Striking lane-like patterns found in bacteria populations
It’s well understood that populations of species don’t distribute at random. Rather, as populations grow, individuals are organized around barriers ...
New video explains why stillbirth is not the mother’s fault
Researchers and artists from the Hunter Medical Research Institute (HMRI) and the University of Newcastle have collaborated to create a ...
Nature study: Ocean life may adapt to climate change, but with hidden costs
Suppose that we could watch twenty generations of whales or sharks adapting to climate change—measuring how they evolve and how ...
Treating brain cancer with drug previously used on canines
The National Institutes of Health is awarding a $3.8 million grant to John Rossmeisl, the Dr. and Mrs. Dorsey Taylor ...
Appetite genes control how children grow
Have you ever wondered why it is so different how quickly and how much small babies put on weight during ...
The impact of extinction
While the popular Netflix movie "Don’t Look Up" has raised public consciousness to the potential catastrophic effects of asteroid impact ...
To detect Alzheimer’s earlier, research to map the brain
A University of Texas at Arlington computer science and engineering assistant professor has received a National Institutes of Health grant ...
Journal of Hepatology COVID-19 news brief
Amsterdam, March 21, 2022 – Patients with liver disease are particularly vulnerable to the impact of COVID-19. The Journal of ...
Ape ‘vocabularies’ shaped by social mingling — like in humans
Social mingling shapes and transforms the ‘vocabularies’ of apes, just like in humans, according to new research led by the ...
Cryo-EM reveals how ‘911’ molecule helps fix damaged DNA
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (March 21, 2022) — When something goes wrong during DNA replication, cells call their own version of ...
Antibody shows promise for developing hantavirus treatment
An international research team discovered the first human antibody to effectively neutralize two types of hantaviruses in animal models, according ...
Survey of pollinators
Apart from honey bees and perhaps a few butterflies, there are very few insects with “celebrity status”. Even though many ...
Bacteria-shredding insect wings inspire new antibacterial packaging
Key points:Credit: RMIT University Key points: Antibacterial texturing kills bacteria, extending food’s shelf life. Comes amid huge demand to improve ...
A whale’s tale: the story hidden in their mouths
Baleen plates – the signature bristle-like apparatus toothless whales use to feed – reveal how these large aquatic mammals adapt ...
Leveraging AI to work with cells
One of the ultimate goals of medical science is to develop personalized disease diagnostics and therapeutics. With a patient’s genetic ...
TTUHSC receives NIH grant to examine impact of vitamin A depletion on Alzheimer’s disease
Ongoing research suggests that an accumulation of toxic reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the area of the brain known as ...
Sponges, not just their microbes, make biologically potent compounds
SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2022 — Soft and immobile, sea sponges may appear inert, but these simple animals are rich ...
‘Worm-on-a-chip’ device could someday help diagnose lung cancer
SAN DIEGO, March 20, 2022 — Dogs can use their incredible sense of smell to sniff out various forms of ...
Researchers map human sensory neurons, pursue chronic pain cure
An investigation into how human nerve cells differ from animal cells has provided researchers from The University of Texas at ...
Lung tissue from the lab
Laboratory studies of lung tissue usually require the removal of large amounts of human or animal tissue. Now scientists from ...
