Biology
Tandon researcher engineering antidotes to chemical weapons
BROOKLYN, New York - Chemical weapons and other toxic agents including pesticides pose a serious health threat worldwide, whether they...
Bite on this: Kansas State University researcher finds alligators eat sharks
Credit: Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service J.N. MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Jaws, beware! Alligators may be coming for...
Mechanism explains how seizures may lead to memory loss
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Although it's been clear that seizures are linked to memory loss and other cognitive deficits...
New UTSA study describes how dopamine tells you it isn’t worth the wait
How do we know if it was worth the wait in line to get a meal at the new restaurant...
A cautionary tale
In eukaryotic cells, the hereditary material DNA is mostly confined to the nucleus whereas the presence of DNA outside of...
An epigenetic key to unlock behavior change
Credit: Ina Anreiter, University of Toronto When it comes to behaviour, researchers have moved beyond the "nature versus nurture" debate....
When lemons give you life: Herpetofauna adaptation to citrus orchards in Belize
Credit: Russell Gray Natural habitat areas exhibit similar abundances and diversity of herpetofauna as citrus orchards and reclaimed orchard forests...
What’s the next step for exon skipping therapies to treat duchenne muscular dystrophy?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2017--A team of leading European clinicians and scientists presents...
Risk of Caesarean section is heritable
(University of Vienna) Women born by Caesarean section are more than twice as likely to develop FDP when giving birth...
New antibiotic resistance genes found
Credit: Chalmers University of Technology Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have found several...
Harvey runoff menaces Texas’ coral reefs
Credit: Jesse Cancelmo HOUSTON -- (Oct. 16, 2017) -- The more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater from Hurricane Harvey...
Chan Zuckerberg Initiative taps Columbia scientists to create atlas of cells in human spinal cord
Credit: Ira Schieren/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute today received a grant from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI)...
Flu vaccine failed to protect young leukemia patients during cancer treatment
Young leukemia patients who were vaccinated against influenza were just as likely as their unvaccinated peers to develop flu, suggesting...
Learning during development is regulated by an unexpected brain region
During childhood, the brain goes through critical periods in which its learning ability for specific skills and functions is strongly...
Untangling vitamin D activation pathways in inflammation and bone health
Researchers have identified a region of the genome that regulates vitamin D activation in the kidneys, opening the door for...
Research to explore the development of deadly brain tumors
Credit: University of Plymouth Glioblastoma is the most common of malign brain tumours in adults, and it currently has no...
Whales and dolphins have rich ‘human-like’ cultures and societies
Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional...
Sound and color
The blue whale is the largest animal known ever to have existed -- bigger even than dinosaurs -- yet it...
Major advance in nanopore detection of peptides and proteins
Nanopore technology, which is used to sequence DNA, is cheap, hand-held and works in the jungle and in space. The...
Stress might be just as unhealthy as junk food to digestive system
We all know that a poor diet is unhealthy, but a new BYU study finds that stress may just as...
