Biology
New Zika serotypes may emerge, researcher warns
Zika virus is mutating so fast in Brazilian patients that different serotypes of the pathogen could appear in the near...
The costs of transporting petroleum products by pipelines and rail
While the policy debate surrounding crude oil transportation costs has emphasized accidents and spills, a new study by Carnegie Mellon...
A molecular garbage disposal complex has a role in packing the genome
New research from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, to be published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry on...
Flexible sensors can detect movement in GI tract
Credit: Courtesy of the researchers CAMBRIDGE, MA - Researchers at MIT and Brigham and Women's Hospital have built a flexible...
Kent State professor works with NASA Glenn & others to improve Lake Erie’s water quality
Credit: Photo credit: Sunny Dickerson, Bowling Green State University The conditions in Lake Erie continue to pose several health risks...
Do male fish prefer them big and colourful?
Male black-finned goodeid or mexcalpique fish know what they want when they pick a female to mate with; they prefer...
How to ‘cook’ an egg without heat — and other weird egg science (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 10, 2017 -- You can learn a lot from eggs. The versatile, delicious,...
Fighting sickle cell disease by looking back to infancy
Credit: Sarah Pack Fast-track research focused on developing a new gene-modifying sickle cell disease treatment at the Medical University of...
DFG establishes 2 new senate commissions
At its autumn session, the Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) approved the establishment of two new...
Call to action on food justice and overcoming disparities in infant nutrition
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 10, 2017--The "first food system" in the U.S., which calls...
When the brain’s wiring breaks
Credit: N/A Among all the bad things that can happen to the brain when it is severely jolted - in...
Conservationists’ eco-footprints suggest education alone won’t change behavior
Conservationists work to save the planet, and few are as knowledgeable when it comes to the environmental pressures of the...
Effort to create mouse that more closely mirrors human Alzheimer’s wins federal grant
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 10, 2017 - A proposal to humanize several mouse genes for research into Alzheimer's disease has spurred...
TB Alliance moves two novel tuberculosis drugs into human trials
GUADALAJARA (10 October, 2017) -- TBA-7371 and sutezolid entered phase 1 clinical trials, TB Alliance announced today. Both compounds have...
Forest grazing counteracts the effectiveness of trees to reduce flood risk
Credit: Lancaster University Planting trees can reduce flood risk, but a high intensity forest land use, such as grazing, can...
UTA wins funding to help first-generation, low-income, minority undergraduates
Credit: UT Arlington The University of Texas at Arlington received a $1.4 million, five-year grant from the U.S. Department of...
New smell test could aid early detection of Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s
Nisha Pradhan was seven when she began to suspect she was missing out on something. Her sister seemed to have...
Little growth observed in India’s methane emissions
Methane is the second most powerful greenhouse gas and concentrations are rising in the atmosphere. Because of its potency and...
Parasite study paves way for therapies to tackle deadly infections
Fresh insight into how a harmful parasite harnesses the energy it needs to function could point towards therapies to prevent...
Microbiology of the Built Environment (MoBE) symposium highlights growing field
(Washington) - A Washington, D.C. symposium highlighting research in an expanding field of science - the Microbiology of the Built...
