4 Awesome Discoveries You Probably Didn’t Hear About This Week - Episode 18

Catching brain hijackers, landscaping for the birds, a mussel shell tell and faster protein sequencing… much faster!

For the Birds
Non-native plants in homeowners’ yards endanger wildlife
https://www.udel.edu/udaily/2018/october/non-native-plants-birds-insects-washington-chickadee-desiree-narango-doug-tallamy/
University of Delaware
Migratory Bird Center, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute

Alzheimer’s Domino Effect
Model maps ‘domino effect’ of Alzheimer’s protein misfolding
https://www.futurity.org/alzheimers-disease-protein-misfolding-1894042
Stevens Institute of Technology
Stanford University
Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford

Freshwater Mussels
Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels' shells
https://news.psu.edu/story/543054/2018/10/22/research/fracking-wastewater-accumulation-found-freshwater-mussels-shells
Penn State
Union College

New Protein Sequencing
New protein sequencing method could transform biological research
https://news.utexas.edu/2018/10/22/new-protein-sequencer-could-transform-biological-research
UT Austin