Biology
Scientists reveal role for lysosome transport in Alzheimer’s disease progression
Credit: Gowrishankar et al., 2017 Researchers from Yale University School of Medicine have discovered that defects in the transport of...
Ecotourism: Loving animals to death?
Credit: Springer Watching wildlife can make more money for more people than killing it. But the planet is becoming ever-more...
Blood pressure medicine may improve conversational skills of…
IMAGE: University of Missouri researchers have found that a medication commonly used to treat high blood pressure and irregular heartbeats...
After decades of clean up attempts, world’s lakes still suffer from phosphorus…
Leading scientists warn: Phosphorus pollution is a major concern. We need to speed up recovery treatments of lakes – or...
Satellites, airport visibility readings shed light on troops’ exposure to air pollution
Credit: NASA Using data from NASA satellites and airport visibility sensors, Veterans Affairs (VA) researchers and colleagues are extending an...
More genes turned on when plants compete
Credit: Courtesy of Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. – Some people travel to northern California for wine. However, Maren...
Gene therapy for rare bleeding disorder achieves proof-of-concept
IMAGE: Paris Margaritis, D. Phil., is a hematology researcher at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Credit: The Children's Hospital of...
Tufts University nutrition scientists provide updated MyPlate for…
BOSTON (March 7, 2016)–Nutrition scientists at the Jean Mayer U. S. Department of Agriculture Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging...
Rice University lab runs crowd-sourced competition to create…
Big data has a bright future in personalized medicine, as demonstrated by an international competition centered at Rice University that...
Tracking deer by NASA satellite
Credit: Credits: US National Park Service Mule deer mothers are in sync with their environment, with reproduction patterns that closely...
Jens Nielsen receive gold medal for innovative research in the field…
Credit: The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark Chief Scientific Officer at the Novo...
Warmer water signals change for Scotland’s shags
Credit: Gary Howells An increasingly catholic diet among European Shags at one of Scotland's best-studied breeding colonies has been linked...
With most of the same genes, how do lizard siblings end up so different?
Credit: Photo by Dan Addison, UVA University Communications The brown anole, a prolific lizard native to Cuba and the Bahamas...
Hidden Inca treasure: Remarkable new tree genus discovered in the…
Credit: Wake Forest University Hidden in plain sight – that's how researchers describe their discovery of a new genus of...
Photosynthesis discovery could help design more efficient artificial…
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA–A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial...
Genetics and brain regions linked to sex differences in anxiety-related behavior in chimpanzees
ATLANTA–Genetics and specific brain regions are linked to sex differences in chimpanzees' scratching behavior, a common indicator of anxiety in...
Schizophrenic stem cells do not differentiate properly into neurons
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute have used human-induced pluripotent stem cells (hiPSCs) to identify a characteristic...
UNH scientists unravel genetic ancestry of cultivated strawberry
Credit: UNH DURHAM, N.H. – Scientists from the University of New Hampshire have unlocked a major genetic mystery of one...
Boosting levels of known antioxidant may help resist age-related decline
Credit: (Graphic courtesy of Oregon State University) CORVALLIS, Ore. – Researchers at Oregon State University have found that a specific...
ACMG Foundation receives funding from Pfizer for genetics training residencies/fellowships
The ACMG Foundation for Genetic and Genomic Medicine announced that it has received a $165,000 commitment from Pfizer to provide...
