UNH scientists unravel genetic ancestry of cultivated strawberry
Credit: UNH DURHAM, N.H. – Scientists from the University of New Hampshire have unlocked a major genetic mystery of one...
Boosting levels of known antioxidant may help resist age-related decline
Credit: (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a specific...
ACMG Foundation receives funding from Pfizer for genetics training residencies/fellowships
The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine announced that it has received a $165,000 commitment from Pfizer to provide...
Even light drinkers should watch for fatty liver disease
People who have reduced enzyme activity to breakdown active aldehyde, i.e., those who become easily inebriated, are more likely to...
Exploring synapses with a gigantic advantage
How does memory occur? And what about movement, or thinking? One key element to understand all these brain functions are...
PostDoc Project Plan invites collaborators to study how plant lice…
While Climate change steadily takes its toll, promising to raise temperatures around the world by at least 1.5 °C within...
Launch of new Peatland Code could save more than 200 million tons of carbon dioxide
A new Government-backed code which could slash UK carbon dioxide emissions by 220 million tonnes and protect rare wildlife by...
Barrier-island migration drives large-scale marsh loss
Credit: © C. Hobbs/VIMS. If you've visited North Carolina's Outer Banks or other barrier islands, you've likely experienced their split...
New light on the mysterious origin of Bornean elephants
Credit: Rudi Delvaux (http://www.rudidelvaux.com/borneoenglish.html) How did Borneo get its elephant? This could be just another of Rudyard Kipling's just so...
New approaches for Parkinson’s treatment? Researchers study metabolic changes
Researchers at the Luxembourg Centre for Systems Biomedicine (LCSB) of the University of Luxembourg and partners in Constance, Munich and...
Meat — and how it’s cooked — may impact kidney…
A new study indicates that a meat-rich diet may increase the risk of developing kidney cancer through mechanisms related to...
Black widows are color-coded to deter predators without tipping off prey
DURHAM, N.C. — Secret codes and hidden messages aren't just for computer security experts or kids passing notes in class...
Neural stem cells control their own fate
To date, it has been assumed that the differentiation of stem cells depends on the environment they are embedded in....
Pandas don’t like it hot: Temperature, not food is biggest…
Credit: Photo by Mingxi Li. Although a new Drexel study found that the metabolism of giant pandas is higher than...
Under-studied boreal habitat key for North America’s ducks
Credit: M. Carriere Knowing where migrating birds came from and where they're headed is essential for their conservation and management....
Saving the Underworld: Clarifying the stygofauna classification for…
Credit: Renata Nunes Inevitably, many habitats, including the particularly vulnerable subterranean ones, will continue being erased from our planet as...
Why mole rats are more flexible than we previously thought
One of the most interesting facts about mole rats – that, as with ants and termites, individuals specialise in particular...
A non-proliferative signaling center kicks off tooth development
Credit: Laura Ahtiainen Despite extensive research on the molecular regulation of early tooth development, little is known about the cellular...
Medical mystery solved in record time
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine In a study published today in PLoS ONE, a team of researchers reports solving a...
Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new…
Credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois A Boeing 747 burns one gallon of jet fuel each second. A recent analysis from...
