Fly away home? Ice age may have clipped bird migration
Credit: Craig Chandler, University of Nebraska-Lincoln The onset of the last ice age may have forced some bird species to...
Shedding light on brain activity
A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including UC Santa Barbara scientists John Bowers, Michael Goard and Luke Theogarajan, has been awarded...
Protected waters foster resurgence of West Coast rockfish
Credit: Advanced Survey Technologies, Fisheries Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries/Southwest Fisheries Science Center West Coast rockfish species in deep collapse only...
MDI Biological Laboratory study finds immune system is critical to regeneration
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The answer to regenerative medicine's most compelling question -- why some organisms...
Researchers stumped by plants with multiple chromosomes set January meeting to collaborate
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) Some of the world's most beloved plants -- coffee, bananas, potatoes,...
3-D analysis of dog fossils sheds light on domestication debate
ITHACA, N.Y. - In an effort to settle the debate about the origin of dog domestication, a technique that uses...
In search of a greener cleaner
PITTSBURGH (September 18, 2017) - Molecular chelating agents are used in many areas ranging from laundry detergents to paper pulp...
Oxidative stress produces damage linked with increased risk of preterm birth
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A group of scientists led by Ramkumar Menon...
Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes
Credit: Courtesy of Aronowski lab, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. While immune cells called neutrophils are known to...
UTA computer scientist earns grant to combine methods to better analyze brain image data
Credit: UT Arlington Like the organ itself, data collected about the brain is incredibly complex and requires sophisticated methods to...
Communication key to preventing spread of drug-resistant bacteria
PORTLAND, Ore. - Communication breakdowns between care facilities can pave the way for outbreaks of infection, according to research on...
Plants combine color and fragrance to procure pollinators
Credit: Aphrodite Kantsa ITHACA, N.Y. - Who knew that it's possible to predict the fragrance of a flower by looking...
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...
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...