Personality traits and psychiatric disorders linked to specific genomic locations
A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies (GWAS) has identified six loci or regions of the human genome that are significantly...
Scientists determine how much damage memory devices can take in mass transit accidents
Credit: Jonathan Cohen/Binghamton University BINGHAMTON, NY - While investigating mass transit accidents, especially in air travel, National Transportation Safety Board...
UMMS scientists co-discover first ‘off-switches’ for CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing
Credit: University of Massachusetts Medical School CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing is quickly revolutionizing biomedical research, but the new technology is not...
Climate change is already causing widespread local extinction in plant and animal species
Credit: Flickr user, wanderingseoul61 Extinctions related to climate change have already happened in hundreds of plant and animal species around...
Against the tide: A fish adapts quickly to lethal levels of pollution
Credit: Andrew Whitehead/UC Davis Evolution is working hard to rescue some urban fish from a lethal, human-altered environment, according to...
Researchers map neural circuitry of songbird learning
How do juvenile songbirds learn to sing in a way that preserves both the unique features of local song culture...
Report proposes standards for sharing data and code used in computational studies
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Reporting new research results involves detailed descriptions of methods and materials...
Artificial beta cells
Credit: ETH Zurich Researchers led by ETH Professor Martin Fussenegger at the Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering (D-BSSE) in...
Mobile money access lifted 2 percent of Kenyan households out of poverty, finds new study
Credit: Intersect New Haven, CT, Dec. 8 - A new study today shows that the expansion of mobile money helped...
Study finds less fragmentation in muzzleloading and black powder cartridge rifles
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study found that traditional bullets for muzzleloading rifles and black powder rifle cartridges fragment less...
Scientists develop new drug screening tool for dystonia
Credit: Zac Caffall, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have identified a common mechanism underlying separate forms of...
Fishery bycatch rapidly driving Mexico’s vaquita to extinction, new studies find
Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Barbara Taylor One of the most sophisticated networks of acoustic detectors ever developed for wildlife science has documented...
Brain & Behavior Research Foundation awards NARSAD Distinguished Investigator grants
The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation today announced the award of NARSAD Distinguished Investigator Grants valued at $1.5 million to...
Protein disrupts infectious biofilms
Credit: Kyle Costa/Caltech Many infectious pathogens are difficult to treat because they develop into biofilms, layers of metabolically active but...
Immune system’s ‘workaround’ may explain heart disease in psoriasis patients
Credit: Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine Psoriasis is well-known for causing too many skin cells on elbows, knees,...
Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops’ exposure to air pollution
Credit: NASA Using data from NASA satellites and airport visibility sensors, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues are extending an...
A nano-roundabout for light
Credit: TU Wien Just like in normal road traffic, crossings are indispensable in optical signal processing. In order to avoid...
Electron highway inside crystal
Credit: Video: Thomas Bathon/Paolo Sessi/Matthias Bode Physicists of the University of Würzburg have made an astonishing discovery in a specific...
Further improvement of qubit lifetime for quantum computers
Credit: Philip Krantz, Krantz NanoArt Jülich, 8 December 2016. An international team of scientists has succeeded in making further improvements...
Researchers identify biomarkers of response to treatment in invasive breast cancer
CHAPEL HILL - Why do some breast cancers respond to treatment while others resist it? A study led by researchers...
