standards could lead to a better response for patientsA new set of performance targets for the ambulance service announced by NHS England today (Thursday 13 July 2017) could allow the ambulance service to use their resources much more efficiently, according to new research from the University of Sheffield. | |
Breakthrough in reversing treatment resistance in blood cancer patientsResearchers from the University of Southampton have identified why some people may become resistant to monoclonal antibodies, a common type of immunotherapy used in lymphoma treatment. | |
 | Nearly half of women who use social media say they have been sexually victimisedThese are findings being presented on Thursday 13 July at the British Psychological Society's 30th Psychology of Women conference in Windsor by Megan Kenny from University of Huddersfield. |
 | Body size and prostate cancer riskProstate cancer is the most common cancer in men in Europe and the second most frequently diagnosed cancer in men worldwide. |
 | Separating food facts from fictionAs a nutritional epidemiologist devoted to prevention, Karin Michels has spent much of her career studying how health can be optimized through a proper diet. |
 | Risk of heat-related health problems increases with ageWith summer here and the temperatures rising, it is important to understand the health risks that excessive heat can bring and know the signs of heat-related illnesses. Older adults and people with chronic medical conditions are particularly susceptible to hyperthermia and other heat-related illnesses. The National Institute on Aging (NIA), part of the National Institutes of Health, offers advice to help combat the dangers of hot weather. |
 | Discovery-driven research leads to breakthrough in understanding rare Sengers syndromeMelbourne researchers have unlocked important information that could lead to improved treatment of a rare and serious genetic condition. |
 | First-generation 'artificial pancreas' brings hope for people with type 1 diabetesA new "artificial pancreas" being studied by the University of Melbourne could dramatically transform the lives of people with type 1 diabetes. |
 | Heart study finds faulty link between biomarkers and clinical outcomesSurrogate endpoints (biomarkers), which are routinely used in clinical research to test new drugs, should not be trusted as the ultimate measure to approve new health interventions in cardiovascular medicine, according to a recent study by Yale School of Medicine researchers in JAMA. |
 | Researchers discover an ugly truth about attractivenessIn today's appearance-driven world, body image can be a powerful influence on our choices and behaviors, especially related to dieting. That image is sometimes shaped or distorted by many factors, including mass media images, parents, relationships, even our moods. |
 | Helping child witnesses—a new design for police lineupsMore than 370 innocent people have been wrongfully convicted of crimes in Canada and the United States. Mistaken eyewitness identification is the leading cause. |
 | Got pre-diabetes? Here's five things to eat or avoid to prevent type 2 diabetesPre-diabetes is diagnosed when your blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but not high enough to be classified as having type 2 diabetes. Pre-diabetes is an early alert that your diabetes risk is now very high. It is ten to 20 times greater compared to the risk for those with normal blood sugars. What you choose to eat, or avoid, influences this risk. |
 | What is pre-pregnancy carrier screening and should potential parents consider it?The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists recently recommended obstetricians, gynaecologists and other related health care providers offer pre-pregnancy carrier screening for genetic diseases to all patients. |
 | What to look for when choosing a good care homeAlthough four out of five adult care homes in England evaluated in a recent report by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) were found to provide good care, it is the shocking reports of resident abuse, medication errors, under staffing and poor care that linger in the public consciousness. |
Not all muscle building supplements are equalPopular muscle building supplements, known as branched-chain amino acids (BCAA) are ineffective when taken in isolation, according to new research from the University of Stirling. | |
 | COPD – changes in the lungs, changes in the microbiomeChronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can result in structural changes within the lungs over time. Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have now been able to show that these changes not only affect the organ itself, but also the bacteria that live in the lung. The results have been published in PLOS ONE. |
How statins could be more effective in treatment of ovarian cancerA new study led by Keele University has shown how statins may be used as a potentially effective treatment against ovarian cancer. | |
 | New gene therapy treatment routes for motor neurone disease uncovered in new studyScientists investigating the genetic causes and altered functioning of nerve cells in motor neurone disease (MND) have discovered a new mechanism that could lead to fresh treatment approaches for one of the most common forms of the disease. |
 | Protein may protect against heart attackDDK3 could be used as a new therapy to stop the build-up of fatty material inside the arteries |
Singapore scientists pave way for better juvenile arthritis diagnosis and treatment outcome predictionA team of scientists and doctors from the SingHealth Duke-NUS Academic Medical Centre (AMC) has uncovered a new group of regulatory T (Treg) cells and DNA features associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), the most common form of arthritis among children under the age of 16. Their findings could potentially enhance diagnosis of the disease and prediction of therapy outcomes for improved treatment successes. | |
