Study shows biomarker panel boosts lung cancer risk assessment for smokers
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center A four-protein biomarker blood test improves lung cancer risk assessment over existing guidelines that rely...
UCLA researchers discover gene that controls bone-to-fat ratio in bone marrow
In an unexpected discovery, UCLA researchers have found that a gene previously known to control human metabolism also controls the...
Why stinky cheeses stink (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 12, 2018 -- Some cheeses are infamously smelly, giving off odors akin to...
Chemicals associated with oxidative stress may be essential to development
Credit: Daniel Suter/Purdue University Some level of molecules linked to oxidative stress may be essential to health and development, according...
OU biologist developing network of researchers and data from intermittent rivers
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma professor, Daniel Allen, is developing an intermittent river research coordination network of...
Mapping species range shifts under recent climatic changes
Credit: Hokkaido University The inclusion of taxon-specific sensitivity to a shifting climate helps us understand species distributional responses to changes...
Moving fish farms enables seagrass meadows to thrive, study shows
Credit: Demetris Kletou/University of Plymouth Commercial fish farms should be moved away from seagrass meadows in order for both to...
Why the left hemisphere of the brain understands language better than the right
Credit: RUB, Marquard Nerve cells in the brain region planum temporale have more synapses in the left hemisphere than in...
Light receptors determine the behavior of flashlight fish
Credit: © Stefan Herlitze, RUB-Lehrstuhl Allgemeine Zoologie und Neurobiologie Biologists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum characterized new, unknown photoreceptors from the...
WSU researchers use coal waste to create sustainable concrete
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have created a sustainable alternative to traditional concrete using coal fly...
Controlling the manufacture of stable aerogels
Credit: Hayanon's Science Manga Studio Kyoto University researchers have developed a new approach to control the fabrication of soft, porous...
Study finds potential link between alcohol and death rates
Drinking heavily results in uncontrolled iron absorption into the body, putting strain on vital organs and increasing the risk of...
Invasive plants adapt to new environments, study finds
Credit: (Credit: Mario Vallejo-Marin) Invasive plants have the ability to adapt to new environments - and even behave like a...
A gene required for addictive behavior
Heidelberg, 12 July 2018 - Cocaine can have a devastating effect on people. It directly stimulates the brain's reward center,...
Intensive care patients’ muscles unable to use fats for energy
The muscles of people in intensive care are less able to use fats for energy, contributing to extensive loss of...
Polyps will let unrelated ‘others’ fuse to them and share tissue, scientists discover
Credit: University of Kansas We humans will put up with a lot from our relatives. Yet most of us are...
New technologies for producing medical therapeutic proteins
Credit: Lobachevsky University Bacterial systems are some of the simplest and most effective platforms for the expression of recombinant proteins....
Optimizing pulsed electric fields to target cancer with calcium ions
Credit: Dr. Hamid Hosseini Several different treatment methods are used against cancer and multiple promising approaches are currently under examination...
New perspective on tumor genome evolution
Natural selection shapes genomes to evolve and to adapt but, are the rules of natural selection also applying to cancer...
New control of cell division discovered
Credit: Arpan Rai, UZH As every cook has experienced: When balsamic vinegar and olive oil are mixed, both liquids separate....
