Biology
The role of animal companions in the lives of homeless people
Credit: Fran Urbano on a Creative Commons Licence Published as 'Caring at the Borders of the Human: Companion animals and...
New toolkit reveals novel cancer genes
A new statistical model has enabled researchers to pinpoint 27 novel genes thought to prevent cancer from forming, in an...
Can insects be used as evidence to tell if a body has been moved?
Credit: Damien Charabidze The use of insects as indicators of post-mortem displacement is a familiar technique depicted on many crime...
New method stabilizes siRNAs without affecting gene silencing activity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 9, 2018–Researchers have reported the ability to modify the structure...
Study unlocks faster way to assess ocean ecosystem health
A new study published today identifies a set of features common to all ocean ecosystems that provide a visual diagnosis...
Phages are an effective alternative to the use of antibiotics in aquaculture
Credit: AZTI-Tecnalia Therapy with phages, instead of antibiotics, is a highly promising option in aquaculture to control the transfer of...
How does a cell maintain its identity during replication?
Credit: The lab of Ken Zaret, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA – Prior to cell division,...
New details on nest preferences of declining sparrow
Credit: J. Carpenter Theory says that birds should choose nest sites that minimize their risk of predation, but studies often...
Chances of surviving malaria may be higher when host consumes fewer calories
Credit: Maria Mota Laboratory, iMM Lisboa University Park, PA — The chances of surviving a malaria infection may be higher...
Russian scientist finds a new way to predict cancer development
Credit: MIPT Press Office A scientist from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) has proposed a model that...
Carbon-based approaches for saving rainforests should include biodiversity studies
Credit: Miguel Leal New York (March 9, 2017) – Conservationists working to safeguard tropical forests often assume that old growth...
Echo templates aid mental mapping in bats
Credit: Vanderelst et al., eLife, 2016 A study published in eLife provides new insights on how bats recognise their surroundings...
Bioreactors ready for the big time
Credit: Brandon C. Goeller, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand. URBANA, Ill. – Last summer, the Gulf of Mexico's "dead...
The Red Queen rules
Leave it to evolutionary biologists to name a theory from a line in Alice in Wonderland. In Lewis Carroll's book...
Socially meaningful sounds can change ear, improve hearing, study…
ATLANTA–Hearing socially meaningful sounds can change the ear and enable it to better detect those sounds, according to researchers at...
Electron microscopy uncovers unexpected connections in fruit fly brain
Credit: Eichler et al., Janelia Research Campus What was once thought to be a done-and-dusted map of the fruit fly...
Nature gem within the city: What grows in the biodiversity-rich Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve
Credit: Imin Kamin Established as early as 1900, Bukit Nanas Forest Reserve (BNFR) is the oldest of its kind in...
Sanford Burnham Prebys and Mayo Clinic collaborators awarded multi-year NIH grant
Credit: SBP Orlando, FL, Aug. 10, 2017 - A team of researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP)...
CAS scientists discover BCAS2 involved in alternative mRNA splicing in spermatogonia and…
Credit: LI Lei Alternative splicing significantly expands the form and function of the genome of organisms with limited gene number...
UC Riverside molecular biochemist named to German National Academy of…
Credit: IIGB, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Katayoon Dehesh, the director of the Institute for Integrative Genome Biology (IIGB) and...