TSRI study: Protein monitors lung volume and regulates breathing
Credit: Madeline McCurry-Schmidt LA JOLLA, CA - Dec. 22, 2016 - A protein originally discovered at The Scripps Research Institute...
Genes controlling sugar and acid content played key role in jujube domestication
Credit: Xingang Li. Genes involved in creating sweet jujube fruits with the right amount of tartness played an important role...
Mass insect migrations in UK skies
Credit: Jane Hill As Britain voted for Brexit amid furious debate over migration, trillions of migrants were coming and going,...
1.5°C Paris Agreement target could net six million tons of fish annually
(Nippon Foundation-Nereus Program) Meeting the Paris Agreement global warming target of 1.5°C will have large benefits to fisheries, finds a...
Paris Agreement target critical for preserving fisheries
Credit: Lindsay Lafreniere Limiting temperature increases to 1.5°C over pre-industrial levels, as outlined in the Paris Agreement, will significantly minimize...
FH and other findings from Geisinger-Regeneron genomics studies
Credit: Brian Foelsch, Geisinger Health System DANVILLE, Pa. - A study conducted by Geisinger Health System in collaboration with the...
Plastics compound bps alters mouse moms’ behavior and brain regions
Credit: Pablo Robles Media Photography AMHERST, Mass. - In the first study of its kind, environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg...
Researchers estimate time since death using necrobiome
Currently, when a deceased human is discovered, the forensic techniques for estimating time elapsed since death is not very precise....
Global climate target could net additional six million tons of fish annually
Credit: Lindsay Lafreniere If countries abide by the Paris Agreement global warming target of 1.5 degrees Celsius, potential fish catches...
Using super-slow motion movie, scientists pin down the workings of a key proton pump
Using powerful new tools, scientists from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center and collaborators have demonstrated how bacteriorhodopsin, a "proton pump", uses...
Electron-photon small-talk could have big impact on quantum computing
Credit: Princeton University In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers at Princeton University have built...
Future ‘smart cities’ should be super-connected, green and resilient
Credit: Walid Saad/Virginia Tech When Superstorm Sandy lashed New Jersey in 2012, Narayan B. Mandayam lost power in his East...
Proteins at the movies
Credit: Kyoto University Proteins twist and contort as they go about their work. And now scientists have found a way...
Oregon researchers publish reference genome of gulf pipefish
Credit: Photo by Mark Currey EUGENE, Ore. -- Dec. 22, 2016 -- University of Oregon biologists have produced a detailed...
UTSW identify process cells use to destroy damaged organelles, with links to diseases
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 22, 2016 - Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered the...
Jujube genome study sheds light on fruit tree’s domestication
ITHACA, NY--The high quality genome sequence of the dry jujube, along with sequences from trees throughout its range, have illuminated...
Losing sleep over discrimination? ‘Everyday discrimination’ may contribute to sleep problemss
December 22, 2016 - People who perceive more discrimination in daily life have higher rates of sleep problems, based on...
Advance in intense pulsed light sintering opens door to improved electronics manufacturing
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Faster production of advanced, flexible electronics is among the potential benefits of a discovery by researchers at...
Study potentially explains vulnerability of young cancer patients to treatment toxicities
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- Despite many successes in treating pediatric cancer, young children remain at high risk for...
Obesity-associated protein could be linked to leukemia development
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--Cancer researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have found an obesity-associated protein's...