More mouths can be fed by boosting number of plant pores
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Scientists at ITbM, Nagoya University have synthesized a new bioactive small molecule that has the ability...
Rolling dice for cell size specification in plant leaf epidermis
Credit: NIBB One of the central questions in biology is how a cell specifies its size. Because size distribution often...
Novel small antibody fragment: A valuable tool in crystallography
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Antibodies are a powerful weapon system in defending our body against invaders such as bacteria...
Loma Linda University study says eating nuts can reduce weight gain
A study recently published in the online version of the European Journal of Nutrition has found that people who include...
Breaking legume’s crop wild relative barrier
Credit: PS Rao. Domesticating plants to grow as crops can turn out to be a double-edged scythe. On one hand,...
Dinosaur evolution: Lumbering giants had agile ancestors
Credit: Source: Rodolfo Nogueira The best known sauropod dinosaurs were huge herbivorous creatures, whose brain structures were markedly different from...
Animal acoustic activity decline shows forest fire pollution wreaks havoc on wildlife
Credit: Benjamin Lee Forest fires in Southeast Asia during the El Niño droughts of 2015 caused considerable disruption to the...
$2.375 million federal award to study epigenetic control systems, inform drug discovery
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute September 20, 2017 (Grand Rapids, Michigan)--Van Andel Research Institute scientist Scott Rothbart, Ph.D.,...
Researchers discover unique property of critical methane-producing enzyme
An unexpected discovery has given scientists a greater understanding of an important methane-producing enzyme. A team of researchers at the...
EU life science research institutes want a more balanced Framework Programme 9
Credit: VIB EU-LIFE, the alliance of 13 leading Life Science Research Institutes in Europe announced their key priorities for the...
Real or fake? Creating fingers to protect identities
Credit: Michigan State University Do you know how safe it is to use your finger as a security login? And...
Scientists find cellular backup plan for keeping iron levels just right
Iron is essential for cells to function, but excess iron can damage cells. Accordingly, cells have sophisticated molecular mechanisms to...
Sandia Labs wins 5 regional technology transfer awards
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories/Randy Wong ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories won five awards from the 2017 Federal Laboratory Consortium...
Using AI, citizen science and disaster response to help victims of Hurricane Irma
A highly unusual collaboration between information engineers at Oxford, the Zooniverse citizen science platform and international disaster response organization Rescue...
Research provides clues to treat depression, autism and other neuropsychiatric disorders
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Alterations in a naturally occurring chemical in the brain called serotonin have been linked to a...
$11.5 million program project aims to combat malaria drug resistance
Credit: courtesy of Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (Sept. 20, 2017) - Texas Biomedical Research Institute researchers, Dr. Tim Anderson...
Smokers who quit have metabolite levels that resemble those of nonsmokers
Even after years of smoking, the body has a remarkable ability to repair itself. Now in a study appearing in...
Gender-open science
Credit: Foto: Peter Mesenholl Gender perspectives in mathematics, information sciences, natural sciences and technology: The Federal Ministry of Education and...
Imagining a world without species
Credit: CC Even Charles Darwin, the author of "The Origin of Species", had a problem with species. "I was much...
Faulty cell signaling derails cerebral cortex development, could it lead to autism?
Credit: Anton Lab, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC - As the embryonic brain develops, an incredibly complex cascade...
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