Jeff Gelles to receive 2019 BPS Kazuhito Kinosita Award in Single-Molecule
ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has named Jeff Gelles, Aron and Imre Tauber Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology,...
Harry Noller to receive 2019 BPS Ignacio Tinoco Award
ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has named Harry Noller, Robert L. Sinsheimer Professor of Molecular Biology, Department of...
Enrico Gratton to receive 2019 BPS Avanti Award in Lipids
ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has named Enrico Gratton, Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California, Irvine,...
Routine genomic screening could find risks for cancer and heart disease in 3 to 4 million
1. Routine genomic screening could find risks for cancer and heart disease in 3 to 4 million unsuspecting Americans Abstract:...
Cannabinoid improves survival rates of mice with pancreatic cancer
Mice with pancreatic cancer that were treated with a naturally occurring constituent of medicinal cannabis alongside chemotherapy, survived almost three...
Diet matters less than evolutionary relationships in shaping gut microbiome
Study is the largest published comparative dataset of non-human primate gut microbiomes to date Leaf-eating primates shared very few gut...
Juli Feigon to receive 2019 BPS Founders Award
ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has named Juli Feigon, Distinguished Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of...
Raymond Stevens to receive 2019 BPS Anatrace Membrane Protein Award
ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has named Raymond Stevens, Provost Professor and Director of the Bridge Institute, Department...
Elizabeth Rhoades to receive 2019 BPS Michael and Kate Barany Award
ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has named Elizabeth Rhoades, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, as...
UMass Amherst biophysicist, cell biologist team up to explore mechanics of cell division
Credit: UMass Amherst/Patricia Wadsworth AMHERST, Mass. - When humans construct a building, it's intended to stand for many years, but...
DNA repair after CRISPR cutting not at all what people thought
Despite high hopes and high investment in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, scientists still have a lot to learn about how it...
Largest king penguin colony has shrunk nearly 90 percent
Credit: © Henry Weimerskirch Known since the 1960s, the colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Île aux Cochons, in...
Microfluidic system incorporates neuroinflammation into ‘Alzheimer’s in a dish’ model
Credit: Joseph Park, Ph.D., Doo Yeon Kim, Ph.D., Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D., and Hansang Cho, Ph.D.; Genetics and Aging Research...
Cannabidiol prevents nausea in rats
Credit: Limebeer et al., eNeuro (2018) A non-psychoactive compound derived from marijuana could potentially be developed into new anti-nausea treatments...
Research on mutation ‘hotspots’ in DNA could lead to new insights on cancer risks
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- New research from Indiana University has identified "hotspots" in...
Homo sapiens developed a new ecological niche that separated it from other hominins
Credit: Roberts and Stewart. 2018. Defining the 'generalist specialist' niche for Pleistocene Homo sapiens. Nature Human Behaviour. 10.1038/s41562-018-0394-4. Critical review...
New process in root development discovered
Credit: IST Austria/Ivan Kulik As the plant root grows, a root cap protects its fragile tip. Every few hours, the...
Do bacteria ever go extinct? New research says yes, bigtime
Credit: Stilianos Louca, University of British Columbia. Bacteria go extinct at substantial rates, although appear to avoid the mass extinctions...
An increase in Southern Ocean upwelling may explain the Holocene CO2 rise
Credit: Anja Studer; Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Human populations and civilization expanded rapidly over the last 10 000 years,...
Carbon ‘leak’ may have warmed the planet for 11,000 years, encouraging human civilization
Credit: Anja Studer, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry The oceans are the planet's most important depository for atmospheric carbon dioxide...
