Smart physical training in virtual reality
CITEC is funding this large-scale research project with 1.6 million Euro and it will run until 2017. During a project...
New technology helps pinpoint sources of water contamination
Credit: Berkeley Lab When the local water management agency closes your favorite beach due to unhealthy water quality, how reliable...
International efforts needed to save world’s largest mammals,…
A team of conservation biologists is calling for a worldwide strategy to prevent the unthinkable: the extinction of the world's...
These ring-tailed lemurs raise a ‘stink’ when they flirt with potential mates
Credit: Devin Sturgeon A U of T Scarborough study finds that a unique ritual performed by male ring-tailed lemurs may...
Leaving the electrical grid in the Upper Peninsula
Known for snow rather than sun, Michigan's Upper Peninsula could still support a significant network of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy...
New cancer model shows genomic link between early-stage and invasive…
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON — new genetic-based model may explain how a common form of early-stage breast cancer...
New tissue-engineered blood vessel replacements one step closer to human trials
Credit: University of Minnesota Researchers at the University of Minnesota have created a new lab-grown blood vessel replacement that is...
CRISPR gene editing reveals new therapeutic approach for blood disorders
(MEMPHIS, Tenn. – August 15, 2016) An international team of scientists led by researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital...
European-wide study to examine the prevalence of heart disease in apes
Wild gorillas and chimpanzees are on the brink of extinction threatened primarily by habitat loss and poaching. At the same...
Dino-killing asteroid’s impact on bird evolution
Credit: Cornell Lab of Ornithology ITHACA, N.Y. – Human activities could change the pace of evolution, similar to what occurred...
‘Watchdog’ for greenhouse gas emissions
The signatory countries of the Kyoto Protocol and the new Paris Agreement have committed to reduce global warming. The countries...
Researchers find key genetic driver for rare type of triple-negative…
Credit: University of Michigan Health System ANN ARBOR, Michigan — For more than a decade, Celina Kleer, M.D., has been...
Scientists discover fossil of dinosaur ancestor with surprising croc-like appearance
Credit: Gabriel Lio Scientists have long wondered what the earliest dinosaur relatives looked like. Most assumed they would resemble miniature...
The first Iberian lynx infected by the pseudorabies virus
Credit: Ex-situ conservation program of the Iberian lynx On 1 December 2015, Matojo, a male Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) cub,...
Is junk food to blame?
Soda, candy, and fast food are often painted as the prime culprits in the national discussion of obesity in the...
No blue light, please, I’m tired — light color determines sleepiness versus…
Light affects sleep. A study in mice published in Open Access journal PLOS Biology shows that the actual color of...
New ranger patrol method shows major improvements in detection
A team of scientists from WCS, University of York, and Uganda Wildlife Authority have developed a new method of detecting...
Weight-loss technologies train the brain to resist temptation
Credit: Drexel's Laboratory for Innovations in Health-Related Behavior Change Can a computer game train your brain to resist sweets? That's...
A genetic mutation in the evolution helps to explain the origin of some human organs
Credit: Universitat de Barcelona. A neutral genetic mutation–a fluke in the evolutionary process that had no apparent biological purpose–that appeared...
The ups and downs of transportation within cells
Credit: Image by Yuri Nakamura, Hiroshima University. How do cells avoid growing topsy-turvy? Growing so your top, front, bottom and...
