New insights into pruning
Credit: S. Herzmann et al./Development During the development of the human nervous system, billions of nerve cells connect up in...
Novel genetic method improves efficiency of enzyme
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the University of Georgia developed a...
NSF, NASA scientists explore ocean’s ‘twilight zone’ to uncover links between carbon and plankton
Credit: NASA Equipped with advanced underwater robotics and an array of analytical instrumentation, a team of scientists will set sail...
History of side-necked turtle diversification revealed
Credit: Gabriel Ferreira (FFCLRP-USP) A work authored by a group of paleontologists affiliated to University of São Paulo's Biology Department...
Most accurate picture of Zika yet creates potential for therapeutics
(Purdue University) Researchers have created the most accurate picture of Zika to date, finding probable drug-binding pockets on the surface...
Food insecurity has greater impact on disadvantaged children
Credit: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Philadelphia, June 26, 2018 - In 2016, 12.9 million children lived in food-insecure...
There is more going on in myotonic dystrophy type 1 than just alternative splicing
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) is the most common adult-onset muscular dystrophy that affects multiple...
Lynxes in danger
Credit: Ralph Frank/WWF For some years now larger wild animals - such as lynxes, wolves, and bears - have been...
When one drug fails, a new door opens for cancer treatment
(PHILADELPHIA) -- A new class of cancer drugs - called CDK4/6 inhibitors -- recently approved to treat breast cancer can...
New study confirms higher cancer rate in women with dense breast tissue
Credit: Radiological Society of North America OAK BROOK, Ill. - Researchers using automated breast density measurements have found that women...
Using artificial intelligence to understand volcanic eruptions from tiny ash
Credit: Shizuka Otsuki Scientists led by Daigo Shoji from the Earth-Life Science Institute (Tokyo Institute of Technology) have shown that...
New oceanographic insight pinpoints marine ‘hotspots of risk’
Credit: Steve Woods Increased computing power has given fisheries researchers new tools to identify "hotspots of risk," where ocean fronts...
Researchers report success culturing Treponema pallidum, which causes syphilis
Washington, DC - June 26, 2018 - The spiral-shaped bacterium that causes syphilis was so dependent on its human host...
Detection of arboreal feeding signs by Asiatic black bears
Credit: K.Tochigi Detection of arboreal feeding signs by Asiatic black bears: effects of hard mast production at individual tree and...
Computational model analysis reveals serotonin speeds learning
Credit: Champalimaud Research/Dario Sarra A new computational-model designed by researchers at UCL based on data from the Champalimaud Centre for...
Finnish forest management guidelines fail to protect the flying squirrel
Credit: Andrea Santangeli A new study determined the habitat requirements for flying squirrels and compared them to those included in...
Mindfulness helps injured athletes improve pain tolerance and awareness
A new study of injured athletes carried out by the University of Kent found they can benefit from using mindfulness...
Tropical ‘banana eater’ birds lived in North America 52 million years ago
Credit: Daniel J Field A fossil of an ancestor of modern tropical birds has been found in North America, proving...
Blockade at the receptor
Credit: Karthika Rajeeve Chlamydia trachomatis is the main cause of sexually transmitted diseases. More than 131 million people are infected...
New regulatory axis revealed for the cancer relevant matrix metalloprotease MMP14
(University of Helsinki) Membrane-associated metalloprotease, MMP14, plays a significant role in different cancer tissues -- for instance in breast cancer...
