Biology
Top international award for UNSW Sydney climate scientist
Credit: UNSW The prestigious Tinker-Muse Prize for Science and Policy in Antarctica for 2017 has been awarded to (University of...
House dust spurs growth of fat cells in lab tests
Poor diet and a lack of physical activity are major contributors to the world's obesity epidemic, but researchers have also...
Graduate research fellow investigates how fungi and fire enable pine savanna ecosystem to thrive
Credit: Jacob Hopkins | KU News Service LAWRENCE -- For most humans, fire symbolizes destruction and death. Yet nature often...
Release of treated wastewater from hydraulic fracturing contaminates lake
Hydraulic fracturing has enabled a domestic oil and gas boom in the U.S., but its rapid growth has raised questions...
Synthesizing the human genome from scratch
For the past 15 years, synthetic biologists have been figuring out how to synthesize an organism's complete set of DNA,...
Low oxygen in Chesapeake Bay
Credit: Jeremy Testa The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Each year, low...
Mulling over the aromas of wine
A fine wine has an ideal balance of ingredients. Too much or too little of a component could mean the...
3 billion in funding and 31,000 funded projects
(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) DFG presents 2016 Annual Report /-- 'Best knowledge-driven research -- supported by broad political and public trust' --...
13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant, July 16-21
International experts on mercury will meet at the 13th International Conference on Mercury as a Global Pollutant (ICMGP 2017) in...
Evolution of a bacterial enzyme in green algae
A new jigsaw piece in the evolution of green algae has been identified by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum together with...
MPFI scientists probe function of cerebellar interneurons with new technique
(Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience) Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience developed a technique for selectively...
Shortcut method in drug development
In the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a research group at Uppsala...
Unlocking the mysteries of deepwater corals to restore the Gulf of Mexico
Credit: Lehigh University Coral genetics could save the Gulf of Mexico - though it may take a few hundred years....
DFG approves seven new research units and one new clinical research unit
At its summer session during the annual meeting of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Halle (Saale), the...
Rice team developing flat microscope for the brain
Credit: Rice University HOUSTON - (July 12, 2017) - Rice University engineers are building a flat microscope, called FlatScope TM,...
Insight into the immune system
Fundamental new insights into the functioning of the immune system and a new approach to treating autoimmune diseases: these are...
Antibiotic nanoparticles fight drug-resistant bacteria
CAMBRIDGE, MA - Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, especially among a type of bacteria that are classified as "Gram-negative."...
Between extinction and survival of endangered populations
New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 - Populations of endangered species reach a critical point in their life where...
Female fish prefer averagely active lovers
FRANKFURT. In evolution, a high sex drive does not always pay off. Female mosquitofish swim away from over-impetuous lovers because...
First aid kit in some living organisms helps fix DNA after lengthy sun exposure
New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 Sunburn in living organisms is caused by ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun...