Biology
Citizen science birding data passes scientific muster
Credit: Photo by JJ Horns. As long as there have been birdwatchers, there have been lists. Birders keep detailed records...
Can we turn back time? Muscles’ own protective systems could help reduce frailty
Credit: Piasecki et al. New research published today helps explain why people experience muscle loss in old age, increasing the...
Study finds that genes play a role in empathy
A new study published today suggests that how empathic we are is not just a result of our upbringing and...
3-D mapping babies’ brains
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis During the third trimester, a baby's brain undergoes rapid development in utero. The cerebral...
PET myocardial perfusion imaging more effective than SPECT scans in detecting coronary disease
Credit: Intermountain Medical Center Heart Institute Patients who receive cardiac positron emission testing (PET) imaging instead of single photon emission...
Blood donors’ leftover immune cells reveal secrets of antibody affinity
During some kinds of blood donations, you get most of your blood back. For example, platelet donation involves a procedure...
A highly sensitive and multi-analytical system for hereditary kidney disease
Credit: Dr. Kohei Omachi Alport Syndrome (AS) is a hereditary kidney disease caused by a genetic mutation leading to type...
West Coast waters returning to normal but salmon catches lagging
Credit: Adam Obaza/West Coast Region/NOAA Fisheries Ocean conditions off most of the U.S. West Coast are returning roughly to average,...
Eyelash-sized plants reveal climate change — and citizen scientists help identify them
Credit: The Field Museum A botanist, a retired businesswoman, and a high school student walk into a bar. Or, maybe...
High-containment lab raises sand flies to investigate global health issue
Credit: Pauline Zulueta, Cumming School of Medicine They're smaller than a mosquito; they only live for about a month, yet...
ZMapp antibody delivered by viral vector protects against Ebola infection
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 8, 2018--A new study comparing the effectiveness of individual ZMapp...
UTA startup AbeXXa Biologics, reimagining cancer immunotherapy
Credit: UTA AbeXXa Biologics, named as one of the 40 Best University Startups1 in 2017, has received an initial investment...
A compass in the dark
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A research team headed by scientists of Helmholtz Zentrum München...
Meal times may be key to managing malaria, parasite study shows
Malaria infections might be brought under control by managing the eating habits of infected people or animals, according to a...
When sciences come together
Credit: Kyoto University / Chris Vincenot Kyoto, Japan -- In a new report in the Proceedings of the Royal Society...
Increasing tree mortality in a warming world
Credit: Photo courtesy of Andrea Starr/PNNL A mix of factors is contributing to an increasing mortality rate of trees in...
Plant-derived volatiles may serve as future antifungals
A research team at the VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology has developed a novel screening method to identify antimicrobial properties...
Heat shock system helps bug come back to life after drying up
The larva of the sleeping chironomid, Polypedilum vanderplanki--a mosquito-like insect that inhabits semi-arid areas of Africa--is well known for being...
ANU research reveals genetic timeline of early Pacific settlers
Credit: ANU Researchers from The Australian National University (ANU) have helped put together the most comprehensive study ever conducted into...
Report identifies options for lowering risk of failure of undersea bolts on offshore oil rigs
WASHINGTON -- A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine identifies strategies for improving the reliability...
