Biology
Discovery reveals how cells try to control levels of key HIV protein
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(May 31, 2018) One of the many challenges in treating HIV is that the virus can...
Deep breath: New ‘rebreather’ helps navy divers beneath the waves
Credit: (U.S. Navy photo by John F. Williams/Released) ARLINGTON, Va.--The muscular U.S. Navy diver hoisted a 60-pound life-support regulator onto...
Why cake donuts and yeast donuts are so different (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, May 31, 2018 -- Donuts are universally beloved. But there's a significant sensory difference...
Ocean-migrating trout adapt to freshwater environment in 120 years
Credit: John McMillan Steelhead trout, a member of the salmon family that live and grow in the Pacific Ocean, genetically...
International team studies world’s last uncharted major river delta
When Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar's Irrawaddy-Salween Delta in 2008, it killed nearly 140,000 people and left more than 2 million...
New findings link estrogen and T cell immune response to autoimmune inflammation
Credit: University of Turku Women are more prone to the development of autoimmune diseases. The female hormone estrogen is likely...
Meet three new genes that may have influenced human brain size
Credit: Vincent Meng and Andrew Field A newly discovered set of genes could help explain how humans diverged from other...
Making data matter
Credit: Mediated Matter Group / MIT Media Lab The world is awash in digital images, from photographs to x-rays to...
Memory depends on protein ‘off-switch’, researchers find
Credit: University of Warwick Memory, learning and cognitive flexibility depend on a protein 'off-switch' in the brain, according to a...
OSU, NOAA researchers document widespread methane seeps off Oregon coast
Credit: Oregon State University NEWPORT, Ore. - For the past two years, scientists from Oregon State University and the National...
Study suggests scientists can use microbial measurements to gauge river flow
Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University scientists have created a tool that can predict the flow...
Why do older male birds father more illegitimate children?
Credit: Terry Burke When female birds have chicks as the result of an extra-marital fling, the fathers are almost always...
Nanoplastics accumulate in marine organisms and may pose harm to aquatic food chains
Credit: National University of Singapore Plastic nanoparticles - these are tiny pieces of plastic less than 1 micrometre in size...
Ancient tooth shows Mesolithic ancestors were fish and plant eaters
Credit: Sapienza University of Rome Previous analysis of Mesolithic skeletal remains in this region has suggested a more varied Medittaranrrean...
Dolphin algorithm could lead to better medical ultrasounds
Millions of years of evolutionary fine-tuning have made dolphins phenomenally good at using echolocation to orient themselves, find food and...
Prototype nuclear battery packs 10 times more power
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office Russian researchers from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT), the Technological Institute for...
Understanding immune system interplay to improve organ transplant success
A rare opportunity to analyse both blood and tissue samples from human transplant recipients has allowed immunology researchers at the...
Number of wild mountain gorillas exceeds 1,000
Credit: Martha Robbins, MPI-EVA "This represents one of the rare success stories in conservation. The population of mountain gorillas in...
Scientists boost crop production by 47 percent by speeding up photorespiration
Credit: Video produced by Claire Benjamin/RIPE project Plants such as soybeans and wheat waste between 20 and 50 percent of...
Study estimates increased death rate in Puerto Rico in months after Hurricane Maria
Boston, MA - The mortality rate in Puerto Rico rose by 62% after Hurricane Maria, according to a new study...
