Biology
Could therapy animal visitation pose health risks at patient facilities?
Credit: Dominick Reuter for Tufts University (June 19, 2017)–A survey of United States hospitals, eldercare facilities and therapy animal organizations...
Biochemical ‘fossil’ shows how life may have emerged without phosphate
Credit: Joshua Goldford and Daniel Segrè One major mystery about life's origin is how phosphate became an essential building block...
Research paves the way for treatment strategies of multidrug-resistant chronic infections
Credit: Christian Als/ The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Biosustainability at the Technical University of Denmark Antibiotic-resistant Pseudomonas infections in...
NSF issues new EPSCoR awards, investing in science and engineering across nation
Credit: Walter Dodds, Kansas State University. The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded five jurisdictions nearly $20 million each through...
Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young honored with Nobel Prize
Credit: Mario Morgado/The Rockefeller University Rockefeller University biologist Michael W. Young, who discovered the molecular mechanism of circadian rhythm, which...
Altered brain communication could be predictive marker of dementia in…
New Rochelle, NY, March 30, 2016–Dementia will develop in about 80% of patients with Parkinson's disease, and a new study...
Scientists work to stop fat cells from becoming large, dysfunctional on a high-fat diet
AUGUSTA, Ga. (July 13, 2016) – A high-fat diet makes your fat cells larger, inflamed and dysfunctional, putting you at...
Grant helps project realize ‘ultra-productive’ biofuel crops, attract…
Imagine–instead of acres of oil wells on barren land–endless fields of towering green sugarcane, with each stalk producing renewable and...
Measuring impact of Kenya’s ivory burning ‘urgent’ say UQ scientists
Credit: Dr. Duan Biggs Gathering evidence on the impact of Kenya's record-breaking ivory burn on elephant conservation should be an...
In Galapagos Islands, doctoral student researches the role of soil…
Credit: University of Kansas | KU News Service LAWRENCE — A doctoral student of ecology and evolutionary biology at the...
Benchmark database of lifespan-extending drugs announced
Credit: University of Liverpool & Biogerontology Research Foundation Scientists from the Biogerontology Research Foundation (BGRF) and University of Liverpool have...
‘Princess pheromone’ tells ants which larvae are destined…
Credit: Clint Penick For Indian jumping ants (Harpegnathos saltator), becoming royalty is all about timing. If a larva gives signs...
PolyU develops accurate contactless 3-D fingerprint identification system
Credit: The Hong Kong Polytechnic University The research team of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU) has developed a system...
A fat-regulating enzyme could hold the key to obesity, diabetes,…
Credit: Gil-Soo Han/Rutgers University-New Brunswick It had already been known that the enzyme known as phosphatidic acid phosphatase plays a...
Pressures from grazers hastens ecosystem collapse from drought
Credit: Xiaojun Wang DURHAM, N.C. — Extreme droughts, intensified by a warming climate, are increasingly causing ecosystem collapse in many...
DOE funds Center for Bioenergy Innovation at ORNL to accelerate biofuels, bioproducts…
Credit: ORNL OAK RIDGE, Tenn., July 17, 2017 — The Department of Energy has announced funding for new research centers...
New surgical strategy offers hope for repairing spinal injuries
Credit: Thomas Carlstedt and Mårten Risling Scientists in the UK and Sweden previously developed a new surgical technique to reconnect...
International competition benchmarks metagenomics software
Credit: John T. Consoli, University of Maryland Communities of bacteria live everywhere: inside our bodies, on our bodies and all...
New biomaterial developed for injectable neuronal control
In the campy 1966 science fiction movie "Fantastic Voyage," scientists miniaturize a submarine with themselves inside and travel through the...
Spring comes sooner to urban heat islands, with potential consequences for wildlife
Credit: Samuel Zipper MADISON, Wis. — With spring now fully sprung, a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers shows...