Biology
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...
Manure could heat your home
Farm manure could be a viable source of renewable energy to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause global warming....
Once degraded, Brazilian savanna does not regenerate naturally
Some of Brazil's most important rivers, including the Xingu, Tocantins, Araguaia, São Francisco, Parnaíba, Gurupi, Jequitinhonha, Paraná and Paraguay, rise...
Marine charities net more than iconic fishery: Massachusetts
Massachusetts boasts one of the most iconic fisheries in the U.S., but new research suggests that protecting marine coastlines has...
The shapes of water
Water, always important, always controversial, always fascinating, remains surprising. For a substance that is ubiquitous on Earth, three quarters of...
Air pollution linked to brain alterations and cognitive impairment in children
Philadelphia, March 8, 2018 - A new study performed in the Netherlands has linked exposure to residential air pollution during...
Opening session at ACS meeting will focus on nexus of food, energy and water
WASHINGTON, March 8, 2018 -- During the Opening Session and Welcome Reception, five scientists will explore a variety of subjects...
How cellular structure orchestrates immunologic memory
With every infection or vaccination, memory cells form that the body uses to remember the pathogen. This has been known...
Is your stress changing my brain?
Credit: Adrian Shellard, Hotchkiss Brain Institute. In a new study in Nature Neuroscience, Jaideep Bains, PhD, and his team at...
Serotonin promotes perseverance
Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown/Sara Matias What happens when serotonin levels increase in human brain? How does this affect...
City mouse-country mouse experiment shows link between environment, worm infections
Credit: Photo by Andrea Graham, Princeton University When laboratory mice moved to the countryside where they could burrow in dirt,...
Multiple optical measurements reveal the single cell activation without contrast agent
Credit: © 2018 Pavillon et al. PNAS. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1711872115 Points Label-free optical measurements can study fine cellular changes such as...
Social stress leads to changes in gut bacteria, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA-Exposure to psychological stress in the form of social conflict alters gut bacteria in Syrian hamsters,...
Self-driving robots collect water samples to create snapshots of ocean microbes
Credit: Image courtesy of Elisha Wood-Charlson, University of Hawaii HONOLULU, HI - For the first time, scientists from the University...
Syracuse U. researchers close to understanding ‘disease mechanisms’ of ALS
SYRACUSE, N.Y. - Syracuse University researchers are making strides in understanding the disease mechanism of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also...
Free ‘nutrition guide for clinicians’ app covers 100 medical conditions
Credit: Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine WASHINGTON--The Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine--a nonprofit with 12,000 doctor members--has released the third...
New options for targeting gene mutation in FA described in nucleic acid therapeutics
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 7, 2018--Researchers have shown that a wide variety of synthetic...
The ‘architecture of life’ described by computer modeling
While most of biology and medicine focus on the key roles genes and chemicals play in the formation and control...
ZooKeys special: Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Myriapodology, Thailand
Credit: 17th International Congress of Myriapodology For the third consecutive time, a special issue in the open access zoological journal...
