Biology
Jim Mellon announces launch of new book juvenescence: Investing in the Age of Longevity
Credit: Jim Mellon & Al Chalabi Wednesday, October 4th, 2017, London, UK: Biogerontology Research Foundation Trustee Jim Mellon announces the...
WSDS to showcase, propel research, address challenges for women in statistics, data science
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (October 6, 2017) - In an effort to expand opportunities for women who are under-represented in the technical...
30,000-year old Sungir Homo sapiens visualized for the first time in 3-D virtual reality
Visual Science and the RAS Institute of Ethnology and Anthropology, with support from the All-Russian Science Festival "Nauka 0+", have...
Gluten intolerance appears largely undiagnosed in Canada
Research on a large sample of Canadians suggests that most people with celiac disease don't know they have it. Ahmed...
DNA damage caused by cancer treatment reversed by ZATT protein
Credit: Scott Williams An international team led by scientists at the National Institutes of Health is the first to discover...
UTA develops cutting-edge lubricant technologies to improve gas mileage, reduce wear
Credit: UTA Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have developed a pipeline of new vehicle lubricant technologies that...
New techniques may help scientists understand and manipulate bone remodeling
Osteoporosis is a disease categorized by brittle bones and increased risk of fracture. Individuals with osteoporosis, and diseases like it,...
A dash of gold improves microlasers
Gold. The word brings to mind wedding rings, buried treasure and California in the 1840's. But when gold is reduced...
Deer prefer native plants leaving lasting damage on forests
ITHACA, N.Y. - When rampant white-tailed deer graze in forests, they prefer to eat native plants over certain unpalatable invasive...
Research may lead to improvements in water use for crop irrigation
Two papers published in Irrigation and Drainage may help improve estimates of water requirements for crops, which will save water...
The Gold Standard: John Innes Centre receives Athena SWAN Gold award
Credit: John Innes Centre A world-leading plant and microbial science institute, the John Innes Centre, has become the first institution...
Lifestyle changes can close regional obesity gap, study finds
Lifestyle differences are to blame for regional variation in obesity rates in Scotland, research has found. Genetic factors cannot completely...
Climate solution in soil?
Credit: Jennifer Harden If you want to do something about global warming, look under your feet. Managed well, soil's ability...
Liverwort genes and land plant evolution
Though it's found around the world, it's easy to overlook the common liverwort - the plant can fit in the...
Study: Why lab researchers should talk with industry counterparts
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- When Shreya Dave was an MIT doctoral student working on a new kind of filter for desalination...
Salk neurobiologist receives NIH Director’s New Innovator award
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA - (Oct. 5, 2017) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Eiman Azim has been named an NIH...
New findings on mechanisms for body temperature regulation by fat tissue
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--New discoveries about the mechanism responsible for heat generation in the body related to fat tissue...
GW researcher receives more than $2.3 million to study cocaine’s influence on HIV
WASHINGTON (Oct. 5, 2017) -- Following studies showing that cocaine influences the replication and transcription of HIV, a researcher at...
A need for bananas? Dietary potassium regulates calcification of arteries
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Bananas and avocados -- foods that are rich in potassium -- may help protect against...
First cell-type census of mouse brains: Surprises about structure, male-female differences
Credit: Osten Lab, CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY - Neuroscientists at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) have mobilized advanced imaging...
