Biology
Agricultural productivity drove Euro-American settlement of Utah
Credit: Courtesy Utah Division of State History On July 22, 1847, a scouting party from The Church of Jesus Christ...
What will emerging genetic tools for mitochondrial DNA replacement…
Sophisticated prenatal techniques, not yet in clinical practice, offer the potential to prevent a cruel multi-system genetic disease passing from...
Tigers, ready to be counted
Credit: Ullas Karanth / WCS (Bangalore, India (03/29/17) – A new methodology developed by the Indian Statistical Institute, and WCS...
York U brain study on memory delay explains visuomotor mistakes
TORONTO, April 20, 2016 — Who will win the women's singles tennis title at the 2016 Rio Olympics this August?...
Two new crustacean species discovered on Galician seabed
Credit: José Antonio Peñas (SINC) The fauna of deep seabed tends to be relatively unknown due to the difficulty of...
MDI Biological Laboratory providing incubator space to Coagulation Sciences LLC
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The MDI Biological Laboratory has announced that it is providing incubator space...
New butterfly species discovered in Russia with an unusual set of 46…
Credit: Vladimir Lukhtanov What looked like a population of a common butterfly species turned out to be a whole new...
Micro-sanctuaries key to survival of wildlife in human-dominated landscapes
Credit: Adyita Kshirsagar Study looked at threatened blackbuck in India's densely populated Maharasthra region Animals navigate a gauntlet of competing...
Policymakers fall short on global agreement to reduce marketing unhealthy foods to kids
The current obesity epidemic is so grave that 2.7 billion people — nearly a third of the world's population —...
Scientists reveal new target for anti-lymphangiogenesis drugs
BOSTON (April 12, 2016) — After an injury to tissues, such as in organ transplantation, the body grows new lymphatic...
Artificial ‘skin’ gives robotic hand a sense of touch
Credit: University of Houston A team of researchers from the University of Houston has reported a breakthrough in stretchable electronics...
Technology brings new precision to study of circadian rhythm in…
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. – An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the University of Georgia has developed a new technology...
Man-made reefs: A compelling diving alternative — Ben-Gurion U. study
Credit: AABGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel…September 5, 2017 – Artificial, man-made reefs can be more attractive to divers than nearby natural coral...
Liver tumor growth in mice slowed with new chemo-immunotherapy…
Credit: Justin Kelley/MU Health COLUMBIA, Mo. (Feb. 28, 2017) — Hepatocellular carcinoma is the most common form of liver cancer,...
MicroRNAs help to predict disease progression in brain tumors
(Helmholtz Zentrum München – German Research Center for Environmental Health) Scientists at the Helmholtz Zentrum München and the Ludwig Maximilians...
Street Norco looks like the real thing but really, really isn’t
Credit: American College of Emergency Physicians. WASHINGTON –A paper published online yesterday in Annals of Emergency Medicine warns that a...
Coral may hold cancer insights
Credit: US Department of Defense More than 70 years after the U.S. tested atomic bombs on a ring of sand...
Two early career researchers honored with Alan T. Waterman Award
Credit: Georgia Institute of Technology (left); Denise Applewhite, Princeton University (right) The National Science Foundation (NSF) today recognized Baratunde "Bara"...
How ticks get a proper foothold
Credit: Copyright: Dagmar Voigt Ticks spend more than 90 percent of their up to three-year-long life starving and clambering around...
Preventing Alzheimer’s in African-Americans by strengthening the brain
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Mark Gluck A major effort is underway to reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and other...
