Repetitive elements shape embryonic chromatin landscape
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Retrotransposons are repetitive elements that form almost half of the ...
Chronic lack of sleep increases risk-seeking
Young adults have a natural sleep requirement of about 9 hours a day on average, older adults 7.5 hours. Many ...
Eating triggers endorphin release in the brain
Credit: Turku PET Centre Finnish researchers have revealed how eating stimulates brain's endogenous opioid system to signal pleasure and satiety. ...
Helping corals to cope with pressure
Credit: © 2016 Anna Roik Tiny plant cells, known as dinoflagellates, that live within coral tissue can help to regulate ...
Keeping pandas off endangered list ledge
Credit: Sue Nichols, Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Things aren't all black and white for giant ...
Beetle’s best friend: Trained dogs most efficient in monitoring hermit beetle larvae
Credit: Emilia Capogna and S?nke Hardersen Hermit beetles (Osmoderma eremita) are considered at risk, but in order to be effectively ...
Mimicking birdsongs
Credit: Harvard SEAS Researchers at the Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences have developed a simple ...
Using artificial intelligence to understand the human brain and mind
NEW YORK -- On Wednesday, September 6, at 9:00am, pioneers in cognitive science, neuroscience and machine learning will come together ...
Nanoparticles pollution rises 30 percent when flex-fuel cars switch from bio to fossil
When ethanol prices at the pump rise for whatever reason, it becomes economically advantageous for drivers of dual-fuel vehicles to ...
CLAMP’s dual duties may make it model for studies of protein function in context
Credit: Rieder, et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New research on a crucial protein in fruit flies provides a clear model ...
New ancient sea reptile found in Germany — The earliest of its kind
Credit: Joschua Knuppe A previously unrecognized 132 million-year-old fossilized sea monster from northern Germany has been identified by an international ...
LSUHealthNO research award to improve heart attack recovery
New Orleans, LA - LSU Health New Orleans will receive $735,000 over two years to study the effectiveness of the ...
GW researcher awarded $2 million to study natural immune response to HIV
WASHINGTON (Aug. 28, 2017) -- A research team at the George Washington University (GW) School of Medicine and Health Sciences ...
Combination of conventional and new drugs enhances tumor cell death
Cancer is one of the major causes of death worldwide affecting 8.2 million of people per year, and in the ...
Cell symposia on CRISPR: From biology to technology
Juan Carlos Izpisua Belmonte of the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, whose lab was involved in a recent, successful effort ...
UMass Amherst study of bee health finds no natural medicine in once-promising compound
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A new study of possible self-medicating behavior in bumble bees conducted by researchers at ...
Compounds in cocoa may help delay onset of type 2 diabetes
Credit: BYU Photo What if eating chocolate helped prevent and treat diabetes? It's crazy enough to laugh off. But here's ...
Worm infection reveals cross-talk in the lymph nodes
Credit: Lalit Kumar Dubey/EPFL Lymph nodes are small, kidney-shaped organs found throughout the body. Full of immune cells, their function ...
Largest Ichthyosaurus was pregnant mother
Credit: copyright of Joschua Knüppe. Scientists from the UK and Germany have discovered the largest Ichthyosaurus on record and found ...
Maternal suicide in pre-and postnatal periods in Ontario
One of every 19 deaths in pregnant and new mothers in Ontario is due to suicide, highlighting the need for ...
