Hepatitis C virus tricks liver cells to sabotage immune defenses
Credit: University of Washington The virus that causes hepatitis C protects itself by blocking signals that call up immune defenses...
Neurons in the human eye are organized for error correction
Credit: Prentice et al. Neurons found in the human eye naturally display a form of error correction in the collective...
An artificial pathway for turning carbon dioxide into useful products
Researchers have developed a synthetic pathway to "fix" carbon dioxide - converting it into organic compounds - more quickly than...
Getting to bottom of crater formation
Credit: @ECORD_IODP The first results of a recent drilling expedition at Chicxulub crater - one of the only known craters...
X-ray pulsars fade as propeller effect sets in
Credit: Image courtesy of the MIPT Press Office An international team of astrophysicists including Russian scientists from the Space Research...
VARI, Cedars-Sinai awarded National Cancer Institute grant for epigenomic data analysis
(Van Andel Research Institute) Van Andel Research Institute (VARI), in collaboration with Cedars-Sinai, has received a $2.5 million, five-year grant...
Through grant & telemedicine, Boston Medical Center expanding access to epilepsy care
BOSTON - Boston Medical Center (BMC) has been awarded a three-year, $1.2 million grant from the Health Resources and Services...
Fear of gaining weight may influence contraception choices
Concerns about weight gain may be driving contraception choices, according to Penn State College of Medicine researchers. Women who are...
Scientists tweak photosynthesis to boost crop yield
Credit: Graphic by Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Researchers report in the journal Science that they can increase plant productivity...
DNA study unravels the history of the world’s most produced cereal
ANCIENT MAIZE Genome sequence of a 5,310-year-old maize cob provides new insights into the early stages of maize domestication. The...
Plants that soak up sun more quickly could improve crop yields
Researchers have identified a way to manipulate photosynthesis in plants to increase both their light-harvesting ability and biomass production. As...
Crop yield gets big boost with modified genes in photosynthesis
Credit: Lauriebeth Leonelli and Matthew Brooks/UC Berkeley Plant biologists have bumped up crop productivity by as much as 20 percent...
Engineering a more efficient system for harnessing carbon dioxide
Despite the vast diversity of organisms on the planet that express enzymes for the conversion of carbon dioxide into such...
Flash of invisible light helps astronomers map the cosmic web
Credit: Credit: Dr. Vikram Ravi/Caltech and Dr. Ryan Shannon/ICRAR-Curtin/CSIRO A brief but brilliant burst of radiation that travelled at least...
Asteroid impacts could create niches for life, suggests Chicxulub crater study
Scientists studying the Chicxulub crater have shown how large asteroid impacts deform rocks in a way that may produce habitats...
Bright radio bursts probe universe’s hidden matter
Credit: Courtesy of V. Ravi/Caltech Fast radio bursts, or FRBs, are mysterious flashes of radio waves originating outside our Milky...
Discovering what keeps cellular cargo on track
Credit: Photo by Kurt Stepnitz EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University researchers, for the first time, have identified how...
Oregon team says life in Earth’s soils may be older than believed
EUGENE, Ore. -- (Nov. 17, 2016) -- Way before trees or lichens evolved, soils on Earth were alive, as revealed...
Salk Institute ranked #2 in world for life sciences collaborations by Nature Index
Credit: Nature Research LA JOLLA--(November 17, 2016) The Salk Institute ranks second in the world for high-quality, high-impact scientific collaborations...
Liquid silicon: Computer chips could bridge the gap between computation and storage
Credit: Photo courtesy UW-Madison/Stephanie Precourt. MADISON, WIs. -- Computer chips in development at the University of Wisconsin-Madison could make future...