Why bearcats smell like buttered popcorn
Credit: Photo courtesy of Carolina Tiger Rescue DURHAM, N.C. — The bearcat. The binturong. Whatever you call this shy, shaggy-haired...
New method of calculating protein interaction to speed up drug development
Credit: Image courtesy of MIPT Press Office Biologists and mathematicians from MIPT, Stony Brook University and other scientific research centres...
New evidence for California Condors’ genetic bottleneck
Credit: J. D'Elia The existing genetic diversity of California Condors, all of which are descended from just 14 individuals, is...
New tool, RODEO, promises to capture the breadth of microbial…
Credit: Source: DOI:10.1038/nchembio.2319 In an age of booming biotechnology, it might be easy to forget how much we still rely...
JNeurosci: Highlights from the Oct. 5 issue
Credit: Kramer et al. Check out these newsworthy studies from the October 5, 2016, issue of JNeurosci. Media interested in...
MSU tackles mystery of protein folding
EAST LANSING, Mich. – Proteins are the workhorses of life, mediating almost all biological events in every life form. Scientists...
Dairy farmers should rethink a cow’s curfew, says UBC researchers
Credit: UBC Dairy cows housed indoors want to break curfew and roam free, suggests new research from the University of...
Brain’s immune cells linked to Alzheimer’s,…
LA JOLLA–Scientists have, for the first time, characterized the molecular markers that make the brain’s front lines of immune defense–cells...
USC study shows how skeletal stem cells form the blueprint of the face
Timing is everything when it comes to the development of the vertebrate face. In a new study published in PLoS...
Coping with climate stress in Antarctica
Credit: Rob Robbins/US Antarctic Program Some Antarctic fish living in the planet's coldest waters are able to cope with the...
Frosting on the cake
Credit: Daniel Miller When estimating portion size, we may be more influenced by food images on the packaging than by...
Therapeutic inhibition of RANK pathway reduces breast cancer…
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers at the Institute of Biomedical Research of Bellvitge (IDIBELL), led by Dr. Eva Gonzalez-Suarez, have shown that...
University of Montana student earns NASA Earth and Space science…
Credit: courtesy photo MISSOULA – University of Montana doctoral candidate Eric Palm recently was selected for the prestigious NASA Earth...
Researchers uncover ‘local heroes’ of immune system
Melbourne researchers have uncovered the genes responsible for the way the body fights infection at the point of 'invasion' –...
Model helps identify drugs to treat cat eye infections
It's a problem veterinarians see all the time, but there are few treatments. Feline herpes virus 1 (FHV-1) is a...
‘Australia’s Jurassic Park’ the world’s most diverse
Credit: Damian Kelly An unprecedented 21 different types of dinosaur tracks have been identified on a 25-kilometre stretch of the...
Markey’s Blackburn earns NIH New Innovator Award for cancer research
Credit: Jim Morris | UK HealthCare LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 6, 2017) – University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center Researcher Jessica...
Vitamin D pill a day may improve exercise performance and lower risk…
Taking vitamin D supplements can improve exercise performance and lower the risk of heart disease, according to the findings of...
Southern Africa’s cheetah population much smaller than believed
Credit: Stephanie Periquet DURHAM, N.C. — Populations of cheetahs in southern Africa have declined as farming and other human activities...
Enzyme from briny deep resurrected in the lab
Credit: © 2017 André Antunes, Edge Hill University, UK. Mysterious microbes that thrive in hot and super-salty brine lakes at...
