Cells in fish’s spinal discs repair themselves
Credit: Jennifer Bagwell, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Duke researchers have discovered a unique repair mechanism in the developing backbone...
Scientists win UN data prize for monitoring threats to South African…
Credit: Adam Wilson BUFFALO, N.Y. — South Africa's Cape Floristic Region is one of the richest repositories of plant life...
Young, gifted, first-generation minority science students motivated by prosocial values
BETHESDA, MD–There are as many motives as there are undergraduates taking introductory science courses, but if you look closely at...
Scientists develop protein with potential to modify brain function, memory in mice and fish
Scientists at USC have developed a new tool to modify brain activity and memory in targeted ways, without the help...
Research reveals how PSD forms and why defects can cause autism
All neurons in our brain are wired via a micron-sized connection unit called synapse, and each synapse contains a layer...
Uncovering the power of glial cells
Credit: TDY Kozai/BionicLab.ORG PITTSBURGH (January 8, 2018) … Implanted devices send targeted electrical stimulation to the nervous system to interfere...
OU study demonstrates seasonality of bird migration in response to…
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma study demonstrates for the first time that remote sensing data from weather...
Ancient fossil microorganisms indicate that life in the universe is common
Credit: J. William Schopf/UCLA Center for the Study of Evolution and the Origin of Life A new analysis of the...
Skin cells ‘crawl’ together to heal wounds treated with unique hydrogel layer
Credit: Marit Mitchell / U of T Engineering Time may not heal all wounds, but a proprietary mix of peptides...
Paleontologists find North America’s oldest monkey fossil along…
AMES, Iowa – It was late in the year, but Panama was still muggy and rain clouds were closing in....
Scientists reveal new and improved genome sequence of Daphnia pulex
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school....
Microscopic collisions help proteins stay healthy
SAN ANTONIO, Texas, USA (Aug. 5, 2016) — Studies at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio...
Squished cells could shape design of synthetic materials
Credit: UW-Madison Materials Research Science and Engineering Center All living cells are basically squishy balloons full of water, proteins and...
Study links overeating in obese mice to altered brain responses to…
Obese mice are much more likely than lean mice to overeat in the presence of environmental cues, a behavior that...
Georgia State researcher gets $1.8 million to study gut bacteria and…
ATLANTA–Andrew Gewirtz, a professor in the Institute for Biomedical Sciences at Georgia State University, has received a four-year, $1.8-million federal...
40-year-old chorus frog tissues vital to Louisiana hybrid zone study
LSU researchers Jeremy M. Brown and Eric N. Rittmeyer, in collaboration with colleagues at Florida State University, are shedding light...
Sequencing algae’s genome may aid biofuel production
There's an ancient group of algae that evolved in the world's oceans before our backboned ancestors crawled onto land. They...
Strong hosts help parasites spread farther
Credit: Hokkaido University Large, physically strong Masu salmon disperse farther when infected with parasites, potentially escaping from further infections at...
New techniques to assess the fate of stem cells in vivo
Publication in Genes & Development: researchers at the Université libre de Bruxelles, ULB develop new techniques to assess the fate...
Dartmouth team makes breakthrough toward fish-free aquaculture feed
HANOVER, N.H. – Dartmouth College scientists have discovered that marine microalgae can completely replace the wild fish oil currently used...
