Biology
In vitro tissue microarrays for quick and efficient spheroid characterization
Credit: Image courtesy of Ivanov et al. An SLAS Discovery original research report entitled "In Vitro Tissue Microarrays for Quick...
Rutgers-led research could revolutionize nuclear waste reprocessing and save money
Credit: Hao Wang/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Seeking a better way to capture radioactive iodides in spent nuclear reactor fuel, Rutgers-New Brunswick...
Could the Neolithic Revolution offer evidence of best ways to adapt to climate change?
Human behaviour during the last intense period of global warming might offer an insight into how best to adapt to...
Marine scientists discover kleptopredation — a new way of catching prey
Credit: Gabriella Luongo When it comes to feeding time sea slugs are the pirates of the underwater world - attacking...
To save Florida’s oranges, Colorado State University team will study deadly citrus disease
Credit: Colorado State University Over the last decade, Florida's famous citrus industry has been battered by a disease called citrus...
Pseudopod protrusions propel amoeboid cells forward: A 3-D swimming model
Credit: Eric J. Campbell and Prosenjit Bagchi, Rutgers University WASHINGTON, D.C., October 31, 2017 -- Rhythmic patterns and precise motions...
Researchers map trends in drug development
From a drug perspective, G protein-coupled receptors are the most utilised cell receptors in the body. They are uniquely accessible...
How a $10 microchip turns 2-D ultrasound machines to 3-D imaging devices
Credit: Shawn Rocco/ Duke Health DURHAM, N.C. -- Technology that keeps track of how your smartphone is oriented can now...
Flour power to boost food security
Credit: University of Queensland The discovery of genes that determine the yield of flour from wheat could increase milling yield,...
NUS researchers unravel new insights into how brain beats distractions to retain memories
Credit: National University of Singapore Researchers from the National University of Singapore (NUS) have recently discovered a mechanism that could...
Chromosome organization emerges from 1-D patterns
Credit: Ryan Cheng/Michele Di Pierro HOUSTON - (Oct. 31, 2017) - The DNA in a human cell is 2 yards...
A special issue to commemorate the centenary of Duzheng Ye’s birth
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS), an international journal co-published by Springer and Science Press, publishes...
Elderly chromosomes activate genes differently than in the young
Grey hair, wisdom, and wrinkles on our skin mark us as we age, but it's the more subtle changes beneath...
Orphaned elephants’ social lives substantially altered by poaching
Credit: Shifra Goldenberg/Save the Elephants, Colorado State University Elephants live in a social structure with a level of complexity that...
MSU biologists discovered the pathwaysof groups of the lophophore
Credit: Aleksander Semenov Scientists from Moscow State University have proved that lophophorates - the invertebrates with special tentacular apparatus -...
Young bats learn bat ‘dialects’ from their nestmates
A new Tel Aviv University study finds that young bats adopt a specific "dialect" spoken by their own colonies, even...
Prenatal exposure to BPA at low levels can affect gene expression in developing rat brain
New research from North Carolina State University reveals that prenatal exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) at levels below those currently...
Mini-microscopes reveal brain circuitry behind social behavior
Credit: Catherine Dulac Lab Tiny microscopes mounted on mice's heads have given researchers a peek into the neural circuitry of...
Energy efficiency labeling for homes has little effect on purchase price
Most buyers aren't thinking about energy performance certification when they're house shopping. That's the conclusion of a team of researchers...
Air pollution is associated with cancer mortality beyond lung cancer
Air pollution is classified as carcinogenic to humans given its association with lung cancer, but there is little evidence for...
