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How gene hunting changed the culture of science
Credit: Petersen et al., Sci. Adv. 2018 Years after the end of the Human Genome Project (HGP), which mapped the...
Logging permit fraud threatens timber species in Brazilian Amazon
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Timber harvested illegally under fraudulent permits is undercutting conservation efforts in the Brazilian Amazon, new research by...
This matrix delivers healing stem cells to injured elderly muscles
Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore A car accident leaves an aging patient with severe muscle injuries that won't heal....
Perot Museum of Nature And Science and University of the Witwatersrand form partnership
Credit: Perot Museum of Nature and Science The MOU is part of the Museum's new strategic focus on human origins,...
Mechanism that affects multiplication of dengue virus lineage is discovered
A lineage of type 1 dengue virus found in Brazil is able to prevail over another even though it multiplies...
National Magazine honors UC Riverside program focused on diversifying STEM fields
Credit: Carrie Rosema. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The University of California, Riverside Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program has received the 2018...
New clues into how ‘trash bag of the cell’ traps and seals off waste
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The mechanics behind how an important process within the cell traps material before recycling it has...
When viruses infect phytoplankton, it can change the clouds
Credit: Miri Trainic Microscopic plant-like organisms called phytoplankton are known to support the diversity of life in the ocean. Scientists...
Study of greater Yellowstone pronghorn finds highway crossing structures a conservation success
Credit: Jeff Burrell A recently published study by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Oregon State University has...
Play-doh helps plant research
Credit: Monica Moriak When plants are in distress or being fed on by insects, they have been known to send...
Long-term efficacy of AAV5-based gene therapy to treat day blind sheep with achromatopsia
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A study of a large animal model of achromatopsia caused by a mutation in...
Effective material developed to prevent post-surgical adhesion
(a) The live cells outside the 1 μL dot of PEC indicate that the material does not create a toxic...
Taking a deep look: a near infrared fluorescent dye for long term bioimaging
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University A team of researchers at Nagoya University, RIKEN and Ehime University has succeeded in developing a...
Arctic seabird populations respond to climate change
Seabirds such as gulls can be key indicators of environmental change as their populations respond to shifts in their ocean...
3-D inks that can be erased selectively
Credit: Nature Communications 3D printing by direct laser writing enables production of micro-meter-sized structures for many applications, from biomedicine to...
NUS study: RUNX proteins act as regulators in DNA repair
Credit: National University of Singapore A study by researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the...
New research predicts landslide boundaries two weeks before they happen
University of Melbourne researchers have developed a software tool that uses applied mathematics and big data analytics to predict the...
Penn Medicine’s Carl June Receives 2018 Albany Prize
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Carl June, MD, a gene therapy pioneer at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University...
Rosenberg, NCI-supported researchers to receive 2018 Albany Prize
Credit: Rhoda Baer Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute...
OU study shows effects of climate warming in tallgrass prairie ecosystem
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma professor, Jizhong Zhou, and his team have completed a new study on...
