Women seen as younger when eyes, lips and eyebrows stand out
Credit: Aurélie Porcheron Aspects of facial contrast, a measure of how much facial features stand out in the face, decrease...
In vitro fertilization linked with increased risk of congenital heart defects
A new analysis of published studies found a 45% increased risk of congenital heart defects in newborns when women become...
Biologists taught infusoria to fight poisons
Credit: Anatoliy Inozemtsev A team of scientists from the Faculty of Biology of Lomonosov Moscow State University and Laboratory of...
Wood frogs research clarifies risks posed to animals by warming climate
Credit: Staci Amburgey, Penn State As conditions warm, fish and wildlife living at the southern edge of their species' ranges...
Tufts University nutrition scientists provide updated MyPlate for…
BOSTON (March 7, 2016)–Nutrition scientists at the Jean Mayer U. S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging...
Most complex nanoparticle crystal ever made by design
Credit: Credit: Glotzer Group, University of Michigan. Copyright: Science EVANSTON, Ill. — The most complex crystal designed and built from...
Sticking sugar to protein
Credit: Julia Kowal / ETH Zurich Whenever cells receive signals, interact with other cells or identify viruses and bacteria, the...
Unveiling the biology behind nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Credit: Sokrates Stein/EPFL EPFL scientists have discovered a new biological mechanism behind nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease...
Food webs entangle humans in complex relationships with animals, crops and the environment
Credit: Stefani Crabtree, Penn State Reconstructed food webs from the Ancestral Puebloan southwestern United States show the complexity and interconnectedness...
Targeted conservation could protect more of Earth’s biodiversity
Credit: Yale University/University of Grenoble New Haven, Conn. – A new study finds that major gains in global biodiversity can...
Tiny cellular antennae key to fat formation in muscle
Credit: Daniel Kopinke Like it or not, as we age, our muscle cells are slowly exchanged, one by one, for...
Sticking sugar to protein
Credit: Julia Kowal / ETH Zurich Whenever cells receive signals, interact with other cells or identify viruses and bacteria, the...
UT Southwestern finds protein function that could lead to ways to prevent stroke damage
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Oct. 6, 2016 – One particular protein is the final executioner of events...
T cells join the fight against Zika
Credit: Courtesy of the Shresta lab at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. LA JOLLA, CA–The worst of the...
FOXI3 gene is involved in dental cusp formation
Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Hairless dog breeds differ from other dogs not only by lacking a coat, but also...
Sound waves create whirlpools to round up tiny signs of disease
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a tiny whirlpool that can concentrate nanoparticles...
Alzheimer’s disease might be a ‘whole body’ problem
Credit: University of British Columbia Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia, has long been assumed to originate in the...
Allergens widespread in largest study of US homes
Credit: NIEHS Allergens are widespread, but highly variable in U.S. homes, according to the nation's largest indoor allergen study to...
Black bear links real objects to computer images
Credit: Roy Lewis American black bears may be able to recognize things they know in real life, such as pieces...
Scripps Florida scientists develop drug discovery approach to predict…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – December 29, 2016 – Breast cancer researchers from the Florida campus of...