 | Fermented red clover extract stops menopausal hot flushes and symptomsThe vast majority of women in the menopause are familiar with the status of Red Clover as an herbal medicine that soothes hot flush symptoms and hormonal fluctuations. This holds true, new research shows, if the red clover is taken in a fermented form. Fermented Red Clover extract is demonstrated to decrease significantly both the number and severity of daily hot flushes. |
 | Decline in financing could undermine malaria effortsGlobal malaria elimination funding is declining at a time when it remains crucial to eliminating the disease worldwide, according to a study published in the open access Malaria Journal. |
 | Despite warnings, kids are still dying in hot cars(HealthDay)—On July 2, a 7-week-old baby boy died after being left in his grandmother's van for almost eight hours on a hot summer day in Mary Esther, Fla. |
 | International variation in prevalence of celiac in T1DM(HealthDay)—Celiac disease (CD) is a common comorbidity in young people with type 1 diabetes, and the prevalence appears to vary internationally, according to a study published online June 29 in Diabetes Care. |
 | Booster allergen immunotx cuts symptoms in allergic rhinitis(HealthDay)—For patients with grass pollen-induced allergic rhinitis (AR), booster allergen immunotherapy (AIT) using tyrosine-absorbed grass pollen allergoids containing the adjuvant monophosphoryl lipid A (MPL) prevents symptom recurrence, according to a study published online July 4 in Allergy. |
Immunosuppression underlies resistance to anti-angiogenic therapyA Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) research team has identified a novel mechanism behind resistance to angiogenesis inhibitors - drugs that fight cancer by suppressing the formation of new blood vessels. In their report published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, the team based in the Edwin L. Steele Laboratories for Tumor Biology in the MGH Department of Radiation Oncology describes finding in mouse models how anti-angiogenesis treatment induces a microenvironment that suppresses immune systems actions that would otherwise help to eliminate a tumor. They also developed a potential strategy for getting around this resistance mechanism. | |
 | Study links restless legs syndrome to poor sleep quality, impaired function in pregnancyA new study of pregnant women shows that restless legs syndrome (RLS) is common and is strongly associated with poor sleep quality, excessive daytime sleepiness, and poor daytime function, which are frequent complaints during pregnancy. |
 | Afghans with disabilities lack access to quality health careDespite 15 years of investment in the Afghan health care sector by the international community, vulnerable groups—including persons with disabilities—cite a growing rate of insufficient access to quality health care, finds a new Washington University in St. Louis study published July 14 in the journal Lancet Global Health. |
Team identifies potential cause for lupusLeading rheumatologist and Feinstein Institute for Medical Research Professor Betty Diamond, MD, may have identified a protein as a cause for the adverse reaction of the immune system in patients suffering from lupus. A better understanding of how the immune system becomes overactive will help lead to more effective treatments for lupus and potentially other autoimmune diseases. These findings were published in Nature Immunology. | |
 | Females with autism show greater difficulty with day-to-day tasks than male counterpartsWomen and girls with autism may face greater challenges with real world planning, organization and other daily living skills, according to a study published in the journal Autism Research. |
FDA OKs new Johnson & Johnson treatment for psoriasisU.S. regulators approved a new psoriasis drug from Johnson & Johnson Thursday, giving people with the itchy and painful condition another treatment option. | |
Teen girls at higher risk OK with emergency department offering pregnancy prevention infoAdolescent girls receiving a wide range of medical care in the Emergency Department (ED) are receptive to receiving information about preventing pregnancy, according to the results of a cross-sectional survey published online July 11 in the Journal of Pediatrics. | |
UN asks countries to shift $40 mn to Haiti cholera fundThe United Nations said Thursday it will ask countries to voluntarily hand over $40.5 million remaining from the budget of the soon-to-close mission in Haiti to help victims of cholera there. | |
 | Is microstructural integrity of white matter tracts affected in older falling victims?Researchers from Malaysia assessed the whole brain microstructural integrity of major nerve tracts among older fallers and non-fallers. They proposed the potential synergistic relationship between blood pressure fluctuations with standing, balance disorders and structural brain abnormalities observed among fallers. |
 | Four ways to look younger longer(HealthDay)—There's no escaping the fact that there'll be another birthday candle on your cake this year, but that doesn't mean your skin has to give away your age. |
Your credit score soon will get a buffer from medical-debt wrecksFor many consumers, an unexpected health care calamity can quickly burgeon into a financial calamity. Just over half of all the debt that appears on credit reports is related to medical expenses, and consumers may find that their credit score gets as banged up as their body. | |
Pharmacies in Uruguay to start selling pot next weekUruguay will allow pharmacies to sell marijuana starting next Wednesday, in the final phase of a law making the small South American country the first in the world to legalize and regulate pot from production to sale. | |
Biology news
