Biology
A cluster of mutations in neurofibromatosis is important risk factor for severe symptoms
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Research led by Ludwine Messiaen, Ph.D., professor of genetics at the University of Alabama at...
Lasker Award for Michael N. Hall from the University of Basel
Credit: University of Basel, Peter Schnetz Professor Michael N. Hall from the Biozentrum of the University of Basel receives the...
Reading to therapy dogs improves literacy attitudes in second-grade…
Credit: Melody Ko for Tufts University Second-grade students who read aloud to dogs in an afterschool program demonstrated improved attitudes...
Deep learning helps scientists keep track of cell’s inner parts
Credit: Oren Kraus Donnelly Centre researchers have developed a deep learning algorithm that can track proteins, to help reveal what...
Stimulating neurons could protect against brain damage, research shows
Credit: University of Dundee A breakthrough in understanding how brain damage spreads – and how it could potentially be limited...
Seven years later: BP oil spill settlement funding new way to manage fish populations
Credit: University of South Florida photographer Ryan Noone ST. PETERSBURG, FL (April 19, 2017)- More than 30,000 fish species exist....
Scientists reveal new and improved genome sequence of Daphnia pulex
Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame For many, experience with Daphnia, commonly known as water fleas, ends in high school....
Fruit and veg give you the feel-good factor
COVENTRY, UK – July 2016: University of Warwick research indicates that eating more fruit and vegetables can substantially increase people's...
Elsevier announces the launch of Personalized Medicine in Psychiatry
Credit: Elsevier Elsevier, the information analytics company specializing in science and health, today announced the launch of Personalized Medicine in...
Award supports UTSA professor’s efforts to freeze aneurysms and save lives
Ender Finol, associate professor of biomedical engineering at The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA), has been honored with...
The 80th CSH Symposium Proceedings addresses 21st Century Genetics: Genes at Work
The 80th Cold Spring Harbor Symposium was held to mark the 150th anniversary of Gregor Mendel's landmark 1865 presentation of...
Neuroscience study identifies new trigger mechanism for fragile X…
BOSTON (July 5, 2016)–A study published today in the Journal of Neuroscience led by Yongjie Yang of Tufts University School...
Entomologist discovers millipede that comes in more color combinations…
Credit: Virginia Tech The new millipede that Paul Marek discovered is as pretty as it is dangerous. The thumb-sized millipede...
Red light controls signaling in human cells
Credit: IST Austria Compared with the blue light mostly used in current approaches, red light has major benefits, particularly with...
Researchers identify new species of dragonfly in Brazil
Credit: Rhainer Guillermo Ferreira A new species of dragonfly with a brown spot on each of its four wingtips and...
HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) announces initiation of HPTN 084
Credit: HPTN DURHAM, N.C. – The HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) today announced the initiation of HPTN 084, a Phase...
Virginia Tech researchers explore gigantic volcanic eruptions that led to mass extinctions
Credit: Virginia Tech A paper published in Nature Communications by Virginia Tech researchers confirms a major feature in the formation...
Efforts to restore imperiled Pando show promise says USU ecologist
Credit: Paul Rogers/Utah State University LOGAN, UTAH, USA — If you're depending on a room filled with 90-year-olds to repopulate...
Leaving the electrical grid in the Upper Peninsula
Known for snow rather than sun, Michigan's Upper Peninsula could still support a significant network of solar photovoltaic (PV) energy...
Treetop leaves of tall trees store extra water
A research team led by Associate Professor Ishii Roaki and Doctoral Student Azuma Wakana from the Kobe University Graduate School...
