Treatment with molecular decoy may lessen recurrent infections -- ScienceDaily

Urinary tract infections (UTIs) are among the most common infections, and they tend to come back again and again, even when treated. Most UTIs are caused by E. coli that live in the gut and spread to the urinary tract.

A new study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis...

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Scientists uncover a fish 'biological' clock that orients to Earth's magnetic field -- ScienceDaily

Scientists are closer to unraveling the long-standing mystery of how tiny glass eel larvae, which begin their lives as hatchlings in the Sargasso Sea, know when and where to “hop off” the Gulf Stream toward European coastlines to live out their adult lives in coastal...

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Farmland can benefit California's salmon populations -- ScienceDaily

A new study offers a beacon of hope for a cease-fire in the Golden State’s persistent water wars.

“Floodplain Farm Fields Provide Novel Rearing Habitat for Chinook Salmon,” published in the journal PLoS ONE, is based on the work by scientists from nonprofit group California...

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Ancient otter tooth found in Mexico suggests mammals migrated across America -- ScienceDaily

Late in the afternoon on a hot March day in central Mexico, a paleontologist uncovered a jaw bone and called over to Jack Tseng.

Tseng, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Pathology and Anatomical Sciences in the Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences at the University...

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Spying on fish love calls could help protect them from overfishing -- ScienceDaily

About a third of the world’s fish stocks are being overfished, meaning they’re being harvested faster than they can reproduce, and species that spawn seasonally in large groups are especially vulnerable, easy for fishers to locate and plucked from the water often before...

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Survey shows specter of bed bugs looms large for hotel and lodging industry -- ScienceDaily

Most business and leisure travelers in the United States can’t identify a bed bug, and yet the tiny pest evokes a stronger response in hotel guests than any other potential room deficiency — putting the hospitality industry in a difficult spot.

In a survey of U.S. travelers...

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Fungus specifically targets mosquitoes, is safe for humans and other insects -- ScienceDaily

Malaria kills nearly half a million people every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In some of the hardest-hit areas in sub-Saharan Africa, the mosquitoes that carry the malaria parasite have become resistant to traditional chemical insecticides, complicating efforts to...

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