MPFI researchers make significant advance in understanding calcium…
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Approximately eight years ago, former Research Group Leader at Max Planck Florida Institute...
Scientists describe new research model to enhance Zika virus research
MADISON, Wis. — Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine (SVM) have developed one of the first...
Mapping DROSHA’s cleavage sites
Credit: IBS Each cell of our body is the result of an orchestra of sophisticated mechanisms that control which genes...
Urban hedgehogs — more at home in the city than you thought
Credit: James M. Turner A species that is 15 million years old, hedgehogs have survived all kinds of environmental changes...
Born to break: Mutation causes fragile bones
IMAGE: The picture shows a cross-section of the femur of a mouse. The white and purple cells are bone marrow,...
Tiny dinosaur may have dazzled mates with rainbow ruff and a bony…
Credit: Hu, et al., 2018 Ancient dinosaurs were adorned in some amazing ways, from the horns of the triceratops to...
Organism responsible for paralytic shellfish poisoning may affect fisheries
The toxic dinoflagellate, Alexandrium fundyense, is a photosynthetic plankton–a microscopic organism floating in the ocean, unable to swim against a...
NIH creates Atlas of Human Malformation Syndromes in Diverse Populations
Researchers with the National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), part of the National Institutes of Health, have collaborated with physicians...
Sibling bonding is stronger when dad’s around
Credit: Emily C. Lynch, Project Papio, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey For many female mammals, mothers and maternal...
Squirrels use ‘chunking’ to organize their favorite nuts
Credit: Amber Engle Like trick-or-treaters sorting their Halloween candy haul, fox squirrels apparently organize their stashes of nuts by variety,...
Kent study recommends solution to end unsustainable agricultural practices
Credit: Valeria Boron A University of Kent study has suggested that rural areas can provide for both people and wildlife...
Listeria: Hypervirulent strains with cerebral and placental tropism
IMAGE: This image shows tissue infected by Listeria (bacteria appear in red). Credit: YH Tsai, M Lecuit, © Institut Pasteur....
Brain’s immune cells linked to Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, schizophrenia
LA JOLLA–Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain’s front lines of immune defense–cells...
High-carbon coal products could derail China’s clean energy…
Credit: Greenpeace DURHAM, N.C. — China's plan to ramp up production of new chemicals and synthetic fuels made from coal...
Female fiddler crabs want protection not sex
New research has resolved a mystery over why female fiddler crabs visit and leave many males during mating season, and...
Camouflage influences life-and-death decisions that animals make
Credit: Project Nightjar Nesting birds time their escape from an approaching predator depending on how well camouflaged their eggs and...
Clarified mechanism of rotation of node cilia-principal for asymmetry of the body
IMAGE: This image shows the motion and microtubule arrangement of node cilia in the mouse embryo. Credit: Tokyo University of...
Antibiotics pave way for C. diff infections by killing bile acid-altering bacteria
IMAGE: Thie is Clostridium difficile, or C. diff.. Credit: Renee Fox New research from North Carolina State University and the...
The eyes are the window into the brain
Our eyes are constantly moving, whether we notice or not. They jump from one focus point to another and even...
NSF makes new awards to advance Science of Learning
Credit: John Consoli, University of Maryland; John C. Williams, Humanoid Engineering & Intelligent Robotics (HEIR) Lab, Marquette University; Diane Quinn;...
