Ancient DNA retells story of Caribbean’s first people, with a few plot twists
Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The history of the Caribbean's original islanders comes into sharper focus in a ...
AI-designed serotonin sensor may help scientists study sleep and mental health
NIH BRAIN Initiative scientists used machine learning to redesign a bacterial 'Venus flytrap' protein that can monitor brain serotonin levels ...
Scientists at Tel Aviv University develop new gene therapy for deafness
Breakthrough may help in the treatment of children with hearing lossCredit: Tel Aviv University A new study from Tel Aviv ...
Wistar reports new class of antibiotics active against a wide range of bacteria
Dual-acting immuno-antibiotics block an essential pathway in bacteria and activate the adaptive immune responseCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Dec. ...
Tracing the many paths of vision
New study decodes the molecular diversity of neurons in the zebrafish retinaCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / Koelsch Retinal ganglion cells ...
New research highlights the importance of the thymus in successful pregnancies
Credit: Ragnar Söderberg Foundation How the immune system adapts to pregnancies has puzzled scientists for decades. Now, findings from an ...
Maternal Immune Activation Induces Sustained Changes in Fetal Microglia Motility
-Demonstrates link to developmental disorders and schizophrenia-Credit: Department of Anatomy and Molecular Cell Biology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine ...
Discovery of chemical clue may lead to solving cacao’s black pod rot mystery
Clovamide presence in disease-resistant chocolate tree leaves may spur novel breeding programCredit: Ben Knollenberg/Penn State The finding of relatively high ...
The thymus as key to healthy pregnancies
Credit: @IMBA/Kulcsar Female sex hormones instruct the thymus, a central organ of the immune system, to produce specialized cells called ...
With COVID exacerbating superbug threat, researchers ID new weapon
Study identifies novel compound in fight against antibiotic resistanceCredit: CU Boulder As scientists around the globe wage war against a ...
Cost-effective or not? New research on national vaccination programs
Credit: University of Gothenburg. Immunizing children against chickenpox would save money, but offering shingles vaccinations to all 65-year-olds would not. ...
Trophoblast motility in a gelatin hydrogel
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, December 18, 2020--Trophoblast cells, which surround the developing blastocyst in early ...
Dr. Genova to study virtual reality job reentry training in traumatic brain injury
The National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research awarded a $599,103 grant to Helen Genova, Ph.D., of Kessler ...
Scientists discover how our brains track where we and others go
NIH-funded study suggests our brains may be more in tune with each other than we thinkCredit: Courtesy of Suthana lab, ...
Andreas Walther receives ERC Consolidator Grant for development of intelligent materials
EU funding for research into materials with both artificial and lifelike propertiesCredit: photo/©: private Artificially created smart, intelligent materials with ...
Study suggests great earthquakes as cause of Arctic warming
Credit: Shutterstock A researcher from MIPT has proposed a new explanation for the Arctic's rapid warming. In his recent paper ...
The ABCs of species evolution
A transporter protein that regulates cell membrane cholesterol likely played an important role in vertebrate evolution, according to a review ...
Christmas trees can be green because of a photosynthetic short-cut
Credit: Montage by Stefan Jansson and Pushan Bag How can conifers that are used for example as Christmas trees keep ...
Similar factors cause health disparities in cancer, COVID-19
Implementing policies and strategies to eliminate racial disparities could improve outcomes for both diseasesCredit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- ...
Record-setting thermoelectric figure of merit achieved for metal oxides
Credit: Hiromichi Ohta Scientists at Hokkaido University have developed a layered cobalt oxide with a record-setting thermoelectric figure of merit, ...