Biology

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...

Bacteria on surfaces — strength of adhesion does not depend on size of contact area

Credit: AG Jacobs Bacteria of the species Staphylococcus aureus are among the most widespread and dangerous pathogens of our time....

Squeezing innovation out of the NASA Twins study: Pipetting and cell isolation in space

Credit: NASA Just like early explorers, NASA Twins Study investigators are venturing into new territory. Conducting human omics research on...

Barrier to autoimmune disease may open door to HIV, study suggests

Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered that a process that protects the body from autoimmune...

UCI study sheds light on regulation of hair growth across the entire body

Irvine, Calif., July 11, 2017 -- To paraphrase the classic poem, no hair is an island entire of itself. Instead,...

‘Big Muddy’ Missouri river needs a plan

URBANA, Ill. - As the Missouri River flows across the Great Plains to where it meets the Mississippi River at...

ASHG honors Arthur Beaudet with Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine BETHESDA, Md. - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Arthur L. Beaudet,...

Researchers to develop new gene-editing method for the study of arthropods