Biology
Otago researchers help unlock answers about leptospirosis in Africa
Credit: University of Otago. University of Otago researchers are helping lead international studies which have discovered that exposure to cattle...
Researchers identify new type of depression
Depression is a mental disorder that affects over 300 million people around the world. While treatments exist, many of them...
WuXi AppTec and Insilico Medicine link next-generation artificial intelligence and drug discovery
Credit: Insilico Medicine BALTIMORE, Maryland & SHANGHAI, China - June 11, 2018 -- Insilico Medicine, a Baltimore-based next-generation artificial intelligence...
Mangoes helped improve cardiovascular and gut health in women
Credit: UCDavis BOSTON (June 11, 2018) -- A new study conducted at the University of California, Davis found that two...
Key difference between humans and other mammals is skin deep, says study
While humans and other species share some of the same genetic information, new research found that humans are unique among...
Choice matters: The environmental costs of producing meat, seafood
Which food type is more environmentally costly to produce -- livestock, farmed seafood, or wild-caught fish? The answer is, it...
Joining forces for Nordic climate adaptation
How are the Nordic countries dealing with climate change? At the Nordic Conference on Climate Adaptation, top researchers, EU politicians...
Drug may quell deadly immune response when trauma spills the contents of our cells’ powerhouses
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 11, 2018) - When trauma spills the contents of our...
Enzyme found to control formation of collagen carriers and inhibit collagen secretion
Credit: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications Researchers at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have identified an enzyme that controls...
30% of the UK’s natural gas could be replaced by hydrogen, cutting carbon emissions
Credit: Swansea University Almost a third of the natural gas fuelling UK homes and businesses could be replaced by hydrogen,...
Moderate and extreme temperatures could increase the risk of occupational injuries
Moderate and extreme ambient temperatures increase the risk of occupational accidents. This is the main conclusion of a new study...
Negative rapid test results may delay antiviral therapy in patients with severe influenza
June 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - A new study has found that half of influenza cases in patients admitted...
A new way to measure energy in microscopic machines
Credit: NIST What drives cells to live and engines to move? It all comes down to a quantity that scientists...
A webcam is enough to produce a real-time 3D model of a moving hand
Credit: Oliver Dietze For the first time, the researchers will be presenting the program at stand G75 in hall 27...
Ten thousand bursting genes
Credit: Cai laboratory / Cell A breakthrough new technique enables scientists to image 10,421 genes at once within individual cells....
New insight into why Pierce’s disease is so deadly to grapevines
Credit: University of California Scientists are gaining a better understanding of Pierce's disease and how it affects grapevines. The disease,...
Dogs can detect agricultural diseases early
Credit: DeEtta Mills A study out of Florida International University evaluates the use of scent-discriminating canines for the detection of...
Electrons take one step forward without two steps back
Credit: Valentine Vullev RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside, have, for the first time, successfully used...
Rebecca Richards-Kortum named US science envoy
Credit: John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation The State Department has selected Rice University bioengineer and global health pioneer...
Bone apetit: How bacteria eat bone to sustain invasive infection
June 8, 2018 - Atlanta, GA - Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center have determined the metabolic pathway that Staphylococcus...