Biology
Scientists illuminate the neurons of social attraction
Credit: Jenna McHenry, PhD, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC – The ancient impulse to procreate is necessary for...
Trash to treasure: The benefits of waste-to-energy technologies
Credit: Shutterstock/Argonne National Laboratory Instead of hauling food waste to landfills, we might want to use that organic waste to...
New treatment target identified for aggressive lymphomas
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have identified a possible therapeutic target for...
Long-distance survival: Effects of storage time and environmental exposure on soil bugs
Credit: Mark R. McNeill Contaminated soil frequently arrives at the borders through transported items, and is widely recognised as a...
Some monkeys prone to isolation
Credit: Lauren Brent Some individual animals are prone to social isolation, new research suggests. The study of rhesus macaques showed...
Scientists work to turn up the heat of brown fat to combat obesity
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Sept. 7, 2016) – Scientists are trying to turn up the heat-burning ability of brown fat with the...
Supercomputers assist in search for new, better cancer drugs
Credit: Özlem Demir, University of California, San Diego Surgery and radiation remove, kill, or damage cancer cells in a certain...
UM study: Wildfires to increase in Alaska with future climate change
Credit: The University of Montana courtesy photo MISSOULA – Climate change is melting glaciers, reducing sea-ice cover and increasing wildlife...
TSRI and IAVI researchers harness antibody evolution on the path to an AIDS vaccine
LA JOLLA, CA – September 8, 2016 – A series of new studies led by scientists at The Scripps Research...
Wolves understand cause and effect better than dogs
Credit: Michelle Lampe/Wolf Science Center A good example of the connection between cause and effect, is that an object which...
Study finds climate plays role in decline of one of Asia’s most critical water resources
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan. — Climate variability — rather than the presence of a major dam — is...
Serving teens with special diets: A tricky Thanksgiving recipe
Credit: C.S. Mott Children's Hospital Poll on Children's Health ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Planning a holiday meal can be hectic,...
Ottawa confirmed as the biodiversity hotspot for a subfamily of wasps in North America
Credit: Dr. Jose Fernandez-Triana What usually comes to mind when speaking about biodiversity hotspots are tropical regions, pristine areas and...
New limits to functional portion of human genome reported
Credit: University of Houston An evolutionary biologist at the University of Houston has published new calculations that indicate no more...
Announcing Laureates of the 2016 Blavatnik National Awards for Young Scientists
NEW YORK – June 21, 2016 – Three young scientists are being recognized for discovering novel ways to fight the...
Komodo dragons help researchers understand microbial health in captive…
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory Humans and Komodo dragons, the largest lizards in the world, could not be more different. In...
Crowning the ‘King of the Crops’: Sequencing the white Guinea yam genome
Credit: Creative Commons by International Institute of Tropical Agriculture Licensed with CC BY NC 2.0 An international collaboration involving the...
Compounds in cocoa may help delay onset of type 2 diabetes
Credit: BYU Photo What if eating chocolate helped prevent and treat diabetes? It's crazy enough to laugh off. But here's...
How good bacteria control your genes
Credit: Dr Juri Kazakevych, Babraham Institute Key Messages: Good bacteria in the gut can produce a chemical signal that affects...
PhD Project Plan published to invite community feedback early on
IMAGE: The story is the tip of the iceberg. Open science — the pyramid. Credit: Viktor Senderov Development and implementation...
