USTC reveals the mechanism how moderate sunlight exposure improves learning and memory
USTC researchers have shed new lights on the correlation between sunlight exposure and related neurobehaviors. Combining single-cell mass spectrometry isotopic...
New chromosome study can lead to personalised counselling of pregnant women
Foetuses with a so-called new balanced chromosomal aberration have a higher risk of developing brain disorders such as autism and...
An elastic fiber filled with electrodes set to revolutionize smart clothes
Credit: EPFL It's a whole new way of thinking about sensors. The tiny fibers developed at EPFL are made of...
Regulatory mutations missed in standard genetic screening lead to congenital diseases
Researchers have identified a type of genetic aberration to be the cause of certain neurodevelopmental disorders and congenital diseases, such...
Heart doctors call for permission to provide therapy to stroke patients
Paris, France - 25 May 2018: Heart doctors from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Council on Stroke are calling...
UMD food scientist guides students towards revelatory findings in women’s health
College Park, MD -- In an effort to sustain and educate the next generation of food safety experts in the...
UNIST’s design school recognized worldwide
Credit: UNIST The Graduate School of Creative Design Engineering at UNIST has once again received global recognition for its design...
Minneapolis Clinical Trials Program wins Innovative Healthcare Award
MINNEAPOLIS --May 25, 2018--Earlier this month, Minneapolis-based non-profit Be The Match® was presented the Innovative Programs award at the 2018...
The big clean-up after stress
Credit: Buchberger team Toxic substances, nutrient shortage, viral infection, heat and many other events trigger stress responses in cells. In...
NCI study finds gut microbiome can control antitumor immune function in liver
Scientists have found a connection between bacteria in the gut and antitumor immune responses in the liver. Their study, published...
Past use of disinfectants and PPE for Ebola could inform future outbreaks
Credit: Adam Levine Data from the 2014 Ebola virus outbreak at two Sierra Leone facilities reveal daily usage rates for...
Plant symbioses — fragile partnerships
All plants require an adequate supply of inorganic nutrients, such as fixed nitrogen (usually in the form of ammonia or...
Bold lizards of all sizes have higher mating success
Credit: Georgia Ward-Fear Boldness correlates with the mating success, but not body size or sex, of yellow-spotted monitor lizards roaming...
400-million-year-old evolutionary arms race helps researchers understand HIV
Understanding the evolution of a 400 million-year-old anti-viral protein that first emerged in marine life, is helping researchers get the...
Some like it hot!
Credit: Annegret Grimm-Seyfarth, UFZ The world of reptiles may well include creatures that are more spectacular than the Gehyra variegata,...
UTIA plant geneticist named Fulbright scholar
Credit: Photo courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - In Africa as well as across other continents, several indigenous crop species have...
Programming synthetic molecular codes to turn genes ‘on’
Credit: SaiPadma Priya A team of researchers in Japan developed a synthetic molecular code to script gene activation. The process,...
Revealed mechanism behind citrus canker bacteria’s defense system for predators
Xanthomonas citri, the bacterium that causes citrus canker, a disease responsible for major damage to lemon and orange groves in...
Crafting a human niche
Credit: Fuentes In "How Humans and Apes Are Different and Why It Matters," published in the Journal of Anthropological Research,...
New study highlights opportunity to restore abundance to Hawaiian reef fisheries
Credit: Kostantinos Stamoulis Unsustainable fishing has depleted coastal fisheries worldwide, threatening food security and cultural identity for many coastal and...
