Biology
Heinz Maier Leibnitz Prize for Jennifer Andexer
Credit: Photo: Thomas Kunz Junior professor Dr. Jennifer Andexer from the Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Freiburg...
What the first American astronauts taught us about living in space
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine NASA's Project Mercury was the United States' first human-in-space program. Between 1961 and 1963, six...
New way of producing useful compounds from birch for the cosmetics industry
Credit: VTT VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland has used plant cell culture technology to develop new types of ingredients...
Gene therapy may help brain heal from stroke, other injuries
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - March 27, 2018 - Scientists have found a genetic trigger that may improve the brain's...
Research shows why we struggle to get good night’s sleep as we get older
New research has identified the way age impairs the ability of the circadian clock in mammals to re-set itself when...
Montana State researchers find that beetle odor could help tackle tamarisk
Credit: Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez/Montana State University BOZEMAN - In the fight against an invasive plant colonizing portions of the state, a...
Tattoo electrodes from an ink-jet printer
Credit: Lunghammer - TU Graz In the case of diagnostic methods such as electrocardiogram (ECG) and electromyography (EMG), gel electrodes...
The clouds of spaghetti that keep DNA data safe
Credit: Michael Cowburn and David Rout Cells can avoid "data breaches" when letting signaling proteins into their nuclei thanks to...
Compared to nomadic communities, Silk Road cities were urban food deserts
Credit: Photo by Michael Frachetti , Washington University in St. Louis Like passionate foodies who know the best places to...
New research shows how submarine groundwater affects coral reef growth
Credit: Florybeth La Valle, HIMB/ UH SOEST Groundwater that seeps into the coastal zone beneath the ocean's surface--termed submarine groundwater...
‘AGameOfClones’: Identification of transgenic organisms
Credit: Strobl/Stelzer, Goethe University Frankfurt To understand biological processes, researchers often use model organisms, such as mice, zebrafish and various...
2018 Canada Gairdner Awards recognize world-renowned scientists
TORONTO, ON (March 27, 2018) - The Gairdner Foundation is pleased to announce the 2018 Canada Gairdner Award laureates, recognizing...
Salvage logging is often a pretext for harvesting wood
Credit: (Photo: Reinhold Weinberger, Bavarian Forest National Park management) Bia?owie?a Forest in Eastern Poland is one of the last remaining...
New device uses biochemistry techniques to detect rare radioactive decays
Credit: UTA UTA researchers are leading an international team developing a new device that could enable physicists to take the...
From lullabies to live concerts: How music and rhythm shape our social brains
March 27, 2018 - Boston - A universal sign of motherhood is the lullaby. The world over, mothers sing to...
Vagus nerve stimulation boosts post-stroke motor skill recovery
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have demonstrated a method to accelerate...
Repurposing inhibitors may provide new treatment approach for ovarian cancer
PHILADELPHIA -- (March 27, 2018) -- Wistar researchers have found rationale for repurposing a class of antitumor compounds called HDAC...
How do snakes eat live crabs? By being finicky diners
Credit: Bruce Jayne/UC Anyone who has sat down to a summer crab feast knows how hard, messy and delicious they...
BIABooster: A more sensitive device for characterizing DNA in blood circulation
Developed and patented(1) in 2012 and 2014 in the Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes (LAAS-CNRS) and implemented industrially by...
Top sports leagues heavily promote unhealthy food and beverages, new study finds
Credit: NYU Langone Health The majority of food and beverages marketed through multi-million-dollar television and online sports sponsorships are unhealthy...