New Zealand children’s medicine prescriptions examined for first time
A study into the pharmaceutical use of 1.4 million New Zealand children has revealed some significant increases in the use...
To be or not to be a white blood cell, that is the question
Credit: Tohoku University Japanese scientists have revealed a biological "switch" that influences whether an immature blood cell would develop into...
Photosynthesis discovery could help next-gen biotechnologies
Researchers from The University of Queensland (UQ) and the University of Münster (WWU) have purified and visualized the 'Cyclic Electron...
How fruits got their eye-catching colors
DURHAM, N.C. -- Red plums. Green melons. Purple figs. Ripe fruits come in an array of greens, yellows, oranges, browns,...
Doubts and dialogue may alter public perceptions of science
Credit: University of Copenhagen Science projects within controversial fields such as synthetic biology could benefit from experimenting with communication settings...
Protein produced in gut could stave off deadly bone marrow transplant complication
(New York, NY - September 24, 2018) -- Researchers at Mount Sinai have discovered that an antimicrobial protein found in...
Thousands of DNA changes in the developing brain revealed by machine learning
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute LA JOLLA , CALIF. - Sept. 24, 2018 - Unlike most cells in...
Scientists search for coral’s new home
Coral reefs have long faced problems like overfishing, global warming and pollution -- but they're also threatened by how slow...
NSF announces new awards for Understanding the Rules of Life
Credit: Elizabeth Archie, University of Notre Dame The National Science Foundation (NSF) announced 29 awards in support of Understanding the...
Cryo-EM reveals structure of protein responsible for regulating body temperature
Credit: Wei Lü and Juan Du GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (September 24, 2018) -- A team led by Van Andel Research...
High-carbohydrates diet lead to weight loss, according to new study
Diets high in carbohydrates reduce body weight and body fat and improve insulin function in overweight individuals, according to a...
Breakthrough in designing a better Salmonella vaccine
Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH UC Davis researchers announce in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this...
How nature, nurture shape the sleeping brain
Credit: Rusterholz et al., JNeurosci (2018) Some patterns of electrical activity generated by the brain during sleep are inherited, according...
Parasite makes quick exit when researchers remove the handbrake
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Melbourne researchers have discovered a way to halt the invasion of the toxoplasmosis-causing...
Children found capable of using the ‘wisdom of crowds’
Children, like adults, can improve their response to difficult tasks by the power of group work, new research led by...
USDA grants $4.97 million for research evaluating snowpack and water allocation
Credit: University of Nevada, Reno RENO, Nev. - Mountain snowpack is a primary source of water for the arid western...
Renewed project could protect environment for millennia
Credit: Clemson University A team that has included more than 85 researchers from three South Carolina universities is receiving $2...
How will climate change stress the power grid? Hint: Look at dew point temperatures
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new study suggests the power industry is underestimating how climate change could affect the long-term demand...
Why it doesn’t get dark when you blink
Credit: Caspar M. Schwiedrzik Every five seconds we close our eyes and blink to moisten them. During this brief moment...
Research forecasts US among top nations to suffer economic damage from climate change
For the first time, researchers have developed a data set quantifying what the social cost of carbon--the measure of the...
