Ants communicate by mouth-to-mouth fluid exchange
Credit: Adria C. LeBoeuf Liquids shared mouth-to-mouth by social insects contain proteins and small molecules that can influence the development...
Immune system mechanisms — the work of Dr. Jean-Sébastien Delisle recognized
(University of Montreal) A new research has identified the unexpected role of Neuropilin-1, a membrane receptor, and the phenomenon of...
UTSA professor receives grant for therapeutic underwater virtual reality game
Credit: John Quarles/UTSA John Quarles, an associate professor of computer science at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA),...
Sometimes just watching hurts — and the signs of pain are seen in the brain
Credit: Jaakko Hotta/Aalto University Some people claim to experience pain just watching something painful to happen. This is true especially...
Harvest of nuisance black bears in New Jersey reducing human-bear conflicts
Credit: New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife LOGAN, UTAH, USA - Is there room for black bears in human-dominated...
Mystery of ultra-diffuse faint galaxies solved
Credit: (Credit: NIHAO collaboration (PI A.V. Macciò, NYUAD) Over the last year, researchers have observed some very faint, diffuse galaxies....
Each animal species hosts a unique microbial community and benefits from it
Credit: Bordenstein Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Each animal species hosts its own, unique community of microbes that can significantly improve its...
New guidelines aim to improve understanding of scientific data
Researchers from University of East Anglia (UEA) have produced new guidelines aimed at improving the communication and understanding of scientific...
Novel silicon etching technique crafts 3-D gradient refractive index micro-optics
Credit: University of Illinois A multi-institutional research collaboration has created a novel approach for fabricating three-dimensional micro-optics through the shape-defined...
Stanford researchers develop new compound to reduce tumor growth
A baseball glove is typically made from leather. If a new design made gloves more attractive to baseballs -- catching...
Nocturnal & GW awarded $2.27m grant for preclinical development of cardiac imaging system
DURHAM, N.C. (Nov. 28, 2016) -- Nocturnal Product Development, LLC, received a prestigious Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer Program...
UTSW researchers’ international study zeros in on gene that limits desire to drink alcohol
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS, Nov. 28, 2016 - In the largest study of its kind, UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers...
Taking a closer look at online social networking and depression
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2016 New Rochelle, NY, November 28, 2016--While frequency and duration of online social networking...
With climate change, not all wildlife population shifts are predictable
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Wildlife ecologists who study the effects of climate change assume, with support from several...
Does hormonal contraception alleviate premenstrual symptoms?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers, 2016 New Rochelle, NY, November 28, 2016--The results of a new study designed to...
VirusDetect, a new bioinformatics pipeline for virus identification released
ITHACA, NY-- Researchers studying the viruses that affect agricultural production or human health now have a new tool for investigating...
UMD researchers crack the code of a deadly virus
Venezuelan equine encephalitis virus (VEEV) is an unforgiving killer of horses, donkeys and zebras, resulting in mortality as high as...
Cultivation technologies benefit ultradwarf bermudagrass
MISSISSIPPI STATE, MS - Researchers at Mississippi State University say turfgrass professionals could benefit from more research on how new...
Marine incentives programs may replace ‘doom and gloom’ with hope
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Incentives that are designed to enable smarter use of the ocean while also protecting marine ecosystems can...
William Small, Jr., M.D., named Loyola Senior Scientist of the Year
Credit: Loyola Medicine MAYWOOD, IL - William Small, Jr., MD, FACRO, FACR, FASTRO, chair of the department of radiation oncology,...