New type of photosynthesis discovered
Credit: Dennis Nuernberg The discovery changes our understanding of the basic mechanism of photosynthesis and should rewrite the textbooks. It ...
Elevated androgens don’t hinder dads’ parenting — at least not in lemurs
Credit: Velontsara Jeanne Baptiste Studies have shown that when men marry and have children, they often see a decline in ...
Synthetic biologists get $1.7 million to engineer world’s strongest biomaterial
It's the most durable biological material you've never heard of: sporopollenin. This naturally occurring polymer coats and protects individual grains ...
Parents ranked cancer prevention as number one provider reason for HPV vaccination
CHAPEL HILL - Parents ranked cancer prevention as the most compelling reason health care providers can give for recommending the ...
Pew selects 22 scientists to investigate fundamental biomedical questions
PHILADELPHIA-- The Pew Charitable Trusts named 22 early-career researchers today as the 2018 class of Pew scholars in the biomedical ...
3D imaging and computer modeling capture breast duct development
Credit: Andrew Ewald Working with hundreds of time-lapse videos of mouse tissue, a team of biologists joined up with civil ...
5 new Pew-Stewart Scholars to pursue innovative cancer research
PHILADELPHIA--The Pew Charitable Trusts and the Alexander and Margaret Stewart Trust announced today the 2018 class of Pew-Stewart Scholars for ...
Microbe breaks ‘universal’ DNA rule by using two different translations
Credit: Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen DNA is often referred to as the blueprint for life, however scientists have ...
Scientists have captured the elusive cell that can regenerate an entire flatworm
Credit: Sánchez Alvarado Lab Kansas City, MO. -- Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have captured the one ...
Study identifies key challenges when communicating potential policies
A team of Cambridge researchers sets out to define a new science for policy communications, with ambitions of finding the ...
Researchers pinpoint new subtype of prostate cancer
Credit: Alexander Tokarev, Ella Maru Studio ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers led by the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center ...
Minimalist biostructures designed to create nanomaterials
Credit: IBB-UAB Researchers of the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB-UAB) have achieved to generate 4 peptides -molecules smaller than ...
Without ‘yoga and chardonnay’ leukemia stem cells are stressed to death
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Change is stressful. The change that a healthy blood stem cell undergoes to become ...
Plazi and BLR receive EUR 1.1 million from Arcadia Fund to open up new biodiversity data
Credit: Plazi Plazi has received a grant of EUR 1.1 million from Arcadia - the charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing ...
Proteins as a ‘shuttle service’ for targeted administration of medication
Medication that reaches the spot where it's needed without placing strain on the rest of the body is no longer ...
Biophysical Society announces Hermes Taylor-Weiner as its 18-19 Congressional Fellow
Credit: Biophysical Society ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has selected Hermes Taylor-Weiner, Ph.D., as its 2018-19 Congressional Fellow. ...
Early source of irritable bowel syndrome discovered
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists have identified an early cause of intestinal inflammation, ...
Repair and regeneration of peripheral nerves possible with dual polymer hydrogel adhesive
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2018 -- Researchers have demonstrated that a novel biocompatible ...
Novel in vitro approaches for toxicity testing of inhaled substances
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2018--Integrated approaches that avoid the use of animals to ...
Rise of carbapenem-resistant Enterobactericaeae
Infections with bacteria resistant to carbapenems, a group of highly effective antibiotics, pose a significant threat to patients and healthcare ...
