New study reveals the function of a mysterious component of the inner ear
A few years ago, Ian Swinburne, HMS research fellow in systems biology, noticed something odd while conducting a time-lapse microscopy...
Carbon dioxide-to-methanol process improved by catalyst
Credit: penn State Dramatic improvements have been made to the process of converting carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas, to methanol,...
The evolution of testes
The loss of anatomical features is a frequent evolutionary event. For example, humans and other great apes have lost their...
Revolutionizing retinal studies
Charles Lieber and his group are rewriting the rules of how scientists study retinal cells, and they're doing it with...
Study investigates the reproductive habits of the fungus that causes athlete’s foot
The sexual habits of Trichophyton rubrum, the fungus that causes athlete's foot and other kinds of skin and nail infections,...
Penn study reveals secrets of ‘hot’ and ‘cold’ pancreatic cancer tumors
Credit: Ben Stanger, Katelyn Byrne, Perelman School of Medicine PHILADELPHIA - So-called "hot" tumors filled with T cells are often...
‘Music of speech’ linked to brain area unique to humans
We humans are the only primates that can flexibly control the pitch of our voices. This melodic control is not...
Cheating on cheaters
Credit: Roberto Keller A new study, to be published in Current Biology* on 28 June, proposes new strategies to induce...
Many survivors of childhood cancer are unconcerned about their future health
In the largest study to date that examined concerns of adult survivors of childhood cancer, a substantial proportion of survivors...
Off the scale: Can forensics save the world’s most-trafficked mammal?
Credit: Tim Wacher, ZSL A pioneering new project trials fingerprinting techniques to battle pangolin poaching. Forensic fingerprinting techniques will now...
Territory holders and floaters: Two spatial tactics of male cheetahs
Credit: Leibniz-IZW Scientists of the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz IZW) in Berlin analysed the spatial behaviour...
Chimpanzees start using a new tool-use gesture during an alpha male take over
Credit: TCP/Liran Samuni "Leaf clipping is a special behaviour. It is a rare example of tool-use in a communicative context...
Low-cost prosthetic foot mimics natural walking
Prosthetic limb technology has advanced by leaps and bounds, giving amputees a range of bionic options, including artificial knees controlled...
Study: Tau does not stabilize microtubules, challenges approach to treating Alzheimer’s
Credit: Drexel University A new study by researchers from Drexel University College of Medicine reverses the popular scientific dogma that...
Dietary supplement increases muscle force by 50% percentin the Duchenne muscular dystrophy mouse model
Québec City, June 28, 2018?A dietary supplement derived from glucose increases muscle-force production in the Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) mouse...
Molecular brake on human cell division prevents cancer
Researchers at Karolinska Institutet, Sweden, and the University of Sussex, England, have discovered that the process of copying DNA generates...
Some existing anti-cancer drugs may act in part by targeting RNA, study shows
Credit: Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - June 28, 2018 - Bolstering the notion that RNA should be considered an important...
For some bladder cancer patients, simple test could reduce over-treatment, ease high cost
WASHINGTON -- Bladder cancer is relatively common and imposes the highest per patient cost on the U.S. health care system...
MAP Congress 2018: Interpreting molecular alterations for clinical practice
Lugano, Switzerland, 28 June 2018 - The Molecular Analysis for Personalised therapy (MAP) Congress (1) is a one-of-a-kind meeting designed...
Marine protected areas often expensive and misplaced
Credit: Christopher Michel Many marine protected areas are often unnecessarily expensive and located in the wrong places, an international study...
