From a model of fluids to the birth of a new field in computational physics
It may sound like the stuff of fairy tales, but in the 1950s two numerical models initially developed as a...
How Australia got planted
Credit: Courtesy of Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network A new study has uncovered when and why the native vegetation that today...
The gypsum gravity chute: A phytoplankton-elevator to the ocean floor
Tiny gypsum crystals can make phytoplankton so heavy that they rapidly sink, hereby transporting large quantities of carbon to the...
UNH researchers find invasive seaweed makes fish change their behavior
Credit: Kristin Mello/UNH DURHAM, N.H. - When it comes to finding protection and a safe feeding ground, fish rely on...
Technique doubles conversion of CO2 to plastic component
Fossil fuels have long been the precursor to plastic, but new research from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln and European collaborators...
Two-and-a-half-year expedition ends in world’s most biodiverse protected area
Credit: CREDIT: Milieniusz Spanowicz/Wildlife Conservation Society. LA PAZ, BOLIVIA (May 22, 2018) -- After a two-and-a-half-year expedition through the world's...
Studies examine effect of testing frequency after treatment, surgery for colorectal cancer
Bottom Line: Two studies and a related editorial examined the effect of more or less frequent follow-up testing after treatment...
Annual Report to the Nation
The latest Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer finds that overall cancer death rates continue to...
Building a brain, cell by cell: Researchers make a mini neuron network (of two)
Credit: 2018 Shoji Takeuchi, Institute of Industrial Science, The University of Tokyo Tokyo - The human brain is an exquisitely...
Mount St. Helens’ many ecological lessons captured in new book
Credit: Ali Freibott, US Forest Service When Mount St. Helens erupted 38 years ago today, it not only dramatically transformed...
Designer cells: Artificial enzyme can activate a gene switch
Credit: University of Basel, Yasunori Okamoto Complex reaction cascades can be triggered in artificial molecular systems: Swiss scientists have constructed...
Embryonic gene regulation through mechanical forces
Credit: Copyright: Ulrich Technau During embryonic development genetic cascades control gene activity and cell differentiation. In a new publication of...
New PLOS channel for the antimicrobial resistance (AMR) community
Credit: PLOS PLOS, in collaboration with GARDP, is delighted to announce the launch of the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Channel during...
Advance genetics study identifies virulent strain of TB
LSTM's Dr Maxine Caws is co-lead investigator on an advanced genetics study published in Nature Genetics(link is external), which has...
First record of large-antlered muntjac in Vietnam
Credit: Leibniz IZW, WWF Vietnam, USAID Song Thanh Nature Rerserve In November 2017 - under a biodiversity monitoring and assessment...
The nature of the Ebola virus responsible for the 9th epidemic currently raging in the DRC character
The National Institute for Biomedical Research (INRB) of Kinshasa and Inserm have characterized the nature of the Ebola virus responsible...
Researchers build artificial cellular compartments as molecular workshops
Credit: P. Erdmann / Max-Planck-Institute of Biochemistry How to install new capabilities in cells without interfering with their metabolic processes?...
IUPUI study finds missing link between blow flies and possible pathogen transmission
Credit: School of Science, IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- Determining whether blow flies have consumed animal fecal material versus animal tissue has...
The prevalence of twin births in pure Spanish horses (PREs)
Credit: ANCCE It is known that chromosomal anomalies are one of the principle genetic causes of infertility in horses. However,...
Lead exposure found to affect fertility rates
Over the last few years, Flint, Michigan, has been in the news due to findings related to lead in its...
