Biology
Scientists develop elastic metal rods to treat scoliosis
Credit: ©NUST MISIS NUST MISIS scientists jointly with their colleagues from the Ecole de Technologie Superiore (Montreal, Canada) have experienced...
Paleontologists put the bite on an ancient reptile from New England
Credit: Yale University New Haven, Conn. - Scientists have identified a new species of reptile from prehistoric Connecticut and, boy,...
Lithuanians created technology for treating oily water: exceeds requirements 10 times
Credit: KTU Wastewater treatment technology created at Kaunas University of Technology (KTU), Lithuania efficiently cleans water from oil products leaving...
Germany was covered by glaciers 450,000 years ago
Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology The timing of the Middle Pleistocene glacial-interglacial cycles and the feedback mechanisms between climatic shifts...
Different neural strategies for junior high school male and female English learners
Credit: Fumitaka Homae Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University studied the neural response of Japanese junior high school...
NUS and RCO-LIPI scientists embark on deep-sea biodiversity expedition in West Java
A team of 30 researchers and support staff led by scientists from Singapore and Indonesia will embark on a 14-day...
The brain learns completely differently than we’ve assumed since the 20th century
Credit: Prof. Ido Kanter The brain is a complex network containing billions of neurons, where each of these neurons communicates...
Monitor climate change, not predators, to protect lake diversity: Study
Climate change and other environmental factors are more threatening to fish diversity than predators, according to new research from the...
Investigating the enigmatic link between periodontal inflammation and retinal degeneration
Alexandria, VA, USA - At the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), held in conjunction...
Gene boosts rice growth and yield in salty soil
Credit: Jianzhong Lin Around 20% of the world's irrigated land is considered to contain elevated concentrations of salt, and the...
A scientific study characterizes two new Galician olive varieties for the first time
Credit: Carmen González-Barrerio, Beatriz Cancho-Grande. Olive oil is a key element and one of the main sources of fat in...
Montana State University researchers publish study
BOZEMAN -- Researchers at Montana State University in Bozeman have published a study showing how access to high-quality fruits and...
How a genetic mutation can interfere with the powerhouses of cells
Dr. Nora Vögtle, head of an Emmy Noether junior research group at the Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine of...
Research discovers how some cancers resist treatment
Credit: LSU Health New Orleans New Orleans, LA - An international team of researchers led by Lucio Miele, MD, PhD,...
Metastatic cancer cells modify bone remodeling with small RNA secretion in bone metastasis
Credit: Department of Physiology and Cell Biology,TMDU Researchers at Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find a secreted microRNA molecule...
New innovations in cell-free biotechnology
A Northwestern University-led team has developed a new way to manufacture proteins outside of a cell that could have important...
Growing and surviving: How proteins regulate the cell cycle
Cell division is the basis of all life. Even the smallest errors in this complex process can lead to grave...
Study shows implications of access to high-quality fruits and vegetables
BOZEMAN -- Researchers at Montana State University in Bozeman have published a study showing how access to high-quality fruits and...
Breakthrough antimalarial drug delivery system using mesoporous silica nanoparticles
Credit: Shinya Hayami Drug delivery systems (DDSs) control when and how much drugs are delivered to the body. Numerous DDS...
Staphylococcus aureus: A new mechanism involved in virulence and antibiotic resistance
Credit: © Institut Pasteur/Mélanie Falord and Tarek Msadek -- Colorization by Jean-Marc Panaud An Institut Pasteur-CNRS research team has characterized...