 | Symbiotic ciliates and bacteria have a common ancestorCiliates, just like humans, are colonized by a vast diversity of bacteria. Some ciliates and their bacterial symbionts have become friends for life, as researchers from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen demonstrated by comparing a group of these single-celled ciliates and their bacterial partners from the Caribbean and the Mediterranean Seas. The bacteria provide their ciliate hosts with nutrition by oxidizing sulfur. Surprisingly, they found that this partnership originated once, from a single ciliate ancestor and a single bacterial ancestor, although a whole ocean separates the sampling sites. |
 | New limits to functional portion of human genome reportedAn evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston has published new calculations that indicate no more than 25 percent of the human genome is functional. That is in stark contrast to suggestions by scientists with the ENCODE project that as much as 80 percent of the genome is functional. |
 | Climate change: Biodiversity rescues biodiversity in a warmer worldClimate change leads to loss of biodiversity worldwide. However, ecosystems with a higher biodiversity in the first place might be less affected a new study in Science Advances reports. An international research team found that when they experimentally warmed meadows, the diversity of nematode worms living in the soil went down in monocultures, whereas the opposite was true for meadows with many different herbaceous plant species. |
 | Cook Islands creates huge Pacific Ocean reserveThe Cook Islands has created one of the world's largest marine sanctuaries, protecting a vast swathe of the Pacific Ocean more than three times the size of France. |
 | 'Unique:' Lion seen nursing leopard cub in Tanzania (Update)Newly released photographs from a Tanzanian wildlife area show a rare sight: a leopard cub suckling on a lion. |
 | Researchers use new techniques to pinpoint evolution in fungiAuthors from Yale and Michigan State University collaborated on a National Science Foundation study of five types of fungi that has illuminated a successful new strategy for pinpointing genes responsible for the evolution of certain biological processes. |
 | Clever crows can plan for the future like humans doHumans aren't as unique as we used to think. Not, at least when it comes to making plans for the future. Scientists originally thought humans were the only animals that made plans but, over the past decade, studies on non-human primates and the crow family have challenged this perspective. |
 | Tiny songbird won't be silencedOn a quiet, 30-acre property near West Palm Beach, Fla., 19 Florida grasshopper sparrows are starting to sing. |
How protein interactions drive cellular deathResearchers at the Universities of Tübingen and Konstanz, the Ruhr-Universität Bochum, the Max Planck Institute of Intelligent Systems in Stuttgart, and the German Cancer Research Centers have worked together to gain new insights into a protein network which regulates the programmed break down of cells, also known as apoptosis. These Bcl-2 proteins are difficult to investigate as they exchange between the cell's watery cytoplasm and its oil-like membranes. There are only a few methods which can be used to analyze protein interactions in both environments. With a special type of spectroscopic analysis the team decoded the complex interplay of three components in the network. Their findings are published in the latest Nature Communications. | |
 | Researchers find first genomic biomarkers in extracellular vesicles in veterinary patientsResearchers at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University have discovered important biomarkers in extracellular vesicles in dogs with myxomatous mitral valve disease and congestive heart failure. This is the first biomarker discovery based on extracellular vesicles in a veterinary disease. The genomic material (microRNA, or miRNA) were isolated in small extracellular vesicles called exosome, which circulate in blood. These findings could provide important insight into the molecular basis, diagnosis and therapies for myxomatous mitral valve disease in dogs, as well as mitral valve prolapse, a similar disease in humans. The results appear online this week in the Journal of Extracellular Vesicles. |
 | Endangered Cuban crocodiles released into the wildExperts from WCS's Global Conservation Programs and WCS's Bronx Zoo assisted Cuban conservationists in the recent release of 10 Cuban crocodiles (Crocodylus rhombifer) into Cuba's Zapata Swamp as part of an ongoing recovery strategy for this Critically Endangered species. |
 | Indonesia foils trade in vulnerable slow lorisesIndonesian authorities have detained an alleged wildlife trafficker and seized nine protected slow lorises and a wreathed hornbill, an official said Friday. |
 | New alternative to whey protein in calf milk replacersWe see a lot of whey protein on the supermarket shelves these days. The high-protein, low-carb diet trend has been highly profitable for cheese makers and whey processors, who once used the cheese byproduct as fertilizer or in animal feed. With more whey going to the human market, animal feed manufacturers are looking for alternative protein sources that maintain animal health while saving costs. |
 | FOXI3 gene is involved in dental cusp formationHairless dog breeds differ from other dogs not only by lacking a coat, but also in the number and nature of their teeth. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig and the Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena studied the skulls and teeth of pedigreed hairless dogs from the collection of the Phyletisches Museum of the University of Jena. Thus, they furthered our understanding of the involvement of the FOXI3 gene in the development of teeth - not only in hairless dogs, but potentially also in other mammals including humans. |
Ohio county fair hogs to be destroyed after swine flu foundState officials have ordered the slaughter of nearly 300 hogs at a county fair in Ohio after at least two animals tested positive for swine flu. | |
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