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...
Researcher Manel Esteller is awarded a 2016 Proof of Concept…
Dr Manel Esteller, leader of the Cancer Epigenetics and Biology Program (PEBC) of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL), ICREA...
African-American women with ovarian cancer — can obesity mask early symptoms?
New Rochelle, NY, April 28, 2016 — African American women with ovarian cancer are more likely to die from the...
In rats that can’t control glutamate, cocaine is less rewarding,…
Credit: Zheng-Xiong Xi and Lauren Brick Rats missing a neuroreceptor that controls the release of the neurotransmitter glutamate are less...
Cryo-electron microscopy achieves unprecedented resolution using new computational methods
Credit: C. Hryc and the Chiu Lab, Baylor College of Medicine Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM)–which enables the visualization of viruses, proteins,...
‘Late-life’ genes activated by biological clock to help protect against stress, aging
Credit: (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered that a subset...
