Scientists find key driver for treatment of deadly brain cancer
IMAGE: Scientists at the Salk Institute have discovered how a protein helps glioblastoma proliferates so quickly and how to turn...
Hydroelectric dams kill insects, wreak havoc with food webs
The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Hydropower dams generate more energy than...
Study reveals 10,000 years of genetic continuity in northwest North…
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — A study of the DNA in ancient skeletal remains...
Neuron unites 2 theoretical models on motion detection
As indicated by their name, photoreceptor cells in the eye respond to light: is an image point bright or dark?...
Biopesticide could defeat insecticide resistance in bedbugs
Credit: Michael Houtz, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences A fungal biopesticide that shows promise for the control of bed...
Ludwig researchers uncover mechanism behind metabolic vulnerability of…
Credit: Ludwig Cancer Research DECEMBER 19, 2017, New York — Scientists have known since the 1980s that many cancer cells...
New light shed on the challenge of climate negotiations
After over two decades of climate negotiation meetings, it is clear that agreeing on reduction of emissions poses a great...
Penn study brings new understanding to how fundamental DNA sequences…
Credit: Ken Zaret, Ph.D., Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – A team of researchers from the Perelman...
New from CSHLPress, an indispensable bench-side handbook for…
Using R at the Bench: Step-by-Step Data Analytics for Biologists, published by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press and available in...
With beetroot juice before exercise, aging brains look ‘younger’
Credit: WFU/Ken Bennett Drinking a beetroot juice supplement before working out makes the brain of older adults perform more efficiently,...
After decades of clean up attempts, world’s lakes still suffer from phosphorus pollution
Leading scientists warn: Phosphorus pollution is a major concern. We need to speed up recovery treatments of lakes – or...
Equality, more than dominance, defines Asian elephant society
Credit: Uda Walawe Elephant Research Project Elephants are commonly thought to live in female-led, or matriarchal, societies that rely on...
Latest advances in artificial intelligence for aging research to be…
Credit: The Buck Institute Tuesday, Dec. 12th, 2017, Baltimore, MD. Aging is one of the most complex and multifactorial processes...
Fungus a possible precursor of severe respiratory diseases in pigs
Respiratory diseases in pigs typically involve multiple infections from different pathogens. Some pathogens play a greater role than others in...
Research aims to grasp complexities in plant-pollinator networks…
LAWRENCE — According the Environmental Protection Agency, the declining health of pollinators reported for the past decade is tied to...
Harnessing nature’s vast array of venoms for drug discovery
Scorpions, snakes, snails, frogs and other creatures are thought to produce tens or even hundreds of millions of distinct venoms....
Expanding development associated with declining deer recruitment across western co.
Credit: Colorado Parks and Wildlife A new study from Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and Colorado...
Peruvian rainforest 22 times the size of Chicago named a national park
The Peruvian government announced on Sunday the designation of 3.3 million acres of Amazonian rainforest as a national park in...
Crop failure in the Andes
Credit: Saúl M. Tito. Kenneth Feeley, the Smathers Chair of Tropical Tree Biology in the University of Miami's Department of...
Assessing ecosystem services: Increasing the impact on decision making
Assessments of ecosystem services (ES), aiming at informing decisions on land management, are increasing in number around the globe, but...
