New Princeton-CUNY program to bring together physicists and biologists
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded $13 million to create the Center for the Physics of Biological Function, a...
Statement on the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017
Credit: Nobel Media. Ill. N. Elmehed The Nobel Assembly has awarded the 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine jointly...
Random movements help color-detecting cells form the proper pattern
In fish and other animals, the color detecting cone cells in the retina are arranged in specific patterns, and this...
New UM faculty member lands $1.8 million grant to study intracellular bacteria that infect most insects
Credit: courtesy MISSOULA - A new University of Montana faculty member, Brandon Cooper, recently was awarded a five-year, $1.8 million...
An algorithm that explains how ants create and repair trail networks
Credit: Deborah Gordon Imagine you're a member of the Cephalotes goniodontus species, an arboreal ant with a Darth Vader-like head...
Meet the hominin species that gave us genital herpes
Credit: Louise Walsh Two herpes simplex viruses infect primates from unknown evolutionary depths. In modern humans these viruses manifest as...
Win-win strategies for climate and food security
Credit: Frank et al., 2017 Climate policies that target agriculture and forests could lead to increased food prices, but reducing...
Update on an endangered Philippine cycad species
Credit: Thomas Marler When plant species are threatened to the point that they reach a designation of Critically Endangered, sustaining...
Chicken embryo development data obtained in FANTOM project
The work is a part of FANTOM and was funded by a Russian-Japanese grant provided by the Russian Science Foundation....
GW-led consortium and FDA release new specifications to advance genomic data analysis
WASHINGTON (Sept. 29, 2017) -- The George Washington University (GW) and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have published...
Nation’s public cord blood banks provide benefits, despite drop in use, study finds
The nation's public umbilical cord blood banks provide benefits that far outweigh their costs and should continue to receive federal...
Women with disabilities may be missing out on cancer screening
Women with disabilities are a third less likely to participate in breast cancer screening and a quarter less likely to...
Dartmouth-led team receives NASA grant to study lake water quality in the Northeast
Credit: Photo by Sam Fey. Throughout the Northeast, lakes are popular destinations for recreation and often prized locations for second...
A stinging report: FSU reserach shows climate change a major threat to bumble bees
Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is...
Elderly who have trouble identifying odors face risk of dementia
Credit: Rob Kozloff, for the University of Chicago Medicine A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults, aged 57 to 85,...
BMC Research in Progress Photo Competition showcases the best of science photography
From stunning microscopy, to researchers at work, and the various forms of life they investigate, the first BMC Research in...
UMN Medical School’s Center for Magnetic Resonance Research receives NIH U01 grant
The University of Minnesota Medical School's Center for Magnetic Resonance Research (CMRR) has been awarded a grant from the National...
Algae with light switch
Credit: Oliver Bäumchen, MPIDS, Göttingen / Thomas Braun, Heidelberg Sunlight allows green algae to do more than just carry out...
IU, Regenstrief, LifeOmic announce collaboration to revolutionize medicine
Credit: LifeOmic INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana University, the Regenstrief Institute and Indianapolis-based technology company LifeOmic have announced a first-of-its kind collaboration...
Climate’s effects on flowers critical for bumble bees
Credit: Photo courtesy of Jane Ogilvie. In a study that shows the importance of climate change on critical pollinators, North...
