When fish swim in the holodeck
Credit: (Copyright: https://strawlab.org/freemovr) From behavior to brain function A person sees another person and depending on the context very different ...
Overcoming the last line of antibiotic resistance against bacterial infections
A common type of bacteria is causing a major healthcare crisis as we inch closer towards the last line of ...
Global group to investigate genetic causes of cerebral palsy
A new international research group has been established to investigate the underlying genetic causes of cerebral palsy, spurred on by ...
Our brains do change from early to mid-adulthood
Scientists in China have found that significant microstructural changes occur in the brain from early to mid-adulthood, allowing them to ...
TX Biomed part of team on 5-year, $4.4 million NIH grant for novel TB vaccine testing
Credit: Courtesy of UTHealth Houson San Antonio, Texas (Aug. 21, 2017) - Tuberculosis (TB) is the leading cause of death ...
Warmer waters from climate change will leave fish shrinking, gasping for air
Credit: Lindsay Lafreniere Fish are expected to shrink in size by 20 to 30 per cent if ocean temperatures continue ...
Mechanism that impairs production of bovine embryos is revealed
Credit: elipe Perecin, University of São Paulo's Animal Science & Food Engineering School A longstanding obstacle to the market for ...
New report proposes framework to identify vulnerabilities posed by synthetic biology
WASHINGTON - Given the possible security vulnerabilities related to developments in synthetic biology - a field that uses technologies to ...
Collaborative effort aims to replace rabbit test for personal lubricant products
Washington, D.C. -- August 21, 2017 -- A first-of-its kind collaborative project is underway to find a non-animal test method ...
Searching for the ‘signature’ causes of BRCAness in breast cancer
Breast cancer cells with defects in the DNA damage repair-genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 have a mutational signature (a pattern of ...
Repairing damaged hearts with self-healing heart cells
Credit: A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore Singapore - New research has discovered a potential means to trigger damaged heart cells ...
‘Electronic skin’ takes wearable health monitors to the next level
Credit: DGIST A new, electronic skin microsystem tracks heart rate, respiration, muscle movement and other health data, and wirelessly transmits ...
Post-whaling recovery of Southern Hemisphere
Credit: Diego Cotterle By 2100 some Southern Hemisphere whale species will not have reached half their pre-whaling numbers, while other ...
Biochemical ‘fingerprints’ reveal diabetes progression
Credit: Ulf Ahlgren, Umeå University Researchers from Umeå University in Sweden describe a new method to study biochemical changes that ...
Chronic stress induces fatal organ dysfunctions via a new neural circuit
Credit: Arima Y., et al. eLife. August 15, 2017. New research reveals the mechanisms behind the effects of chronic stress ...
VTT developed cold-tolerant yeast strains for cider and wine makers to improve product quality
The new cold-tolerant hybrid strains developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland enable fermentation at lower and higher temperatures ...
Both chimpanzees and humans spontaneously imitate each other’s actions
(Lund University) Decades of research has shown that apes, in spite of their proverbial aping abilities, are rather poor imitators, ...
Penn Medicine receives NIH training grants for genomic medicine
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have received two ...
Into the wild for plant genetics
Credit: Alex Papadopolous In a paper published today in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, ...
Have flowers devised the ultimate weapon of distraction?
Credit: Professor Scott Armbruster Nectar, the high-energy 'honey' produced by flowers, might be a brilliant distraction technique to help protect ...
