Scientists reveal new and improved genome sequence of Daphnia pulex
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school. ...
Month: February 2018
Newly discovered fossil sea urchin is the oldest of its kind
Researchers have uncovered a fossil sea urchin that pushes back a fork in its family tree by 10 million years, ...
Theory of the evolution of sexes tested with algae
Credit: Image credit: Environmental Protection Agency The varied sex lives of a type of green algae have enabled a University ...
‘Protective’ DNA strands are shorter in adults who had…
Credit: Hesed Padilla-Nash and Thomas Ried, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health New research indicates that people who had ...
Acoustic buoy now detecting rare & endangered whales in New York Bight
Credit: CREDIT: A.H. Kopelman for CRESLI. New York (November 16, 2016) – An acoustic buoy recently deployed by the Woods ...
Researchers find first genomic biomarkers in extracellular vesicles in veterinary patients
Credit: Courtesy of Tufts University (July 14, 2017)–Researchers at Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine at Tufts University have discovered important ...
Replicating the connection between muscles and nerves
MIT engineers have developed a microfluidic device that replicates the neuromuscular junction — the vital connection where nerve meets muscle. ...
RNA modification discovery suggests new code for control of gene…
A new cellular signal discovered by a team of scientists at the University of Chicago with scientists from Tel Aviv ...
Ants use sun and memories to guide their backwards walk home
Credit: Ajay Narendra They are famed for their highly developed work ethic … now a study shows ants' navigational skills ...
More than just hippos and crocs: The hidden biodiversity of the iSimangaliso Wetland Park
Credit: Lynette Clennell iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site in the sub-tropical north-eastern corner of South Africa has ...
Scientists predict cell changes that affect breast cancer growth
JUPITER, FL – April 28, 2016 – Designing effective new drugs, especially drugs to fight cancer, demands that you know ...
Dual role of fruit fly protein in connecting chromosome copies
Credit: Tomoko Nishiyama Nagoya, Japan – A sister chromatid is one half of an identical pair of chromatids formed by ...
Storing mine waste — safety is no accident UN finds
Credit: Cartographer: Kristina Thygesen A United Nations report just launched says mining companies can simply reduce environmental destruction and death ...
Citizen scientists to help researchers gauge Susquehanna water quality
Credit: US Geological Survey Using a network of up to 60 citizen scientists, a team of Penn State researchers will ...
Toxic peptides disrupt membrane-less organelles in neurodegenerative disease
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peipei Zhang Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered the way ...
Biosensors will be inexpensive, do more, go everywhere
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services When it comes to biometric sensors, human skin isn't an ally. It's an obstacle. ...
Paleontologists solve pterosaur pelvis puzzle
Credit: Courtesy Greg Funston Following a discovery in 2015 in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, Greg Funston puzzled for two years ...
Neural stem cells steered by electric fields in rat brain
Credit: Junfeng Feng Electric fields can be used to guide neural stem cells transplanted into the brain towards a specific ...
Researchers make flexible glass for tiny medical devices
Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo Brigham Young University researchers have developed new glass technology that could add a new level of ...
Ten million tons of fish wasted every year despite declining fish…
Credit: UBC Public Affairs Industrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tonnes of good fish back into the ocean every ...
