Biology
Researchers analyze genome of deadly, drug-resistant pathogen
Washington, DC - April 3, 2018 - Infections by microbes like bacteria and fungi that don't respond to available antimicrobial...
This is the environmental footprint of the egg industry
In recent years, egg production has been in the spotlight for animal welfare issues. While in most European countries the...
Cells are pretty much smarter than previously supposed
Cells' G protein-coupled receptor signaling system is capable to pass more than 2 bits of information per one interaction with...
New satellite method enables undersea estimates from space
Credit: Rebecca Fowler Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences researchers have developed a statistical method to quantify important ocean measurements from...
UMass Amherst biologist will study plants’ iron regulating system
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - A decade or so ago, scientists discovered genes they thought could be turned on...
How to fight side effects of hormone therapy for prostate cancer
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Men on hormone therapy for prostate cancer may benefit significantly from hitting the gym with fellow patients...
It’s an ecological trap
Credit: LSU LSU researchers have discovered a new relationship between climate change, monarch butterflies and milkweed plants. It turns out...
Inner ear provides clues to human dispersal
Credit: ©Marcia Ponce de León, Christoph Zollikofer The early migration of humans out of Africa and across the world can...
Mifepristone may halt growth of intracranial tumor that causes hearing loss
Credit: Massachusetts Eye and Ear Boston, Mass. --Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers have shown that mifepristone, a drug currently FDA-approved...
Anticipating the dangers of space
Credit: Douglas Aircraft Co., 1967 Alongside the well-known hazards of space -- freezing temperatures, crushing pressures, isolation -- astronauts also...
Answers to 100-year-old mystery point to potential breast cancer therapies
New insights into how cancer cells fuel their growth are opening novel possibilities for cancer treatment. A team of researchers...
Clara Santato awarded 2018 MRS Communications Lecture
Credit: Research Square We are delighted to announce to Clara Santato, Polytechnique Montréal, has been awarded the 2018 MRS Communications...
Dispatch from the field II: Students describe an elusive spider while stationed in Borneo
Credit: Corné van der Linden A mystery has long shrouded the orb-weaving spider genus Opadometa, where males and females belonging...
Australian vine can boost soybean yield, study says
Credit: Ram Singh, USDA ARS. URBANA, Ill. - Growing in its native Australia, the unobtrusive perennial vine Glycine tomentella could...
Artificial molecules that mimic DNA
Not only can synthetic molecules imitate the structures of their biological counterparts, they can also assume their functions and even...
Microbiome study suggests marine nematodes are not picky eaters
Credit: James Baldwin and Manuel Mundo-Ocampo, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- The ocean floors are literally crawling with nematode...
Your wood stove affects the climate more than you might think
Credit: SINTEF Energy Norwegians love to heat with wood. That's easy to see when driving around the Norwegian countryside in...
Media registration open for ISSCR 2018 June 20-23, Melbourne, Australia
21 March, 2018 -- Leading scientists and researchers from academia and industry will gather to share groundbreaking stem cell science...
Ancient sea worm eats, poops and leaves behind evidence of Cambrian biodiversity
Credit: University of Kansas / KU News Service LAWRENCE -- In the Mackenzie Mountains of Canada, University of Kansas researcher...
New receptor genes turn T-cells into powerful liver cancer foes
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 3, 2018) - Mouse genes that make human T cells...