Biology
The UAB to gather worldwide experts on degrowth and environmental justice
The Institute of Environmental Science and Technology at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (ICTA-UAB) will become a global hub of...
Concern over low vitamin D intakes among UK South Asians
Public health strategies are urgently required to tackle low intakes of vitamin D in the UK South-Asian population, finds a...
Researchers work toward systematic assessment of climate models
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences A research team based at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in Richland, Wash., has published...
In the brain, dislike and dehumanization are not the same thing
During the past week, the news has brought us difficult images and sounds: Migrant and refugee children huddled in steel...
New research on avian response to wildfires
As we enter another wildfire season in California, attention will turn to the inevitable fires and efforts to extinguish them....
Coral reef scientist receives royal honor
Credit: Credit: ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies/ James Kerry The exemplary research of Distinguished Professor Terry Hughes,...
UT Institute of Agriculture announces new Herbert College of Agriculture
Credit: UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees formally announced today the new Herbert College of...
Low-cost plastic sensors could monitor a range of health conditions
Credit: KAUST An international team of researchers have developed a low-cost sensor made from semiconducting plastic that can be used...
When low batteries are a good thing
Credit: Špela Konjar, iMM. Every day the human gut works on a fine-tuned balance that ensures the retention of essential...
First step to lasting wheat health
Substantial reductions in a deadly root disease of wheat crops and corresponding increases in yields of grain and straw mark...
About face: Special collection of papers celebrates research on how the human face forms
Credit: Peter Claes and Mark D. Shriver Our faces can reveal a lot about us, and now scientists are revealing...
GA4GH streaming API htsget a bridge to the future for modern genomic data processing
HINXTON, United Kingdom (June 22, 2018) -- The Large Scale Genomics Work Stream of the Global Alliance for Genomics and...
Nuclear Engineering expert honored by Health Physics Society
Credit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Nuclear engineering expert George Xu, the Edward E. Hood Jr. Endowed Chair of Engineering at Rensselaer...
Hydrangeas, the strange color-changing flowers (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 22, 2018 -- Savvy gardeners know that they can adjust the color of...
Decellularized cartilage-based scaffold promotes bone regeneration at fracture site
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 22, 2018--To help prevent possible complications such as nonunion at...
Office of Naval Research invests in Purdue battery safety technology
Credit: Purdue University image/Vincent Walter WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Fundamental Purdue University research on making batteries safer has been targeted...
The advances of Blockchain for Healthcare to be presented at the Basel Life Conference
Friday, June 22, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of artificial intelligence for...
Starving fungi could save millions of lives each year
Credit: Carlos Furtado, Western Sydney Local Health District Researchers have identified a potentially new approach to treating lethal fungal infections...
The FASEB Journal: Gender-specific differences in intestinal lining
A new study published online in The FASEB Journal pinpoints several gender-specific differences in intestinal environment that could be significant...
Miniature testing of drug pairs on tumour biopsies
Credit: IMAGE - Ramesh Utharala, EMBL Combinations of cancer drugs can be quickly and cheaply tested on tumour cells using...
