Biology
World’s most efficient production of succinate from carbon dioxide
Credit: Kobe University Succinate is widely used as a raw ingredient for petrochemicals, and there is high demand for a...
Medical departments of Kazan University work on treatments for hereditary pathologies
Newest results were showcased at the International Myology School in Moscow on 16th - 19th May 2018. KFU was represented...
Strengthening indigenous Arctic voices in IPBES’ Global Biodiversity Assessment 2019
Credit: Jan Miko Helsinki, Finland -- The University of Helsinki hosts a groundbreaking dialogue meeting Wednesday-Thursday June 6-7 bringing together...
As mystery deepens over the cause of Alzheimer’s, a UB lab seeks new answers
Credit: Credit: Douglas Levere/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. -- For more than 20 years, much of the leading research on...
Simpler model gets to the point with proteins
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (June 6, 2018) - Computational models have come a long way in their ability...
Wellcome Sanger Institute sequences reference genomes of 3,000 dangerous bacteria
HINXTON, U.K. and MENLO PARK, Calif. - The genomes of more than 3,000 bacteria, including some of the world's most...
Scientists work to dissolve the NETs that worsen TBI damage
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 6, 2018) - Immune cells that are first responders to...
Breeding better Brazilian rice
Credit: Ariano de Magalhães Júnior. Outside Asia, no other country produces as much rice as does Brazil. It is the...
Flexible solar cells: Will they someday power your devices?
Will you ever be able to charge your mobile device, car and even clothing with flexible solar cells? Researchers at...
Vermont start-up’s small packets a big deal for energy industry
Credit: Brian Jenkins It's been a whirlwind few months for Packetized Energy, the energy sector start-up spun off from a...
Imaging technology detects vascular disorders, brain injuries
Credit: (Image provided) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University researchers have developed an analytical imaging technology based on functional MRI...
Invasive species of coral boasts amazing capacity for regeneration
Detected for the first time in Brazil on the coast of the Southeast region in the late 1980s, when oil...
Researchers want to give drones the ability to navigate like a bat
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services To get drones to fly around complicated obstacles in the dark by themselves, University...
Surprising recovery of red spruce shows value of Clean Air Act
Credit: Alexandra Kosiba Since the 1960s, scientists at the University of Vermont have been documenting the decline of red spruce...
Study in Fiji finds that removing sea cucumbers spells trouble for shallow coastal waters
Credit: Sangeeta Mangubhai/WCS. NEW YORK (June 5, 2018)--The lowly sea cucumber strikes observers as a simple sausage-like creature, one that...
Fungi-produced pigment shows promise as semiconductor material
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University are looking at a highly durable organic pigment, used by humans in...
New study provides information on the secret life of an enigmatic Antarctic apex predator
Credit: John Dickens @ British Antarctic Survey Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) have, for the first time, tracked the...
Researchers use artificial intelligence to identify, count, describe wild animals
Credit: Snapshot Serengeti A new paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) reports how a cutting-edge...
I saw that — brain mechanisms create confidence about things seen
Credit: Georgia Tech / Karcz / Guberman / Brumfield There's a long way to go before neuroscience can fathom the...
Research reveals how Tau aggregates can contribute to cell death in Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine New evidence suggests a mechanism by which progressive accumulation of Tau protein in brain cells...