Where river meets ocean
They exist all over the world, are among the most productive ecosystems on Earth and are home to a diverse ...
Biosensor chip detects single nucleotide polymorphism wirelessly, with higher sensitivity
Credit: Lal et al. A team led by the University of California San Diego has developed a chip that can ...
In responding to predation risk, secondhand experience can be as good as new
Credit: L. Brian Stauffer Throughout the living world, parents have many ways of gifting their offspring with information they will ...
Stormwater ponds not a major source of greenhouse gas emissions
Credit: Jim Heffernan, Duke Univ. DURHAM, N.C. - Stormwater retention ponds, a ubiquitous feature in developed landscapes worldwide, are not ...
New treatment option available for men suffering from benign prostatic hyperplasia
Credit: UC San Diego Health Physicians at UC San Diego Health are now offering prostate artery embolization (PAE) as a ...
ASHG honors Andrew Adey with early-career award
Credit: Andrew Adey ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Andrew Adey, PhD, as the ...
Charcoal: Major missing piece in the global carbon cycle
Credit: Gabriela Santilli, ETH Zürich Most of the carbon resulting from wildfires and fossil fuel combustion is rapidly released into ...
Oil rigs may end their days as valuable artificial reefs
Credit: Photo: C. Kuyvenhoven. A large group of international researchers have just published a scientific article in which they encourage ...
Sleeping sickness: Pathogens camouflage themselves with sugar
It has long been known that the pathogens causing sleeping sickness evade the immune system by exchanging their surface proteins. ...
What natural greenhouse gases from wetlands and permafrosts mean for Paris Agreement goals
Credit: Centre for Ecology & Hydrology Global fossil fuel emissions would have to be reduced by as much as 20% ...
Long term use of some pesticides is killing off dung beetle populations
New research led by scientists at the University of Bristol has uncovered that long-term use of some pesticides to treat ...
Research confirms a new way for cells to conserve energy
By proving a theory that was first proposed almost 40 years ago, researchers have confirmed a new way that cells ...
The sea anemone, an animal that hides its complexity well
Credit: © Institut Pasteur Despite its apparent simplicity - a tube-like body topped with tentacles -, the sea anemone is ...
New insights on mosquitoes that spread disease
Credit: Photo credit: Mikel Bengoa The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is a highly invasive species and a vector of ...
Certain antibodies against a sugar are associated with malaria protection
Credit: Adapted from Aguilar R et al. 2018 Certain type of antibodies against α-Gal- a carbohydrate expressed by many organisms ...
Gene-editing technique cures genetic disorder in utero
Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University and Yale University have for the first time used a gene editing technique to successfully ...
Visual perceptual skills are updated by process similar to memory reconsolidation, study finds
Credit: Jolygon PROVIDENCE, R.I. --A new study shows that updating visual perceptual skills -- which humans rely on to recognize ...
Human clinical trial reveals verapamil as an effective type 1 diabetes therapy
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Diabetes Center have discovered a safe ...
Can we get the immune system to tolerate organ transplants?
Credit: Fawn Gracey, Boston Children's Hospital Currently, people receiving organ transplants must take drugs to suppress the inflammatory immune response ...
Brain cancer: Typical mutation in cancer cells stifles immune response
The exchange of a single amino acid building block in a metabolic enzyme can lead to cancer. In addition, it ...
