Tumor cells are dependent on fat to start metastasis
Credit: M. Minocri (IRB Barcelona A study headed by Salvador Aznar Benitah, ICREA researcher at the Institute for Research in...
Intimate and social relationships important for older adults in assisted living, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Intimate and social relationships remain important for older adults residing in assisted-living facilities, according to a...
Fishy Caribbean ‘juveniles’ to be recognized as a new species, the Hourglass basslet
Credit: D. R. Robertson and C. C. Baldwin Living in deep reefs in the Atlantic Ocean, the banded basslet, a...
Critical zone, critical research
Credit: Photo courtesy of the Laramie Mural Project (bhp imaging photo). The Earth's critical zone isn't called critical for nothing....
Conservation effort spreads seeds of destruction across the Midwest
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Weed scientists in at least two Midwestern states have...
Novel label-free microscopy enables dynamic, high-resolution imaging of cell interactions
Credit: Yue Zhuo, University of Illinois Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have invented a novel live-cell imaging...
Knowing one’s place in a social hierarchy
When you start a new job, it's normal to spend the first day working out who's who in the pecking...
Disruption of the body’s internal clock causes disruption of metabolic processes
Chronobiologists from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that the body's carbon monoxide metabolism is closely linked to the body's...
TET proteins drive early neurogenesis
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Xiang Li, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. LA JOLLA, CA--The fate of stem cells...
Could a seawater battery help end our dependence on lithium?
Scientists have developed a battery that uses seawater as the catholyte. Click for a high-resolution image.... view more Credit: American...
New studies take a second look at coral bleaching culprit
Credit: Illustration by Eric Taylor, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Scientists have called superoxide out as the main culprit behind coral...
Ecologists publish research on soil’s potential to increase the Earth’s CO2
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Soil, an important part of the carbon cycle, might compound the world's carbon...
Researchers combine MERS and rabies viruses to create innovative 2-for-1 vaccine
In a new study, researchers have modified a rabies virus, so that it has a protein from the MERS virus;...
Evolution Letters — A new open access journal set to launch in 2017
Hoboken, NJ - December 7, 2016 - John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), the European Society of...
Why keep the raw data?
Credit: Kroon-Batenburg et al. The increasingly popular subject of raw diffraction data deposition is examined in a Topical Review in...
Two genetic mutations discovered in subset of acute myeloid leukemia
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two genetic mutations known to play a role in many solid cancers might also help explain why...
Partnership at a distance: Deep-frozen helium molecules
Credit: Peter Evers FRANKFURT. Helium atoms are loners. Only if they are cooled down to an extremely low temperature do...
Uncovering the secrets of water and ice as materials
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 7, 2016 -- Water is vital to life on Earth and its importance simply can't be overstated...
Novel test enables earlier detection of Merkel cell carcinoma, Fred Hutch scientists say
Scientists have found a way to detect earlier if a deadly cancer, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), is recurring in patients,...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2016
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