New model of T cell activation
T cell receptors are an important part of the human immune system. They are able to switch their conformation from...
UTA awarded $6 million in 2016 to find new ways to identify and treat…
Credit: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington is becoming a major cancer research institute, receiving more than $6 million...
The next step in preventing diabetes
Type 1 diabetes affects 30,000 individuals throughout Germany and is the most common metabolic disease in children and adolescents. To...
Incentive to move
Credit: Source: Sonja-Verena Albers The biologist Dr. Tessa Quax has identified the structure of a central protein used by archaea...
University of Kentucky researchers discover three new primate species
LEXINGTON, Ky. (May 3, 2016) – Three new species of mouse lemurs – the smallest primates in the world –...
‘Plant cinema’ shows the flow of energy
Credit: (c) Stephan Wagner Nothing works without fuel: plants also depend on fuel for growth and development. In living organisms,...
Protecting piping plovers
Credit: Roger Eriksson EAST LANSING, Mich. – Visitors to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore are often treated to tiny scurrying...
Combined $54.5M gift creates a brighter future for children and women
(Edmonton) – The sound of footsteps ascending the stairs heralds six-year-old triplets David, Ryan and Liam Ennis. They spill into...
New tiny arboreal toad species from India is just small enough for its own genus
IMAGE: A Blythophryne beryet toad sitting on leaf surface. Credit: Dr. Ramesh K. Aggarwal Found on a herb bush, a...
Scientists suggest way to predict the behavior of invasive weeds
Credit: Invasive Plant Science volume 10 issue 4 front cover WESTMINSTER, Colo. – Dec. 28, 2017 – Is it possible...
$1.9 million NIH grant to Wayne State to develop novel therapy for…
Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT – Wayne State University recently received a five-year, $1.925 million grant from the National Eye...
Cells from same cell bank lots may have vast genetic variability
In a surprise finding, researchers working with breast cancer cells purchased at the same time from the same cell bank...
Federally subsidized shrubs, grasses crucial to sage grouse survival…
Credit: Wash. Dept. of Fish & Wildlife The sage grouse is an exceptionally showy bird and an icon of the...
Dozens of new wildlife corridors identified for African mammals
Credit: Courtesy Tim Caro/UC Davis Researchers at the University of California, Davis, have identified 52 potential wildlife corridors linking protected...
Cowbird moms choosy when selecting foster parents for their young
Credit: Photo by Loren Merrill; Inset photo by Scott Chiavacci CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Brown-headed cowbirds are unconventional mothers. Rather than...
Genetic diversity crucial to Florida scrub-jay’s survival
Credit: Louise E Hunt Ithaca, NY-Legendary conservationist Aldo Leopold once advised: "To keep every cog and wheel is the first...
New species of terrestrial crab found climbing on trees in Hong Kong
Credit: Dr. Peter K. L. Ng A new species of terrestrial crab has been found to climb trees on the...
Researchers identify a protein that keeps metastatic breast cancer cells dormant
Credit: (Author: Cristina Figueras-Puig, IRB Barcelona) The time needed for breast cancer metastases (secondary lesions caused by cells that have...
Genome of fiercely protective Fonni’s Dog reflects human history of Sardinia
Credit: Stefano Marelli A genomic analysis of 28 dog breeds has traced the genetic history of the remarkable Fonni's Dog,...
The ocean is losing its breath. Here’s the global scope
Credit: (Credit: Arcadio Castillo/Smithsonian) In the past 50 years, the amount of water in the open ocean with zero oxygen...
