Sea shells for sale: A new source of sustainable biomaterials
Credit: Dr James Morris Over 7 million tonnes of mollusc shells are discarded by the seafood industry each year as ...
A twist in the tail: Flying fish give clues to ‘tandem wing’ airplane design
Credit: Mr Itaru Takaku. Ribbon halfbeak are a species of fish with the ability to fly above the sea surface ...
Winging it: How do bats out-maneuver their prey?
Credit: Dr Per Hedenström Bats catch food 'on the wing' without touching the ground, but how do they do it? ...
Sticking your neck out: How did plesiosaurs swim with such long necks?
Credit: Ms Pernille V Troelsen When dinosaurs ruled the land, plesiosaurs ruled the oceans. Famous for their incredibly long necks ...
Whale attack simulations reveal prey escape strategies
Credit: Goldbogen Lab, Hopkins Marine Station Humpback whales feed from a range of species that have adapted to escape their ...
Genetics may lie at the heart of crop yield limitation
Credit: Dr Nick Pullen You might think that plants grow according to how much nutrition, water and sunlight they are ...
Removal of invasive shrub could be an easy way to help reduce malaria transmission
Credit: Muller et al., Malaria Journal, 2017' Removing the flowers of an invasive shrub from mosquito-prone areas might be a ...
Ca2+, the intercellular signal in arterioles
Vasoconstriction must be balanced with vasodilation, particularly in the arterioles that supply tissues with blood. Endothelial cells protrude through holes ...
DNA of early Neanderthal gives timeline for new modern human-related dispersal from Africa
Credit: © Photo Museum Ulm Ancient mitochondrial DNA from the femur of an archaic European hominin is helping to resolve ...
Study finds automated embryo assessment system more accurate than that of embryologists
Geneva, 4 July 2017: Embryo quality has long been considered the main determinant of implantation and pregnancy in IVF. Morphology ...
The transfer of chromosomally ‘abnormal’ embryos can still result in pregnancy in IVF
Geneva, 4 July 2017: IVF embryos whose cells have mixed chromosomal profiles - one normal, another abnormal - still have ...
Gigantic crocodile with T. rex teeth was a top land predator of the Jurassic in Madagascar
Credit: Giovanni Bindellini Little is known about the origin and early evolution of the Notosuchia, hitherto unknown in the Jurassic ...
Consumption of high-fructose corn syrup increased in Canada after tariffs lowered in NAFTA
Lower tariffs on high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS) in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) were linked to higher supply ...
Consortium receives funding to discover, develop and manufacture new antibiotics
A consortium of scientists from Ingenza Ltd (Edinburgh), the National Physical Laboratory (NPL, London) and the University of Plymouth has ...
Ensuring carpoolers are compatible is key to ridesharing success
Ensuring that would-be carpoolers are riding with people they actually like could potentially decrease car use by nearly 60 per ...
Personalized metabolic therapy treatment shows improvement on atypical Rett syndrome
Credit: IDIBELL A translational, multicenter study carried out by research groups of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), San Juan ...
Female cancer survivors are one-third less likely to achieve pregnancy than women in general population
Geneva, 3 July 2017: For the first time, a large population study has quantified the chance of pregnancy after treatment ...
Freeze-frames of enzymes in action have implications for a new cancer treatment concept
Credit: Joshua-Tor lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Over millions of years of evolution, cells have developed myriad ways ...
First large-scale genomic analysis of key acute leukemia will likely yield new therapies
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital A consortium including St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and the Children's ...
Colored glasses may provide light sensitivity relief post-concussion
CINCINNATI--Following a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (TBI), patients may suffer from light sensitivity or photophobia, making it challenging ...
