International competition benchmarks metagenomics software
Credit: John T. Consoli, University of Maryland Communities of bacteria live everywhere: inside our bodies, on our bodies and all...
Animals that play with objects learn how to use them as tools
Credit: Megan Lambert, University of York Researchers have discovered that New Caledonian crows and kea parrots can learn about the...
DNA: The next hot material in photonics?
Credit: Kyunghwan Oh, Yonsei University WASHINGTON -- Using DNA from salmon, researchers in South Korea hope to make better biomedical...
Tracking live brain activity with the new NeuBtracker open-source microscope
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A team of scientists from the Helmholtz Zentrum München and...
RUDN University scientists described the distribution of soil microorganisms
Credit: Yakov Kuzyakov Scientists from RUDN University have classified the distribution of soil microorganisms at different latitudes from tropical to...
Low consumption of vitamin K by adolescents associated with unhealthy enlargement of the heart’s major pumping chamber
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Scientists have found another reason for children...
Basis of development of vertebrate limb muscles has been established in cartilaginous fishes
Credit: nature ecology & evolution The development of limb muscle has been well studied in most land dwelling vertebrates such...
Mini-kidneys grown in lab reveal renal disease secrets
Credit: Randy Carnell and Megan Clark/UW Medicine By creating and manipulating mini-kidney organoids that contain a realistic micro-anatomy, UW Medicine...
Most Americans want the government to combat climate change, some willing to pay a high amount
Sixty-one percent of Americans think climate change is a problem that the government needs to address, including 43 percent of...
New report details innovations in water reuse
Credit: Colorado State University In drought-prone states like California, Colorado and others, every drop of water is precious. A newly...
Advancing algae for better biofuels
Credit: AzCATI at Arizona State University Colorado State University scientists are partners in a three-year grant of up to $3.5...
When HIV drugs don’t cooperate
The term "synergy" has gained a reputation as an overused buzzword, but it has a quantifiable definition in pharmacology. Two...
Preventing autoimmune disease after a viral infection
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The key weapon against viruses and bacteria that invade the body is production of antibodies,...
What a rare blood disease can teach us about blood clotting
Credit: Irene Martinez-Martinez When a person is injured, blood clotting is essential. However, once the danger has passed, it is...
Earth’s biodiversity is changing as the planet warms. But how?
Credit: Credit: Adam Wilson and Walter Jetz, PLOS Biology, 2016 BUFFALO, N.Y. -- As the Earth's climate changes, shifting weather...
CU Researchers win prestigious $2 million NIH grant for brain study
AURORA, Colo. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Researchers from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus and the University of Colorado...
New insights into leading cause of miscarriage, birth defects discovered
Credit: Northwestern University EVANSTON, Ill. --- Two recent Northwestern University studies shed new light on the mystery of the leading...
Evolutionary crop research: Ego-plants give lower yield
Credit: Copenhagen University Survival of the fittest is a fundamental concept in Darwin's theory of natural selection which drives evolution....
Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young honored with Nobel Prize
Credit: Mario Morgado/The Rockefeller University Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young, who discovered the molecular mechanism of circadian rhythm, which...
New Central Park fly species gets CCNY professor’s moniker
Credit: City College of New York/David Lohman Introducing Themira lohmanus, a fly like no other, and the most recently discovered...
