Biology
Plazi and BLR receive €1.1 million from Arcadia Fund to open up new biodiversity data
Credit: Plazi Plazi has received a grant of EUR 1.1 million from Arcadia - the charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing...
A novel research partnership in AI to advance drug discovery, longevity and aging research
Credit: Biogerontology Research Foundation Thursday, June 14, London, UK: Biogerontology Research Foundation CSO to collaborate with Insilico Medicine and WuXi...
Five new species of snail-sucking snakes discovered
Credit: © Matthijs Hollanders New research led by the American Museum of Natural History has uncovered five new species of...
New type of photosynthesis discovered
Credit: Dennis Nuernberg The discovery changes our understanding of the basic mechanism of photosynthesis and should rewrite the textbooks. It...
Elevated androgens don’t hinder dads’ parenting — at least not in lemurs
Credit: Velontsara Jeanne Baptiste Studies have shown that when men marry and have children, they often see a decline in...
Synthetic biologists get $1.7 million to engineer world’s strongest biomaterial
It's the most durable biological material you've never heard of: sporopollenin. This naturally occurring polymer coats and protects individual grains...
Microbe breaks ‘universal’ DNA rule by using two different translations
Credit: Max-Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen DNA is often referred to as the blueprint for life, however scientists have...
Scientists have captured the elusive cell that can regenerate an entire flatworm
Credit: Sánchez Alvarado Lab Kansas City, MO. -- Researchers at the Stowers Institute for Medical Research have captured the one...
Study identifies key challenges when communicating potential policies
A team of Cambridge researchers sets out to define a new science for policy communications, with ambitions of finding the...
Minimalist biostructures designed to create nanomaterials
Credit: IBB-UAB Researchers of the Institute of Biotechnology and Biomedicine (IBB-UAB) have achieved to generate 4 peptides -molecules smaller than...
Plazi and BLR receive EUR 1.1 million from Arcadia Fund to open up new biodiversity data
Credit: Plazi Plazi has received a grant of EUR 1.1 million from Arcadia - the charitable fund of Lisbet Rausing...
Proteins as a ‘shuttle service’ for targeted administration of medication
Medication that reaches the spot where it's needed without placing strain on the rest of the body is no longer...
Biophysical Society announces Hermes Taylor-Weiner as its 18-19 Congressional Fellow
Credit: Biophysical Society ROCKVILLE, MD - The Biophysical Society (BPS) has selected Hermes Taylor-Weiner, Ph.D., as its 2018-19 Congressional Fellow....
Early source of irritable bowel syndrome discovered
Credit: Courtesy of MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists have identified an early cause of intestinal inflammation,...
Repair and regeneration of peripheral nerves possible with dual polymer hydrogel adhesive
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2018 -- Researchers have demonstrated that a novel biocompatible...
Novel in vitro approaches for toxicity testing of inhaled substances
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2018--Integrated approaches that avoid the use of animals to...
Rise of carbapenem-resistant Enterobactericaeae
Infections with bacteria resistant to carbapenems, a group of highly effective antibiotics, pose a significant threat to patients and healthcare...
Large international study links blood vitamin D levels to colorectal cancer risk
A new study authored by scientists from the American Cancer Society, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, the...
Amber fossils provide oldest evidence of frogs in wet, tropical forests
Credit: Edward Stanley/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- About 99 million years ago, a tiny juvenile frog in present-day Myanmar was...
Salk scientist Saket Navlakha named Pew Scholar
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 14, 2018) Saket Navlakha, an assistant professor in Salk's Integrative Biology Laboratory, is one of...
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