3-D reconstruction of skull suggests a small crocodile is a new species
Credit: Schwarz et al (2017) A small crocodile discovered in Germany's Langenberg Quarry may be a new species, according to ...
Month: February 2017
Deep reefs unlikely to save shallow coral reefs
Dr Pim Bongaerts, a Research Fellow at The University of Queensland's Global Change Institute (GCI) and ARC Centre of Excellence ...
New protein could be key in fighting debilitating parasitic disease
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A naturally occurring protein has been discovered that shows promise as a biocontrol weapon against schistosomiasis, one ...
USDA announces $1.7 million to support research at tribal colleges and universities
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today announced ...
Scientists discover how epithelial cells maintain constant cell numbers
Credit: Swapna Gudipaty SALT LAKE CITY - Research published today in Nature from scientists at Huntsman Cancer Institute (HCI) at ...
CSIC develops a biosensor able to detect HIV only one week after infection
Credit: (Joan Costa / CSIC Communication) In addition, the total test time is 4 hours, 45 minutes, meaning clinical results ...
Study shows how the predator brain organizes the hunt
For scientists who study the brain, predatory hunting, upon which many wild animals depend for survival, is a complex behavior ...
How to roll a nanotube: Demystifying carbon nanotubes’ structure control
Credit: IBS Pioneering research published in Nature by Professor Feng Ding's team from the Center for Multidimensional Carbon Materials, within ...
Researchers find autism biomarkers in infancy
Credit: Kathryn Sauber By using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) to study the brains of infants who have older siblings with ...
Measuring entropy
Chemical reactions, especially in biological systems, oftentimes involve macromolecules changing their shape - their "configuration" - for instance, by rotation ...
Scripps Florida scientists take aim at obesity-linked protein
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - February 15, 2017 - Scientists are working to understand the mechanisms that ...
Engineers shrink microscope to dime-sized device
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have created an atomic force microscope ...
NASA sees Tropical Cyclone Dineo at Mozambique coast
Credit: Credits: NASA/JAXA, Hal Pierce When NASA's Aqua satellite passed over Tropical Cyclone Dineo in the Mozambique Channel on Feb. ...
Bioinvasion on the rise
"It had remained unclear whether or not the accumulation of alien species has already reached a point of slow-down", says ...
Laissez-faire is not good enough for reforestation
Credit: ETH Zurich / Sascha Ismail In order to restore tropical rainforests, it is not enough to simply set up ...
Regional chemotherapy technique for extremity sarcoma salvages limbs from amputation
CHICAGO (February 15, 2017): Patients with a type of advanced malignant cancer of the arms or legs have typically faced ...
Society may not be meeting patients’ drug needs for rare diseases
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A new analysis by health policy researchers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst who ...
An impact on implants
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH, PA (February 15, 2017) ... The National Institutes of Health have awarded Bryan Brown, ...
New report examines role of engineering technology, calls for increased awareness
WASHINGTON - While workers in the engineering technology (ET) field play an important role in supporting U.S. technical infrastructure and ...
New synchrotron powder diffraction facility for long running experiments
Credit: Claire A. Murray et al Synchrotron beamlines and their instruments are built to harness the photon beam power of ...
