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Scientists are advancing towards a treatment for pancreatic cancer. Read the ins and outs on sciencebriefss!

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Breaking the defense wall of pancreatic cancer Weakening the defensive wall around a tumor so that chemomedicines can reach cancer cells better: if that approach proves to be effective in humans, that w...

No room for doubt: science shows that current global warming is unique to the postindustrial era, and can be linked to greenhouse gas emissions. Is this the end of climate skepticism? Read it here on sciencebriefss.com: https://sciencebriefss.com/earth/current-global-warming-is-unique-in-history-and-parallels-greenhouse-gas-emissions

Current global warming is unique in history, and parallels greenhouse gas emissions The average temperature on earth has risen faster than ever in the last 150 years. This is apparent from three new studies, recently published in the scien...

Let's start planting trees to save the climate!

Planting trees to save the climate Researchers have calculated that 0.9 billion hectares of land worldwide could be used for reforestation to capture two thirds of human-made carbone mission...

Important scientific news: bacteria in our intestines metabolize commonly-used medicines. Is this why many drugs work in some patients, but not in others? Read a summary on sciencebriefss.com:

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Intestinal bacteria influence the effect of commonly used therapeutic drugs Commonly used drugs such as cancer medication, antidepressants, birth-control contraceptive pills, and those that lower blood pressure or cholesterol are c...

This can only be a German study: bacteria in Sauerkraut communicate with the immune system. Read a summary here:

Bacteria in fermented food signal to the immune system Lactic acid bacteria, which convert cabbage into sauerkraut and milk into yoghurt, have been found to secrete a substance (D-phenyllactic acid) that binds...

What came first, the feather or the bird? Read it on Sciencebriefss!

Some dinosaurs had feathers, long before birds After analyzing 250-million-year-old fossils from China, paleontologists have discovered that pterosaurs had feathers, long before birds had evolved. The f...

Mushrooms have appeared on earth much earlier than we thought... One billion years ago! Read here about this amazing discovery:

Billion-year-old fossil of a fungus found in Canada Numerous microfossils of fungi have been found in Canada, which are up to one billion years old. This find pushes the age of fungi back by 450 million year...

Is antibiotics resistance becoming a threat to human health? What do you think about this newly discovered resistance gene that renders even the last resort antibiotic colistin useless? Check it out here:

Bad news: Salmonella carries a newly discovered antibiotic resistance gene When scientists analyzed the genome of Salmonella bacteria, they discovered a gene, named mcr-9, that renders bacteria resistant to the last resort antibio...

Big news yesterday: about one million (!) plant and animal species might become extinct in the next decades. And we, humans, are to blame! Read a summary on sciencebriefss.com

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Shrinking biodiversity threatens human life, research warns Plant and animal species on earth are declining at such a rapid pace that human life is also threatened. This emerges from a large scientific study of the...

https://sciencebriefss.com/life-news/understanding-animals-social-life-could-help-save-endangered-species

Understanding animals’ social life could help save endangered species A new scientific publication supports the idea that understanding the rich social life of animals might help conservation efforts. The cultural aspects of...

I never thought about that!

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This is why zebras have stripes The origin of the typical stripe pattern of zebras has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, a new study suggests an interesting theory: the stripes may be...