Biology
CMI expands research in tech metals as demand for electric vehicles grows
Credit: US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory As increasing consumer interest in electric vehicles drives the demand for supplies of...
New gadgets help reveal the collective behavior of wild animals
Credit: Dr Andrew King/Swansea University An international team of scientists led by Swansea University biologists describe how novel technologies are...
Scientists find excess mitochondrial iron, Huntington’s Disease link
Credit: Ali Grossman, University of Wyoming Scientists at the University of Wyoming have found that mice engineered to have Huntington's...
The dinosaur menu, as revealed by calcium
Credit: Auguste Hassler / LGL-TPE / CNRS-ENS de Lyon-Lyon 1 University By studying calcium in fossil remains in deposits in...
Road salt pollutes drinking water wells in suburban New York state
Credit: Source: Kelly et al 2018 (Millbrook, NY) Road salt applied during the winter lingers in the environment, where it...
New glaucoma treatment could ease symptoms while you sleep
Credit: Clare Kiernan, University of British Columbia Eye drops developed by UBC researchers could one day treat glaucoma while you...
Biodiversity: All the colors of the rainbow
Credit: Frank Glaw (ZSM/LMU) The diversity of Madagascar is unique. More than 420 reptile species are already known from this...
Reconstruction of major North Atlantic circulation system shows weakening
Rising levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have affected one of the global ocean's major circulation systems, slowing the...
Faba fix for corn’s nitrogen need
Credit: Masoud Hashemi. Researchers have good news for growers. Farmers raising a nitrogen-hungry crop like sweet corn may save up...
Extensive seagrass meadows discovered in Indian Ocean through satellite tracking of green turtles
Credit: Swansea University Research led by Swansea University's Bioscience department has discovered for the first time extensive deep-water seagrass meadows...
Personalized tumor vaccine shows promise in pilot trial
PHILADELPHIA - A new type of cancer vaccine has yielded promising results in an initial clinical trial conducted at the...
Having one eye better than the other may explain ants’ left bias
Credit: Edmund Hunt Unlike Derek Zoolander, ants don't have any difficulty turning left. New research from the University of Bristol...
Wildlife haven of Sulawesi much younger than first thought, according to new research
An Oxford University collaboration has shed light on the origins of some of South East Asia's most iconic and unique...
New methodology helps study of promising targeted drug delivery scaffold
Northwestern Engineering researchers have developed a new way to manipulate a virus shell that self-assembles from proteins and holds promise...
Scientists uncover details of viral infections that drive environmental, human health
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Below the surface of systems as large and ancient as an ocean and as small and new...
Waves of touch
Touch: We use it all the time to interact with the world around us. Yet the sense of touch is...
Researchers find doubling shelter cats’ space radically reduces upper respiratory disease
Feline upper respiratory infection in shelter cats can be dramatically decreased by doubling cage sizes and providing cats with two...
New study reveals that the center of the world’s marine biodiversity is in danger
Credit: Dr. Richard Unsworth Research led by Swansea University's Bioscience department have found that the world's centre of biodiversity is...
Why you can’t buy fresh olives (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 10, 2018 -- Olives grow on trees. So why have you never seen...
The search is on for a treatment target for acute kidney injury
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 10, 2018) - When you have diabetes then get an...
