Biology
Utah soil’s slippery grip on nutrients
Lawns in the Salt Lake Valley up to 100 years old are not yet saturated in the nutrient nitrogen, which...
Neandertals practiced close-range hunting 120,000 years ago
Credit: © Eduard Pop, MONREPOS Archaeological Research Center and Museum for Human Behavioral Evolution, Römisch-Germanisches Zentralmuseum, Leibniz Research Institute for...
Samara scientists invented an edible packaging made of Russian apples
Credit: @SamaraPolytech A project team aimed to improve the technologies of edible packaging production works in the Flagship University of...
The spliceosome: The tailor that coordinates the ‘snip and stitch’ of genetic information
Credit: Alessandra Magistrato A sophisticated atomic-level computer simulation has allowed researchers of SISSA and the National Research centre (CNR-IOM -...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, July 2018
Credit: Federal Emergency Management Agency Datasets--Assessing lava flow impacts Geospatial data from Oak Ridge National Laboratory is supporting emergency response...
Electrical disorder acts like a traffic light for a biological gate
Nature's way of allowing proteins across its gates, through porous biological membranes, depends, among others, on their electrical charge. For...
What articulation-relevant brain regions do when we listen
Credit: Source: Translational Neurotechnology Lab (Freiburg) Brain regions that are involved in the articulation of language are also active in...
Undetected Zika infections may be triggering miscarriages and stillbirths
Credit: Wisconsin National Primate Research Center San Antonio, Texas (July 2, 2018) - A collaborative study between six of the...
World Health Organization adds extension code for ‘aging-related’ via ICD-11
Credit: The Biogerontology Research Foundation & The International Longevity Alliance Monday, July 2, 2018, London, UK: A joint proposal to...
CRISPR genome editing technology can correct alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 2, 2018--Groundbreaking research demonstrates proof-of-concept for using CRISPR-Cas9 genome editing...
Koala genome cracked Down Under to help save species
The koala is one of the world's most fascinating and iconic mammals. Not only is the koala synonymous with Australia...
How mangroves help keep the planet cool
Credit: Andre Rovai, LSU. Coastal scientists have developed a new global framework to more accurately assess how mangroves along different...
Discovering ‘virtual’ resources in the national food system
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering/Nemi Vora PITTSBURGH (July 2, 2018) ... Does producing one ton of rice consume more water...
Giant panda population research shows new challenges
Conservationists often work to save species without having long-term population data. That can present major challenges for the science of...
GE, Harvard professor stress college-corporate partnerships to build 21 century workforce
Credit: CFES For the first time in two decades there are more job opening in the United States than unemployed...
Anemones take the heat with a little help from their friends
Credit: © 2018 KAUST A core set of heat-stress-response genes has been identified in anemones in a study that also...
Discovery of new biomarker could provide personalized treatment options for bladder cancer
A potential new target for treatment has been identified in an aggressive form of bladder cancer, Mount Sinai researchers report...
Antioxidant supplements fail to improve sperm quality in infertile men
Barcelona, 2 July 2018: Despite many study results suggesting that antioxidants have a positive effect on abnormal sperm parameters associated...
Frontiers in Forests and Global Change: High-quality science for sustainable forests
A new open-access journal, Frontiers in Forests and Global Change, publishes rigorously peer-reviewed research in all major forest science disciplines...
ESHG welcomes the Council of Europe’s new protocol on genetic testing
The Council of Europe's protocol on genetic testing for health purposes* came into force yesterday (Sunday 1 July). The protocol,...
