Month: September 2021

SAN ANTONIO (September 27, 2021) – A version of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19 disease, has been successfully modified to glow ...

Wireless implantable optoelectronic device for optogenetics

New wireless photoelectric implant controls the activity of spinal neurons

Grégoire Courtine doesn’t hesitate to use the word “revolutionary” when describing the emerging field of optogenetics – a technology that ...

Answering a century-old question on the origins of life

The missing link isn’t a not-yet-discovered fossil, after all. It’s a tiny, self-replicating globule called a coacervate droplet, developed by ...

Prestigious award for the pioneers of optogenetics

Dieter Oesterhelt from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Peter Hegemann from Humboldt University and the U.S. American Karl Deisseroth ...

25-million-year-old ancient eagle ruled the roost in Australia

A 25-million-year-old eagle fossil found in South Australia adds to the long evolutionary history of raptors in Australia.  Credit: Trevor ...

Eye on the tiger: genetics show global fisheries management should re-think tiger sharks

A tiger shark’s life history is one painted with broad brush strokes. These sharks are generalists of the boldest kind. ...

When it comes to communication skills—maybe we’re born with it?

September 25, 2021

From inside the womb and as soon as they enter the world, babies absorb information from their environment and the ...

Spinal Cord Injury Researchers from MUSC

Living with spinal cord injury: Resilience leads to better health outcomes

September is Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) Awareness month. According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, approximately 296,000 Americans ...

In a gene tied to growth, scientists see glimmers of human history

BUFFALO, N.Y. — A new study delves into the evolution and function of the human growth hormone receptor gene, and ...

In-hospital survival in COVID-19 and influenza.

Shrinking waveforms on electrocardiograms predict worsening health and death of hospitalized COVID-19 and influenza patients

Specific and dynamic changes on electrocardiograms (EKGs) of hospitalized patients with COVID-19 or influenza can help predict a timeframe for ...

Dr. Daniel Pauly’s extraordinary life and work revealed in new book

Dr. Daniel Pauly is the world’s most-cited fisheries scientist, but life for the UBC professor has been far from easy. ...

Reconstruction of the Jehol Biota and the well-preserved specimen of Caudipteryx.

Organic molecule remnants found in nuclei of ancient dinosaur cells

A team of scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and ...

Working dogs of the Iamal-Nenets population in Siberia.

Ancient humans traded dogs for their usefulness

Humans’ oldest companion, the dog, was first domesticated at least 20,000 years ago. The ancient dogs were an essential part ...

Lab grown tumor models could improve treatment for pancreatic cancer

An international team of scientists have created a three-dimensional (3D) pancreatic cancer tumour model in the laboratory, combining a bioengineered ...

Machine learning uncovers “genes of importance” in agriculture and medicine

Machine learning can pinpoint “genes of importance” that help crops to grow with less fertilizer, according to a new study ...

Ageing the unageable: UEA researchers develop new way to age lobsters

Scientists at the University of East Anglia (UEA) have identified a way of determining the age of a lobster based ...

If endangered primates disappear, so will their parasites. That’s actually a problem

September 23, 2021

DURHAM, N.C. -- We put “save the chimps” on t-shirts and posters. But you’ll never see anyone walking around in ...

Simmons Cancer Center, MD Anderson scientists develop artificial intelligence method to predict anti-cancer immunity