Two genes that regulate the release of oxytocin may determine whether you seek out friends or shy away.
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These oxytocin genes may influence number of friends
Posted by National University of Singapore on August 24th, 2017
Posted in Biology, Health, Science General 
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No Comments »Do crops sometimes make deforestation worth it?
Posted by National University of Singapore on August 7th, 2017
Analyzing the trade-offs of converting forests to farmland suggests the economic benefits outweigh the environmental costs in some places.
Posted in Science General Tags: agricultural, agricultural benefits, Agriculture, analysis, and costs will, benefits, benefits from agricultural, benefits provided, better selection, better understanding, billion, Biodiversity, carbon, Carrasco, changes, conservation, Conversion, costs will also, crops sometimes, crops sometimes make, Deforestation, deforestation worth, demand, distribution, Economic, Ecosystem, Ecosystem Services, environmental, Environmental Costs, focus conservation, Forests, global, greatest, identified, information, Losses, make deforestation worth, National, national university, People, provided, Regions, research, selection, services, sometimes, sometimes make deforestation, the benefits provided, the research team, the trade offs, these regions, trade offs between, tropical, Tropical Deforestation, Tropical Forests, understanding, university, will also help No Comments »Shiny markings tell jumping spiders who’s a guy
Posted by National University of Singapore on November 18th, 2016
Obscuring the ultraviolet reflective markings on male Cosmophasis umbratica jumping spiders messed up how the […]
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Posted in Physics, Science General, Technology Tags: appeared, behavior, blocked, choice, Colors, Courtship, courtship behavior, different, displayed, factor, female, Female Spiders, Females, filters, important, indicates, interactions, jumping, Jumping Spiders, light with wavelength, longer, markings, markings tell jumping, Nanometers, National, national university, potential, reflective, reflective markings, researchers, sexual, shiny markings, shiny markings tell, Singapore, Spiders, structure, structure colors, structures, tell jumping spiders, the male spiders, this indicates that, university, Wavelength, wavelength between, with wavelength between No Comments »Chronic kidney disease brings heavy pill burden
Posted by National University of Singapore on October 20th, 2016
The burden of taking lots of pills may affect the quality of life of pre-dialysis […]
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Posted in Biology, Health, Science General Tags: Anemia, brings, brings heavy, brings heavy pill, burden, Chronic, chronic kidney, Chronic Kidney Disease, dialysis, Dialysis Patients, disease, disease brings, disease brings heavy, Health, heavy pill burden, Hemodialysis, improve, Kidney, Kidney Disease, kidney disease brings, management, Medication, Multidisciplinary, National, national university, outcomes, patient, patients, Pharmacists, Pharmacy, pre dialysis patients, provide, quality, REDUCE, reported, research, results, Therapy, university No Comments »Neem compound may shrink prostate tumors
Posted by National University of Singapore on October 10th, 2016
A compound derived from the leaves of the neem plant could significantly suppress the development […]
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Posted in Biology, Health, Science General Tags: Cancer, Cancer Cells, commonly, compound, effects, may shrink prostate, Medicine, Metastasis, National, national university, nimbolide, percent, potential, Prostate, Prostate Cancer, Prostate Cancer Cells, Prostate Tumors, research, shrink, shrink prostate, shrink prostate tumors, Singapore, studies, suppress, Tumors, university No Comments »
