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Bobcats are back, and they’re helping protect people from zoonotic disease
A bobcat, with its characteristic reddish fur and black markings, trots across a snow-covered field in central Oregon, in the ...
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A twisted protein sheds light on chronic wasting disease in deer
The detailed structure of a misfolded protein from a diseased deer could help explain why the disease hasn’t made the leap to humans.
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Optimize Your Imaging Workflow With Expert Protocols
This handbook contains a comprehensive collection of protocols to streamline imaging workflows and ensure reproducible ...
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Targeting IRE1α improves insulin sensitivity and thermogenesis and suppresses metabolically active adipose tissue macrophages in obesity
Department of Physiology, Harold Hamm Diabetes Center, The University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, United States ...
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Why do dogs shake when wet? Scientists solve the mystery — thanks to mice
In mice, each shake involves about three full back-and-forth rotations of the body at a frequency ... that helps maintain the cleanliness and functionality of an animal’s coat. From neurons to water ...
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Mice Reveal Mechanosensory Roots of Wet Dog Shakes
"Wet dog shakes" – a common reflex behavior shared among many hairy mammals and designed to expel water and irritants from their coats – happens when particular mechanoreceptors are activated, ...
Benny Moves In: Guilford welcomes ‘library cat’ to circulation
If patrons of the Guilford Smith Memorial Library in South Windham visited the library at any point this week, they may have noticed a new staff member. The new arrival came to the library last ...