Sweetgrass mosquito repellent found that is as good as DEET
Sweetgrass, Hierochloe odorata, has been known to repel mosquitoes for centuries. Native Americans first used the plant as an insect repellent. The chemicals that...
Research: Tracking the movement of the tropics 800 years into the past —
For the first time, scientists have traced the north-south shifts of the northern-most edge of the tropics back 800 years, reports a University...
Research: Large population of potential young planets found in distant planetary systems —
Astronomers have cataloged nearly 4,000 exoplanets in orbit around distant stars. Though the discovery of these newfound worlds has taught us much, there...
Research: Vampire bat venom could hold key to new medical treatments —
Vampire bats could hold the key to new treatments for a range of serious medical problems, but researchers have hit a snag accessing...
Research: Research may lead to future solutions to speech problems —
By studying the songs of mice from the cloud forests of Costa Rica, researchers have discovered a brain circuit that may enable the...
Biology: New approach emerges to better classify, treat brain tumors
Photo: Dr. Jin-Xiong She and MD/PhD student Paul Tran.
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Research: Usually seen as less vulnerable, they carry the potential to add 16 feet...
A team of scientists from the University of California, Irvine has found evidence of significant mass loss in East Antarctica's Totten and Moscow...
Research: Potential assay artefacts in anti-malarial screening documented —
Malaria remains an economic and health burden to the developing world. As plasmodium, the causative agent of malaria, is acquiring rapid resistance against...
Research: Unravelling how instructions for new life are read —
After the fertilisation of an egg cell, two become one; two sets of genetic information combine to form a genome. We can think...
Research: Mothers’ presence influences the reproductive success of their adult sons —
In many social animal species individuals share child-rearing duties, but new research from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany,...
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Hey ISIS, You Suck: Local Muslims Post Anti-ISIS Billboard
A new billboard on Manchester Road in Missouri reads, "HEY ISIS, YOU SUCK!!! From: #ActualMuslims."
A group of Muslim-Americans have put up a blunt billboard...
