Squirrels have long memory for problem solving
Squirrels can remember problem-solving techniques for long periods and can apply them to new situations, researchers have discovered. University of...
Tiny cellular antennae key to fat formation in muscle
Credit: Daniel Kopinke Like it or not, as we age, our muscle cells are slowly exchanged, one by one, for...
How social rank can trigger vulnerability to stress
Stress is a major risk factor for a range of psychopathologies. However, stress does not affect everyone equally: in the...
How neurons sense our everyday life
Credit: King's College London Researchers from King's College London have discovered a molecular mechanism that enables neuronal connections to change...
Largest study of malaria gene function reveals many potential drug targets
The malaria parasite's success is owed to the stripping down of its genome to the bare essential genes, scientists at...
Zika vaccine protects fetus against infection and birth defects
GALVESTON, Texas - Immunizing female mice with a Zika vaccine can protect their developing fetus from infection and birth defects...
New report presents national strategy to reduce opioid epidemic
WASHINGTON - Years of sustained and coordinated efforts will be required to contain and reverse the harmful societal effects of...
Study by UTA professor shows many parents in the dark about concussions
Despite the large volume of information about sports related concussions on the Internet, many parents and guardians of young athletes...
Babies with hearing loss form better vocabulary with early intervention
Credit: Christine Yoshinaga-Itano Children with hearing loss who are diagnosed by 3 months of age and receive interventions by 6...
Cancer researchers become first in UK to access latest genome sequencing technology
UK scientists now have access to a new kind of next-generation genome sequencing machine which could revolutionise their research to...
Researchers revolutionize vital conservation tool with use of gold nanotechnology and lasers
Credit: University of Minnesota/Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute For more than 60 years, researchers have tried to successfully cryopreserve (or freeze)...
Cancer may metastasize without lymph node involvement
(Bethesda, MD, July 13, 2017) Research by several leading scientists including Rakesh Jain, PhD, Director of the Edwin L. Steele...
Newly discovered elovanoids called a ‘transformative new concept of biology’
Credit: Darryl Schmitt for LSU Health New Orleans Neuroscience Center of Excellence New Orleans, LA - Research led by Nicolas...
BASF unveils new class of insecticide for malaria prevention
Credit: BASF WHO recommendation for game-changing mosquito net First bed net to contain non-pyrethroid chemistry Collaboration with IVCC and London...
Pittsburgh-Paris partnership: Pitt Medicine to collaborate with French research institutes
Credit: French Embassy, Washington DC PITTSBURGH, July 13, 2017 - The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine has entered into...
USDA announces $7.2 million for research on plant-biotic interactions
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 13, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Experimental Zika virus vaccines restrict in utero virus transmission in mice
Credit: JM Richner et al./Cell WHAT: Two experimental vaccines can restrict Zika virus transmission from pregnant mice to their fetuses...
The BGRF and Diversity.AI announce a new tool to assess organizational diversity
Credit: Diversity.AI The Biogerontology Research Foundation releases the results of their first pilot study, conducted as part of their ongoing...
Bakaletz Lab biofilm work published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
The laboratory of Lauren Bakaletz, PhD, director, Center for Microbial Pathogenesis and vice president of basic sciences, The Research Institute...
Cancer cells force normal cells to mimic viruses to help tumors spread, resist treatment
PHILADELPHIA - In a study that could explain why some breast cancers are more aggressive than others, researchers say they...
