New research shows that wasps drum to alert one another of food nearby
Credit: Benjamin Taylor, LaGuardia Community College LONG ISLAND CITY, NY--Have you ever had to shout to call your family to...
Savanna chimpanzees suffer from heat stress
Credit: Erin Wessling During their evolutionary history hominins underwent physiological and behavioral changes to cope with and adapt to more...
Love hurts: Spats with spouse may worsen chronic pain, other symptoms
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A fight with a spouse may end in hurt feelings, but for those with chronic conditions...
Scientists crack how primordial life on Earth might have replicated itself
Credit: Philipp Holliger, MRC LMB Scientists have created a new type of genetic replication system which demonstrates how the first...
A green approach to making ammonia could help feed the world
"This new... Credit: UCF: Karen Norum A UCF research team with collaborators at Virginia Tech have developed a new "green"...
Zebrafish heart development reveals key insight into inherited heart defects
Credit: Almary Guerra Scientists have shown for the first time that the blueprint for the four chambers of the human...
Traditional knowledge sheds light on changing East Greenland climate and polar bear hunt
Inuit polar bear subsistence hunters from two East Greenland regions, Tasiilaq and Ittoqqortoormiit, report changes to their hunting patterns as...
Taming random gene changes as our bodies start to form
Credit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists exploring how to tame random gene fluctuations as the embryos that become our bodies...
Penn study finds that different diseases elicit distinct sets of exhausted T cells
Credit: John Wherry, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania; Immunity PHILADELPHIA - The battle between the human...
Cleveland Clinic receives $2 million grant to study cancer genetics and radiation effectiveness
Tuesday, May 15, 2018, CLEVELAND: Can the genetic makeup of their cancers predict how patients with lung cancer will respond...
Genetic fixer-uppers may help predict bladder cancer prognosis
HERSHEY, Pa. -- Mutations in genes that help repair damage to DNA may aid in predicting the prognosis of patients...
Scientists’ discovery in Yellowstone ‘extremely relevant’ to origin of life
Credit: MSU Photo by Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- Montana State University scientists have found a new lineage of microbes living...
Malaria detectable in olfactory cocktail
Credit: Graphic: ETH Zurich / CDC, James Gathany Malaria is still a deadly disease in tropical and subtropical regions. Every...
Expert consensus finds that higher protein intake benefits adult bone health
A new expert consensus endorsed by the European Society for Clinical and Economical Aspects of Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis, and Musculoskeletal Diseases...
3D images of cancer cells in the body
Credit: Jan Laufer / MLU Making tumour cells glow: Medical physicists at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have developed a...
How the waterwheel plant snaps
Credit: Photo: Plant Biomechanics Group The midrib of the leaf (which has been transformed into a snap trap) bends slightly...
Flowing cells in a wavy microchannel for effective size-based cell sorting
Credit: SUTD Nearly half a century ago scientists have noticed an interesting phenomenon that small particles flowing through a long...
Leading blockchain groups partner to establish a new field of life data economics
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. 15th of May, 7AM PST, San Francisco, CA - Today several leaders in blockchain and artificial...
Omega-3, omega-6 in diet alters gene expression in obesity
Bethesda, Md. (May 15, 2018)--A new study reveals that essential fats in the diet may play a role in regulating...
New agility tests can discriminate between soccer players at different performance levels
Agility -- the ability to rapidly and tactically change speed or direction -- is an important factor in soccer performance....
