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...
New tools to manipulate biology
Chemistry has provided many key tools and techniques to the biological community in the last twenty years. We can now...
How ‘super organisms’ evolve in response to toxic environments
BAR HARBOR, MAINE – Scientists have long known that many diseases have a strong genetic component, but they are only...
Computer model developed for predicting the dispersion of vog
A paper published this month in the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society details the development and utility of a...
Novel type 2 diabetes risk model more accurately assesses disease…
New Rochelle, May 31, 2016–An innovative model for determining a person's risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) overcomes many...
Solving of a decade long mystery could help in fight against TB
Credit: Photo taken by Dr Julian Thorpe of the University of Sussex and Dr Simon Waddell of the Brighton and...
NHGRI researchers home in on mutation profiles of clear cell…
Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI In the largest genomics study of clear cell endometrial cancer (CCEC) tumors to date, National Human...
Filling the gap: High-latitude volcanic eruptions also have global…
Credit: NASA Volcanic eruptions always seize the attention of climate scientists, because the sulfate aerosols formed in the volcanic plumes...
Cloth masks offer poor protection against air pollution
AMHERST, Mass. – Results of a new study by environmental health scientists at the University of Massachusetts Amherst suggest that...
The Muffin Study: Mono- vs. polyunsaturated fats in patients with…
Baltimore, Md. – June 15, 2016. It's hard to think of the typical muffin, often loaded with saturated fat and...
A tale of two fishes: Biologists find male, female live-bearing fish…
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS — Male live-bearing fish are evolving faster than female fish, according to a Kansas...
