A plastic planet
More than 8 billion metric tons. That's the amount of plastic humans have created since the large-scale production of synthetic...
Small pest, big battle
The Aedes aegypti mosquito may be tiny but it can wreak major havoc on human health, spreading diseases such as...
Reciprocal effects
When gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, they sparked a resurgence of aspen trees. Young aspens had been...
Lorenz Studer awarded the 2017 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--July 20, 2017--Lorenz P. Studer, MD, was announced today as the winner of the 2017 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell...
Scientists discover combined sensory map for heat, humidity in fly brain
Credit: Marco Gallio, Northwestern EVANSTON, Ill. --- Northwestern University neuroscientists now can visualize how fruit flies sense and process humidity...
USDA announces $4.6 million for nanotechnology research
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 20, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Shooting the achilles heel of nervous system cancers
Credit: Yolanda Sanchez LEBANON, N.H. - Virtually all cancer treatments used today also damage normal cells, causing the toxic side...
Ancient Italian fossils reveal risk of parasitic infections due to climate change
Credit: Scientific Reports In 2014, a team of researchers led by a paleobiologist from the University of Missouri found that...
Scientists seek to engineer chatter among cells
Credit: The Biodesign Lab/Rice University HOUSTON - (July 20, 2017) - Communities of cells communicate to coordinate their actions, but...
Shale gas development spurring spread of invasive plants in Pennsylvania forests
Credit: Mortensen Lab, Penn State Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from...
Engaging Islamic religious leaders to improve African-American Muslim women’s attitudes towards breastfeeding
Credit: Penn Nursing PHILADELPHIA (July 20, 2017) - While research has demonstrated the positive impact a woman's social support network...
Art inspiring ecological science, inspiring art
Ecologists and artists will explore the intersection of their craft in two back-to-back Ignite-style sessions on Tuesday, August 8, at...
USDA announces $15.1m for research on renewable energy, biobased products, agroecosystems
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 20, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Native leech preys on invasive slug?
Credit: Ryusei Yamakami The giant slug Limax maximus is native to Europe and Asia Minor but has spread widely, being...
Mountain glaciers recharge vital aquifers
Credit: UAF photo by Todd Paris. Small mountain glaciers play a big role in recharging vital aquifers and in keeping...
Holographic imaging could be used to detect signs of life in space
We may be capable of finding microbes in space--but if we did, could we tell what they were, and that...
Combining CAR T cells with existing immunotherapies may overcome resistance in glioblastomas
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Genetically modified "hunter" T cells successfully migrated to and penetrated a deadly type of brain...
Engineered liver tissue expands after transplant
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Many diseases, including cirrhosis and hepatitis, can lead to liver failure. More than 17,000 Americans suffering from...
Surprising genetic variety in childhood brain cancer
Medulloblastoma is a malignant tumor of the cerebellum. Medulloblastoma can occur at any age, but it most commonly affects children....
Novel CRISPR-Cas9 screening enables discovery of new targets to aid cancer immunotherapy
Credit: Dana-Farber/Boston Children's BOSTON (July 19, 2017) -- A novel screening method developed by a team at Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer...
