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Elizabeth Rhoades to receive 2019 BPS Michael and Kate Barany Award
ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has named Elizabeth Rhoades, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, as...
UMass Amherst biophysicist, cell biologist team up to explore mechanics of cell division
Credit: UMass Amherst/Patricia Wadsworth AMHERST, Mass. - When humans construct a building, it's intended to stand for many years, but...
DNA repair after CRISPR cutting not at all what people thought
Despite high hopes and high investment in CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing, scientists still have a lot to learn about how it...
Largest king penguin colony has shrunk nearly 90 percent
Credit: © Henry Weimerskirch Known since the 1960s, the colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Île aux Cochons, in...
Microfluidic system incorporates neuroinflammation into ‘Alzheimer’s in a dish’ model
Credit: Joseph Park, Ph.D., Doo Yeon Kim, Ph.D., Rudolph E. Tanzi, Ph.D., and Hansang Cho, Ph.D.; Genetics and Aging Research...
Cannabidiol prevents nausea in rats
Credit: Limebeer et al., eNeuro (2018) A non-psychoactive compound derived from marijuana could potentially be developed into new anti-nausea treatments...
Research on mutation ‘hotspots’ in DNA could lead to new insights on cancer risks
Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases BLOOMINGTON, Ind. -- New research from Indiana University has identified "hotspots" in...
Homo sapiens developed a new ecological niche that separated it from other hominins
Credit: Roberts and Stewart. 2018. Defining the 'generalist specialist' niche for Pleistocene Homo sapiens. Nature Human Behaviour. 10.1038/s41562-018-0394-4. Critical review...
New process in root development discovered
Credit: IST Austria/Ivan Kulik As the plant root grows, a root cap protects its fragile tip. Every few hours, the...
Do bacteria ever go extinct? New research says yes, bigtime
Credit: Stilianos Louca, University of British Columbia. Bacteria go extinct at substantial rates, although appear to avoid the mass extinctions...
An increase in Southern Ocean upwelling may explain the Holocene CO2 rise
Credit: Anja Studer; Max Planck Institute for Chemistry Human populations and civilization expanded rapidly over the last 10 000 years,...
Carbon ‘leak’ may have warmed the planet for 11,000 years, encouraging human civilization
Credit: Anja Studer, Max Planck Institute for Chemistry The oceans are the planet's most important depository for atmospheric carbon dioxide...
Samara Polytech scientists developed a unique wine recipe
Credit: @SamaraPolytech The founder of the legendary Spanish winery, senor Torres, taught his children: "The best wine is made at...
Great tit birds have as much impulse control as chimpanzees
Biologists at Lund University in Sweden have in a recent study shown that the great tit, a common European songbird,...
Largest king penguin colony has shrunk nearly 90%
Credit: © Henry Weimerskirch Known since the 1960s, the colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus) on Île aux Cochons, in...
Climate taxes on agriculture could lead to more food insecurity than climate change itself
New IIASA-led research has found that a single climate mitigation scheme applied to all sectors, such as a global carbon...
Marshall University researchers identify inflammatory biomarkers in T cells
Credit: Marshall University The Marshall University School of Pharmacy, in collaboration with the Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of...
Study provides next clue to preventing dangerous episodes of low blood sugar with diabetes
BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA -- A new LSU Pennington Biomedical Research Center study reveals that a novel biomarker might give us...
Researchers reveal hidden rules of genetics for how life on Earth began
Credit: Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga CHAPEL HILL, NC - All living things use the genetic code to "translate" DNA-based genetic information into...
Researchers demonstrate shark vertebral band pairs are related to growth, not time
Band pairs in shark vertebrae have been used for decades to estimate shark age, of practical use in conserving overfished...
