UMD’s Juntti awarded grant to design tools linking gene changes to traits in cichlid fish
Credit: John T. Consoli Scott Juntti, the William J. Higgins Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Maryland, received...
Mapping trees can help count endangered lemurs
Credit: Photo by David Haring, Duke Lemur Center DURHAM, N.C. -- The vast majority of lemur species are on the...
A FEW good collaborators
Credit: Benjamin Wang '20, Lehigh University Suppose you're a farmer cultivating crops in a major river basin. You rely on...
Predicting how splicing errors impact disease risk
Credit: CSHL Dept of Public Affairs Cold Spring Harbor, NY - No one knows how many times in a day,...
Drug-resistance of gonorrhoea in the EU: persistent but stable
Credit: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control/ECDC Neisseria gonorrhoea continues to show high levels of resistance to azithromycin across...
Aspen is making a comeback in and around Yellowstone National Park, because of predators
CORVALLIS, Ore. - The reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park is tied to the recovery of aspen in areas...
Adapt, move or die: how biodiversity reacted to past climate change
Credit: Egle Kudirkiene A new paper reviews current knowledge on climate change and biodiversity. In the past, plants and animals...
Bird behavior: Biologist finds new, more accurate way of monitoring bird populations
EDMONTON (August 29, 2018)--A new method of monitoring bird populations uses the power of statistics to produce more accurate estimates...
Heritability explains fast-learning chicks
(Linköping University) Both genetic and environmental factors explain cognitive traits, shows a new study carried out on red junglefowl. Researchers...
An international team led by the CNIO reveals that human genome could contain up to 20 percent fewer genes
A new study led by the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) reveals that up to 20% of genes classified...
UTA biochemists study enzymes to provide keys for drug development
Credit: UTA UTA biochemists are mapping the function of specific enzymes which may facilitate development of new drugs to fight...
TGen-led study of metastatic melanoma secures $2 million grant
PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Aug. 29, 2018 -- Like a medical marathon, physicians run to keep up with metastatic cancer as...
Leukogene Therapeutics receives funding to develop compound for resistant multiple myeloma
Credit: Photograph by Emma Vought, Medical University of South Carolina A $2 million phase 2 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR)...
Travelling thousands of kilometers to feed — Otago studies penguins’ ‘crazy’ journeys
Imagine making a 7,000km journey just for dinner. That, University of Otago scientists have found, is the life of the...
The hidden life of rock gnome lichen
NEW YORK, August 29, 2018 - They are a natural fertilizer for the forest, great construction material for birds' nests...
Artificial intelligence guides rapid data-driven exploration of underwater habitats
Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute ASTORIA, OREGON - A recent expedition led by Dr. Blair Thornton, holding Associate Professorships at both...
Genetically encoded sensor tracks changes in oxygen levels with very high sensitivity
Credit: Toru Hisabori Based on a protein from E. coli, scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a fluorescent...
Friction loss at first contact: The material does not forgive
Credit: Graphics: Paul Schreiber, KIT/IAM Wear has major impacts on economic efficiency or health. All movable parts are affected, examples...
‘Blink’ and you won’t miss amyloids
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Tiny protein structures called amyloids are key to understanding certain devastating age-related diseases. Aggregates,...
A novel bacterial species named after a Finnish Nobelist A.I. Virtanen
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen is best known for his work on fodder preservation method, which earned him a Nobel Prize award...
