How to increase the fat burned during exercise
When we exercise, our body's oxidation of fat and carbohydrates depends on the intensity and duration of the activity. A...
Validation of suspected somatic single nucleotide variations
Credit: Centre for Molecular Biology It has been proposed that somatic gene variations (SNV) present in few brain cells could...
Start codons in DNA may be more numerous than previously thought
Credit: Jeff Glasgow/Ariel Hecht/Kelly Irvine/NIST For decades, scientists working with genetic material have labored with a few basic rules in...
Endangered ibises benefit from joining egret flocks
Credit: N. Zhao Birds benefit from flocking together — even when they're not of a feather. According to a new...
Sequencing poisonous mushrooms to potentially create medicine
Credit: By G.L. Kohuth EAST LANSING, Mich. – A team of Michigan State University scientists has genetically sequenced two species...
Oregon scientists link signaling network to heart valve defects
EUGENE, Ore. — May 5, 2016 — A cell-to-cell signaling network that serves as a developmental timer could provide a...
New metalloid oxide reducing bacteria found in manitoba’s…
Credit: Dr. Vladimir Yurkov A new study published in the Canadian Journal of Microbiology has identified new toxic metalloid-reducing bacteria...
New research reveals cancers need a ‘perfect storm’ of conditions to develop
SCIENTISTS have demonstrated for the first time the 'perfect storm' of conditions that cells need to start forming cancer, helping...
Mothers with diabetes more likely to also have anti-fetal brain autoantibodies
Mothers of children with autism and were diagnosed with metabolic conditions during pregnancy, particularly gestational and type 2 diabetes, were...
Efficiency of insect biodiversity monitoring via Malaise trap samples…
Credit: Bernhard Huber The massive decline of over 75% insect biomass reported from Germany between 1989 and 2013 by expert...
Key molecular signal that shapes regeneration in planarian stem cells discovered
Kansas City, MO. — Many living creatures possess exceptional abilities that set them apart from other species. Cheetahs can run...
Biological clock found in fungal parasite sheds more light on…
Credit: Brianna Santamaria Charissa de Bekker, Ph.D., came to UCF earlier this year to continue her research on a fungal...
What if humans could photosynthesize? (video)
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, 2016 — The sun shines a massive amount of energy onto the Earth's surface every day. What...
Blood processing methods affect microparticles and mtDNA linked to transfusion reactions
Scientists from Blood Systems Research Institute in San Francisco, California, and Canadian Blood Services' Centre for Innovation lab in Edmonton,...
Evolution of ideas: Scientists to decode genetic story of Newton’s apple
Credit: University of Lincoln Scientists will connect two of the most important scientific theories of all time – the law...
Scripps Florida scientists find way to predict activity of stem cells
JUPITER, FL – February 29, 2016 – Scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have for...
Availability of human food shortens and disrupts bears’…
Credit: Journal of Zoology With winter approaching, bears all over the world are getting ready to hibernate. New research suggests...
New NOAA Fisheries research reveals ecosystem cascades affecting…
Credit: Point Blue Conservation Science Interpreting relationships between species and their environments is crucial to inform ecosystem-based management (EBM), a...
Study documents drought’s impact on redwood forest ferns
IMAGE: Coastal woodfern (Dryopteris arguta) is common in the understory of coastal redwood forests. Credit: Tim Stephens/UC Santa Cruz The...
Scientists applaud passage of Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act
"The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine applauds the Senate passage of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st...
