Rollercoaster weight changes can repeat with second pregnancy, especially among normal-weight women

Everyone knows that gaining excess weight during one pregnancy is bad, but clinicians rarely consider weight gains and losses from one pregnancy to the next — especially in normal-weight women. But researchers have now found that among normal-weight women, fluctuating weight gain and loss in the first pregnancy is often repeated in subsequent pregnancies —…

Findings could identify aggressive breast cancers that will respond to immunotherapy

Researchers discovered a biological signature that could help identify which triple negative breast cancers might respond to immunotherapy and other treatments. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Newly developed nanoparticles help fight lung cancer in animal model

Scientists have reported a new approach to treating lung cancer with inhaled nanoparticles. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

DNA data offers scientific look at 500 years of extramarital sex in Western Europe

Researchers have put DNA evidence together with long-term genealogical data to explore questions of biological fatherhood on a broad scale among people living in parts of Western Europe over the last 500 years. The study found evidence of extra-pair paternity events turned up more often in people of lower socioeconomic status who lived in densely…

Ocean studies look at microscopic diversity and activity across entire planet

Two new articles use samples and data collected during the Tara Oceans Expedition to analyze current ocean diversity across the planet, providing a baseline to better understand climate change’s impact on the oceans. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Genes borrowed from bacteria allowed plants to move to land

Natural genetic engineering allowed plants to move from water to land, according to a new study. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

There are variations in plankton biodiversity and activity from the equator to the poles

New results between 2009 and 2013 show that the diversity and functions of planktonic species in the global ocean change dramatically according to latitude. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Butterflies take different paths to arrive at same color pattern

An international team of scientists working with Heliconius butterflies in Panama was faced with a mystery: how do pairs of unrelated butterflies from Peru to Costa Rica evolve nearly the same wing-color patterns over and over again? The answer forever changes the way evolution is understood. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution…

Link between hearing and cognition begins earlier than once thought

A new study finds that cognitive impairment begins in the earliest stages of age-related hearing loss — when hearing is still considered normal. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Breakthrough in malaria research

Cell biologists have systematically investigated the genome of the malaria parasite Plasmodium throughout its life cycle in a large-scale experiment. The researchers were able to identify hundreds of targets that are urgently needed in drug and vaccine development to eradicate the disease. Continue Reading at ScienceDaily.com Click Here. Press Release Distribution Service

Millions of Ibises Were Mummified. But Where Did Ancient Egypt Get Them?

DNA analysis of the preserved birds found in many catacombs undercuts the explanation that there were large-scale ibis breeding farms. Press Release Distribution Service

Leonids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies

Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you might be able to catch a glimpse. Press Release Distribution Service

How Narwhal the ‘Unicorn’ Puppy May Have Grown a Tail on His Head

The likeliest explanation is not all that cute, some scientists say. But Narwhal is still very cute. Press Release Distribution Service

‘Bubble wrap’ cushions a cell’s nucleus on the move

Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03450-2 A network of protein fibres helps to prevent the all-important organelle from being bent out of shape. Press Release Distribution Service

Death threats and lawsuits: John Maddox Prize honours researchers who risk everything to stand up for science

Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03547-8 Nature and Sense About Science recognize an ecologist who fights fires with witness testimony and a pharmacist who promotes truth in health-care information. Press Release Distribution Service

Working Scientist podcast: Too many PhDs, too few research positions

Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03439-x Students need to be clear about their reasons for pursuing a PhD and the career options open to them, Julie Gould discovers. Press Release Distribution Service

Neuroscientist wins Nature’s impact prize by supporting others and sharing hardware

Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03550-z Tom Baden has bagged the inaugural Nature Research Award for Driving Global Impact, a joint venture between Nature Research and Chinese technology company Tencent. Press Release Distribution Service

More Indigenous and Latin American students are joining US graduate programmes — but overall diversity remains low

Nature, Published online: 15 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03546-9 Proportions of female students and those from under-represented ethnic groups are rising, yet parity is a way off. Press Release Distribution Service

Cryo-EM structure of the spinach cytochrome b6 f complex at 3.6 Å resolution

Nature, Published online: 13 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1746-6 A 3.6 Å resolution cryo-electron microscopy structure of the dimeric cytochrome b6f complex from spinach reveals the structural basis for operation of the quinol cycle and its redox-sensing function. Press Release Distribution Service

Sexism in chemistry, FDA nomination and a long-lost ungulate

Nature, Published online: 13 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03453-z The latest science news, in brief. Press Release Distribution Service

Shared consciousness, artificial imagination, and the Universe’s first seconds: Books in brief

Nature, Published online: 13 November 2019; doi:10.1038/d41586-019-03458-8 Andrew Robinson reviews five of the week’s best science picks. Press Release Distribution Service

Structures of a RAG-like transposase during cut-and-paste transposition

Nature, Published online: 13 November 2019; doi:10.1038/s41586-019-1753-7 Analysis of multiple structures of the Helicoverpa zea DNA transposase Transib, determined by X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy, reveals the detailed pathway of the transposition reaction and sheds light on the evolution of the RAG recombinase. Press Release Distribution Service

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