Tufts University nutrition scientists provide updated MyPlate for…
BOSTON (March 7, 2016)–Nutrition scientists at the Jean Mayer U. S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging ...
Month: February 2018
Wood frogs research clarifies risks posed to animals by warming climate
Credit: Staci Amburgey, Penn State As conditions warm, fish and wildlife living at the southern edge of their species' ranges ...
Biologists taught infusoria to fight poisons
Credit: Anatoliy Inozemtsev A team of scientists from the Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University and Laboratory of ...
Sticking sugar to protein
Credit: Julia Kowal / ETH Zurich Whenever cells receive signals, interact with other cells or identify viruses and bacteria, the ...
Tiny cellular antennae key to fat formation in muscle
Credit: Daniel Kopinke Like it or not, as we age, our muscle cells are slowly exchanged, one by one, for ...
Targeted conservation could protect more of Earth’s biodiversity
Credit: Yale University/University of Grenoble New Haven, Conn. – A new study finds that major gains in global biodiversity can ...
Food webs entangle humans in complex relationships with animals, crops and the environment
Credit: Stefani Crabtree, Penn State Reconstructed food webs from the Ancestral Puebloan southwestern United States show the complexity and interconnectedness ...
Unveiling the biology behind nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Credit: Sokrates Stein/EPFL EPFL scientists have discovered a new biological mechanism behind nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease ...
FOXI3 gene is involved in dental cusp formation
Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Hairless dog breeds differ from other dogs not only by lacking a coat, but also ...
T cells join the fight against Zika
Credit: Courtesy of the Shresta lab at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. LA JOLLA, CA–The worst of the ...
UT Southwestern finds protein function that could lead to ways to prevent stroke damage
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Oct. 6, 2016 – One particular protein is the final executioner of events ...
Sound waves create whirlpools to round up tiny signs of disease
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a tiny whirlpool that can concentrate nanoparticles ...
Alzheimer’s disease might be a ‘whole body’ problem
Credit: University of British Columbia Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia, has long been assumed to originate in the ...
Allergens widespread in largest study of US homes
Credit: NIEHS Allergens are widespread, but highly variable in U.S. homes, according to the nation's largest indoor allergen study to ...
Sticking sugar to protein
Credit: Julia Kowal / ETH Zurich Whenever cells receive signals, interact with other cells or identify viruses and bacteria, the ...
Sniffing out a mate with precision
Credit: Nishino H. et al., Current Biology, February 8, 2018 Male cockroaches can "see" the spatial distribution of female pheromones ...
Save the bees? There’s an app for that
Credit: UVM Let's say a farmer wanted to plant wildflowers to nurture the bumble bees that pollinate her crops. Currently, ...
Scripps Florida scientists develop drug discovery approach to predict…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – December 29, 2016 – Breast cancer researchers from the Florida campus of ...
Black bear links real objects to computer images
Credit: Roy Lewis American black bears may be able to recognize things they know in real life, such as pieces ...
Professor named Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
Credit: I. Pittalwala RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) — Katherine Borkovich, a professor and chair of the UC Riverside Department of Plant ...
