Month: October 2022

A new Europe-wide awareness campaign is calling on everyone to prevent the spread of invasive alien species.Credit: UKCEH Invasive alien ...

New technique for modeling molecular life with computers

‘Game-changing’ study offers a powerful computer-modeling approach to cell simulations

LAWRENCE — A milestone report from the University of Kansas appearing this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences ...

Microscopic octopuses from a 3D printer

Although just cute little creatures at first glance, the microscopic geckos and octopuses fabricated by 3D laser printing in the ...

Discovery of potential biological cause for postpartum depression opens door to new treatments

Newly discovered biological changes in mothers who suffer postpartum depression may help explain the condition, yield long-sought treatments and let doctors identify ...

Research scientist Chaska Walton & professor Julie Andersen

High risk/high reward federal grant funds effort to develop a smart drug delivery system to treat multiple Alzheimer’s pathologies all at once

Rather than attempting to treat the multiple pathologies of Alzheimer’s disease individually, as is the current practice, researchers in the ...

Max Planck Florida researcher receives prestigious NIH new innovator award

JUPITER, FLORIDA: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces that Dr. Hidehiko Inagaki has been awarded an NIH Director’s ...

Becoming sober – A ‘voice’ for mothers navigating the child welfare system

With current federal mandates and state laws, addressing substance use during pregnancy is punitive rather than compassionate. In fact, 23 ...

The cell sentinel that neutralises hepatitis B

The hepatitis B virus (HBV) is responsible for one of the most serious and common infectious diseases. Transmitted through biological ...

Investigating rare genetic mutations led Pitt scientists to surprising blood pressure discovery

PITTSBURGH, Oct. 4, 2022 – The kidneys are often the unsung heroes in maintaining healthy blood pressure, filtering 180 liters ...

Scientists chase down what motor proteins deliver to healthy cells to find what’s altered in neurological diseases

Motor proteins running the natural roadways on the skeletons of our cells are hauling cargo that is both essential to ...

Stevens INI receives major award to address health disparities in Alzheimer’s disease research

The Keck School of Medicine of USC's Mark and Mary Stevens Neuroimaging and Informatics Institute (Stevens INI) is one of five ...

A coral infected with white plague disease

UTA biologists identify broad coral disease resistance traits

A new study in Science Advances led by researchers at The University of Texas at Arlington provides a novel framework ...

Long-term tracking of whale feeding behavior via satellite now possible with new tag

NEWPORT, Ore. – Oregon State University researchers have developed a new satellite tag that allows them to better track whales’ ...

Study suggests La Niña winters could keep on coming

Forecasters are predicting a “three-peat La Niña” this year. This will be the third winter in a row that the ...

‘Leaky’ activity of mutated enzyme underlies neurodegenerative disease

Spinocerebellar ataxias are a group of neurodegenerative diseases characterized by the degeneration of Purkinje cells, a major class of neurons ...

Small eddies play a big role in feeding ocean microbes

Subtropical gyres are enormous rotating ocean currents that generate sustained circulations in the Earth’s subtropical regions just to the north ...

New research demonstrates incredible connection between climate and Earth’s ability to replenish itself

New University of Ottawa research demonstrates incredible connection between climate and Earth’s ability to replenish itself

Some 250 million years ago – long before dinosaurs roamed the earth – global warming and acid ocean caused by ...

Unlocking the power of our emotional memory

You may not realize it, but each time you recall a memory—like your first time riding a bike or walking ...

What happens in the gut over a year?

Our bodies go through several changes throughout our lives. The same happens with the microbes that live with us. After ...

National Institutes of Health awards $15.75M to research team led by Case Western Reserve University and Duke University to map vagus nerve—body’s ‘super highway’ for controlling major organ functions