Biology
Latest research reveals sitting in traffic jams is officially bad for…
With millions of motorists set to hit the road for the bank holiday weekend, drivers have been urged to close...
Salk scientists adapt computer program to gauge eye spasm severity
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA — If two clinicians observe the same patient with blepharospasm — uncontrollable muscle contractions around...
‘Beiging’ white fat cells to fight diabetes
PHILADELPHIA – Researchers are getting closer to learning how to turn white fat cells into brown fat cells, in a...
The origin of snakes — new evolutionary scenario presented
Credit: University of Helsinki. The early evolution of snakes happened from surface-terrestrial to burrowing in the lizard-snake transition suggests a...
Could a saliva test be next for lupus?
Credit: University of Houston The symptoms of systemic lupus erythematosus (known as SLE or lupus) can fool you. You might...
Ultrastructure of a condensed chromosome-like structure in a…
Credit: NIPS/NINS Researchers centered at Japan's National Institute for Physiological Sciences reveal details of the structure of compacted DNA transiently...
Scientists learn how to ramp up microbes’ ability to make memories
Credit: Zach Veilleux/The Rockefeller University Some microbes can form memories–although, inconveniently for scientists who study the process, they don't do...
The fundamentals of working with nature in coastal engineering
Credit: World Scientific Although infinitely diverse and complex in their details, sedimentary coasts nevertheless share many morphological features, which often...
Chimpanzee deaths in Uganda pinned on human cold virus
Credit: Richard Wrangham MADISON, Wis. — In the wild, chimpanzees face any number of dire threats, ranging from poachers to...
Ancient, scary and alien-looking specimen forms a rarity in the insect world — a new order
Credit: (Photo by George Poinar, courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have discovered...
Mantis shrimp size each other up before ceding a fight
Credit: Photo by Roy Caldwell, University of California, Berkeley DURHAM, N.C. — To a mantis shrimp, walking away from a...
Study finds Congo’s miners often resort to hunting wildlife for…
Credit: CREDIT: ©Charlotte Spira/WCS. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (May 26, 2017) – A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation...
Newly discovered infectious prion structure shines light on mad cow disease
(Edmonton, AB) Groundbreaking research from the University of Alberta has identified the structure of the infectious prion protein, the cause...
Fruit discovery could provide new treatments for obesity, type 2…
A combination of two compounds found in red grapes and oranges could be used to improve the health of people...
Research reveals swaths of Asia inhabited by surprisingly related ‘Lizards of the Lost…
Credit: R.M. Brown LAWRENCE — A new paper appearing in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows a varied collection...
‘Switchable’ smart windows reduce energy consumption…
Credit: Eindhoven University of Technology Smart windows that act as blinds in the summer and let all the sunlight through...
Dangerous drug interactions uncovered with data science
Credit: E. Jason Wambsgans/Chicago Tribune NEW YORK, NY (October 10, 2016)–Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center and the Data Science...
Gigantic crocodile with T. rex teeth was a top land predator of the…
Credit: Giovanni Bindellini Little is known about the origin and early evolution of the Notosuchia, hitherto unknown in the Jurassic...
Study reveals significant role of dust in mountain ecosystems
Credit: Lindsay Arvin Trees growing atop the Bald Mountain Granite in the southern Sierra Nevada rely on nutrients from windblown...
Study finds local fidelity key to ocean-wide recovery of humpback…
Credit: Photo Credit: National Park Service photo under NMFS Scientific Research permit #945-1776-01 NEWPORT, Ore. – Humpback whales can migrate...
