Dingo skull resistant to change from cross breeding with dogs,…
Australia's largest predator, the dingo, is resistant to one of the main threats to its survival as a species —...
Newly discovered volcanic rock minerals may offer new insights into earth’s…
Credit: Keena Kareem, LSU The first 1.5 billion years of Earth's evolution is subject to considerable uncertainty due to the...
Genome of wheat ancestor sequenced
Credit: (Patrick McGuire / UC Davis) Sequencing the bread wheat genome has long been considered an almost insurmountable task, due...
Does inflammation contribute to premenstrual symptoms?
New Rochelle, NY, June 16, 2016–Women with premenstrual symptoms (PMS) including mood swings, weight gain/bloating, and abdominal cramps/back pain have...
Gaming for gut research
Credit: Jerome Waldispuhl You may not think of yourself in this way – but in some ways your body is...
Bornean orangutans’ canopy movements flag conservation targets
Credit: Courtesy of Marc Ancrenaz Washington, DC– Bornean orangutans living in forests impacted by human commerce seek areas of denser...
Personal cooling units on the horizon
Credit: Qing Wang, Penn State Firefighters entering burning buildings, athletes competing in the broiling sun and workers in foundries may...
Growing perfect crystals by filling the gaps
Crystals are solid materials composed of microscopic building blocks arranged in highly ordered patterns. They have countless applications, ranging from...
Zika doesn’t deter Americans from traveling abroad, study shows
Global concerns about Zika virus aren't stopping Americans from making international travel plans, a new study finds, but many who...
Could DNA from a virus millions of years old hold the key to new neuro…
Credit: Plymouth University Dr Sylwia Ammoun, Senior Research Fellow at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, has received...
Protein proves influential to healthy immune system
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Researchers have discovered that the protein Myb plays a vital role...
Flexibility and arrangement — the interaction of ribonucleic acid and water
Credit: MBI Ribonucleic acid (RNA) plays a key role in biochemical processes which occur at the cellular level in a...
How far did you fall from the tree?
Credit: Kyoto University Japan — Mutations generate genetic variation, and are a major driving force of evolution. Therefore, examining mutation...
Distinguished role model for women in science receives global award
Credit: John Innes Centre A world-leading Norfolk plant scientist is today named as a 2018 L'Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science...
UMass Amherst research creating tool for sustainable cities
AMHERST, Mass. – Green building expert Simi Hoque at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a five-year, $508,714 National...
Electrical ‘switch’ in brain’s capillary network monitors activity and…
Credit: Courtesy of Thomas Longden All it takes is the flip of a protein "switch" within the tiny wire-like capillaries...
Rare feline genetic disorders identified through whole genome sequencing at MU
Credit: Cleveland Zoo Whole genome sequencing (WGS), which is the process of determining an organism's complete DNA sequence, can be...
Human forebrain circuits under construction — in a dish
Credit: Sergiu Pasca, M.D., Stanford University National Institutes of Health (NIH)-funded neuroscientists have created a 3D window into the human...
Penn, Notre Dame researchers mapping genetic history of the Caribbean
In the island chain called the Lesser Antilles, stretching from the Virgin Islands south to Trinidad and Tobago, a team...
Researchers ponder the shape of birds’ eggs
Credit: TR Birkhead The shape of birds' eggs varies considerably, for reasons that are unclear. The peculiarly elongated and pointed...
