Biology
Biochemists zero in on key molecules that enable cells to crawl
EUGENE, Ore. -- March 5, 2018 -- Biochemists have made a discovery that sheds light on the molecular machinery that...
Potential new approach to the treatment of multiple sclerosis
Credit: photo/©: Catherine Larochelle, Timo Uphaus, Frauke Zipp A prospective new method of treating patients with multiple sclerosis has been...
Tropical forest response to drought depends on age
Credit: Mario Bretfeld Tropical trees respond to drought differently depending on their ages, according to new research led by a...
Rare mineral discovered in plants for first time
Credit: Paul Aston Scientists at Sainsbury Laboratory Cambridge University have found that the mineral vaterite, a form (polymorph) of calcium...
Study discovers South African wildfires create climate cooling
Credit: NASA/Kirk Knobelspriesse University of Wyoming researchers led a study that discovered that biomass smoke originating from South Africa that...
Crepidula onyx resilient towards microplastic diet
Credit: Chan Lab, Division of Life Science, HKUST Coastal marine organisms are hit hard by pollution and global climate change...
New gene therapy corrects a form of inherited macular degeneration in canine model
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania have developed a gene therapy that successfully treats a form...
Changing size of neurons could shed light on new treatments for motor neurone disease
New research published in The Journal of Physiology improves our understanding of how motor nerve cells (neurons) respond to motor...
Thawing permafrost causing the ‘browning’ of northern lakes
As ice the melts, the organic carbon found in permafrost is being released once again after ages of confinement in...
Scientists use satellites and drones to discover antarctic penguin ‘super-colonies’
(Louisiana State University) A recent scientific expedition to the Danger Islands, a remote group of tiny islands along eastern side...
New UTSA lab addresses pediatric feeding disorders
Bryant Silbaugh, assistant professor of special education in The University of Texas at San Antonio (UTSA) Department of Interdisciplinary Learning...
Bubbles of life from the past
Credit: Stefan Bengtson Take a good look at these photos: They show you 1.6 billion years old fossilized oxygen bubbles,...
Mammalian development: Blastocyst architecture
The mechanisms that underlie early embryonic development in humans and cattle are very similar. Therefore, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers...
Release of the 7th edition of the International Standards on Hematopoietic Cell Therapy
Credit: © EBMT Today the European Society for Blood and Marrow Transplantation (EBMT) is announcing the release of the 7th...
Deeper look at biopsy exposes mutation ready to ambush drug combination
Credit: MD Anderson Cancer Center HOUSTON - A powerful resistance mutation that appeared to emerge in melanoma after a patient...
Capturing the balance of nature
Credit: Kyoto University / Reiji Masuda Kyoto, Japan -- In a study spanning twelve years, researchers from Kyoto University, and...
Vertical measurements of air pollutants in urban Beijing
Credit: The photo on the left was taken by SUN Yele; The photo on the right was taken by the...
Spring is springing earlier in polar regions than across the rest of earth
Credit: Eric Post/UC Davis Spring is arriving earlier, but how much earlier? The answer depends where on Earth you find...
3-D-written model to provide better understanding of cancer spread
Credit: (Purdue University image/Luis Solorio) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Purdue researcher Luis Solorio has helped create a lifelike cancer environment...
Previously unknown ‘supercolony’ of Adélie penguins discovered in Antarctica
(Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) In a paper released on March 2nd in the journal Scientific Reports, the scientists announced the...