Biology
Kill them with cuteness: The adorable thing bats do to catch prey
Credit: Melville J. Wohlgemuth A Johns Hopkins University researcher noticed the bats he works with cocked their heads to the...
Lipid helps keep algae and brain fluid moving
AUGUSTA, Ga. – The same lipid that helps algae swim toward the light also appears to enable one type of...
UT Southwestern scientists find potential treatment for Friedreich’s ataxia
DALLAS – Feb. 16, 2016 – Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified synthetic RNA and DNA that reverses...
New insights into the release of molecules involved in inflammatory…
Credit: Pedro Faísca, IGC. In a recent study published in Cell Reports, a research team led by Colin Adrain, from...
CTCA at Western Regional Medical Center advances combination immunotherapy clinical trial
IMAGE: This is Dr. Glen Weiss, Director of Clinical Research and Medical Oncologist, Cancer Treatment Centers of America (CTCA) at...
Higher manganese levels in children correlate with lower IQ scores, UC…
CINCINNATI–A study led by environmental health researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine finds that children in...
Scale-eating fish adopt clever parasitic methods to survive
Credit: University of Washington Think of them as extra-large parasites. A small group of fishes — possibly the world's cleverest...
Scientist models Smith-Lemli-Opitz syndrome in adult stem cells
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – Studies performed by a Sanford Research scientist using an innovative stem-cell model for a fatal developmental...
Diabetes drug may prevent recurring strokes
Pioglitazone, a drug used for type 2 diabetes, may prevent recurrent stroke and heart attacks in people with insulin resistance...
University of Missouri researchers receive $1.3 million NIH grant to…
Credit: Photo courtesy of Jianlin Cheng. Jianlin Cheng has been in the business of protein structure prediction since before coming...
Toxoplasma’s balancing act explained
Credit: Matthew Bowler/EMBL The parasite Toxoplasma gondii is a silent success. It infects up to 95% of people in many...
Fossilized bees were finicky pollen collectors
The ancestors of honeybees, living 50 million years ago, were fairly choosy when it came to feeding their offspring. This...
Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops’…
Credit: NASA Using data from NASA satellites and airport visibility sensors, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues are extending an...
Scientists win UN data prize for monitoring threats to South African biodiversity hotspot
Credit: Adam Wilson BUFFALO, N.Y. — South Africa's Cape Floristic Region is one of the richest repositories of plant life...
Research shows new neurons created through exercise don’t cause…
Credit: Texas A&M Health Science Center Research has found that exercise causes more new neurons to be formed in a...
Surprising discovery — how the African tsetse fly really drinks your blood
Credit: University of Bristol Researchers at the University of Bristol have been taking a close-up look at the biting mouthparts...
DNA evidence shows that salmon hatcheries cause substantial, rapid…
CORVALLIS, Ore. – A new study on steelhead trout in Oregon offers genetic evidence that wild and hatchery fish are...
TSRI study identifies new type of protein clump that may be implicated…
LA JOLLA, CA – March 10, 2016 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
New approach could make bone marrow transplants safer
Credit: BD Colen Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) scientists have taken the first steps toward developing a treatment that would...
A surprizing finding shines new light on the largest group of human…
Credit: Frank Schmitges et al. Toronto scientists have discovered that the largest group of human proteins, which work as genome...
