Biology
Oregon researchers find bacterial protein that boosts…
Credit: Courtesy of Jennifer Hampton Hill EUGENE, Ore. — Dec. 13, 2016 — A newly discovered bacterial protein produced in...
Model explains barred owls’ domination over northern spotted owls
Credit: Photo by Ray Davis EAST LANSING, Mich. – Barred owls – unrivaled nocturnal predators and procreators – are moving...
How much can late Permian ecosystems tell us about modern Earth? A lot.
Credit: Drawing by Davide Bonadonna. A whopping two hundred and fifty-two million years ago, Earth was crawling with bizarre animals,...
A map of the cell’s power station
Credit: Source: AG Meisinger Mitochondria are the cell's power stations; they transform the energy stored in nutrients so that cells...
UBC study finds optimal walking and cycling speeds to reduce air pollution inhalation
Credit: University of British Columbia Cyclists should be riding at speeds between 12 and 20 kilometres per hour on city...
The Muffin Study: Mono- vs. polyunsaturated fats in patients with metabolic syndrome
Baltimore, Md. – June 15, 2016. It's hard to think of the typical muffin, often loaded with saturated fat and...
VIMS study identifies tipping point for oyster restoration
Credit: © A. Colden/Virginia Institute of Marine Science. We're all familiar with tipping points, when crossing what might seem a...
New 3-D imaging reveals how human cell nucleus organizes DNA and chromatin of it’s genome
Credit: Horng D. Ou, Salk Institute. Sixty-four years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick described the now-iconic double helix structure...
Microcephaly discoveries made in non-Zika cases help explain abnormal…
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Long before Zika virus made it a household word, the birth defect called microcephaly puzzled scientists...
Dingo skull resistant to change from cross breeding with dogs,…
Australia's largest predator, the dingo, is resistant to one of the main threats to its survival as a species —...
Newly discovered volcanic rock minerals may offer new insights into earth’s…
Credit: Keena Kareem, LSU The first 1.5 billion years of Earth's evolution is subject to considerable uncertainty due to the...
Genome of wheat ancestor sequenced
Credit: (Patrick McGuire / UC Davis) Sequencing the bread wheat genome has long been considered an almost insurmountable task, due...
Does inflammation contribute to premenstrual symptoms?
New Rochelle, NY, June 16, 2016–Women with premenstrual symptoms (PMS) including mood swings, weight gain/bloating, and abdominal cramps/back pain have...
Gaming for gut research
Credit: Jerome Waldispuhl You may not think of yourself in this way – but in some ways your body is...
Bornean orangutans’ canopy movements flag conservation targets
Credit: Courtesy of Marc Ancrenaz Washington, DC– Bornean orangutans living in forests impacted by human commerce seek areas of denser...
Personal cooling units on the horizon
Credit: Qing Wang, Penn State Firefighters entering burning buildings, athletes competing in the broiling sun and workers in foundries may...
Growing perfect crystals by filling the gaps
Crystals are solid materials composed of microscopic building blocks arranged in highly ordered patterns. They have countless applications, ranging from...
Zika doesn’t deter Americans from traveling abroad, study shows
Global concerns about Zika virus aren't stopping Americans from making international travel plans, a new study finds, but many who...
Could DNA from a virus millions of years old hold the key to new neuro…
Credit: Plymouth University Dr Sylwia Ammoun, Senior Research Fellow at Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry, has received...
Protein proves influential to healthy immune system
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research Researchers have discovered that the protein Myb plays a vital role...
