Biology
International research project: How can breastfeeding be promoted in Germany?
The project "Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly" is being conducted at the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)...
Epileptic brain activity in widely used lab mice
Credit: Steinmetz et al., eNeuro (2017) Multiple laboratories have observed unusual neural activity resembling epilepsy in some lines of genetically...
Discovery of dynamic seasonal changes in color perception
Credit: NIBB In many areas, the environment fluctuates greatly depending on the season, and animals living in those areas must...
Mobile women were key to cultural exchange in Stone Age and Bronze Age Europe
Credit: Stadtarchäologie Augsburg At the end of the Stone Age and in the early Bronze Age, families were established in...
Like a revolving door: How shuttling proteins operate nuclear pores
Credit: Immanuel Wagner/imma.tv Nuclear pore complexes are tiny channels where the exchange of substances between the cell nucleus and the...
Experts call for added focus on the impact of glacier mass loss on downstream systems
Credit: Dr. Lee Brown, University of Leeds Researchers have warned of an 'urgent worldwide need' to address a broad spectrum...
Researchers devise a new way of producing hydrogen fuel
Credit: MIPT Press Office A U.S.-based team of researchers featuring MIPT scientists has assembled a nanoscale biological structure capable of...
Indigenous storytelling is a new asset for biocultural conservation
Credit: Joan de la Malla Some of the areas hosting most of the world's biodiversity are those inhabited by indigenous...
Largest ever genetic study marks likely osteoporosis treatment target
Scientists are honing in on a potential treatment for osteoporosis, after performing the largest ever genetic study of the common...
Heavy alcohol use alters brain functioning differently in young men and women
Scientists have found that brain functions in young men and women are changed by long-term alcohol use, but that these...
Multi-mechanism approach to treating neonatal hypoxic ischemia
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina. Sarah Pack. Hypothermia alone, the current standard of care, neuroprotects roughly 50 percent of...
Can corals survive climate change?
Credit: G. Torda A group of international scientists, including scientists from Australia, have issued advice that more research is urgently...
Researchers find microbes key to reef survival
Credit: © 2016 Anna Roik Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - : In a paper published in the September 2017...
Etosis phenomenon discovered in human blood monocytes
A recent study published online in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology found the first clear demonstration of etosis in human...
AWI’s underwater robot Tramper successfully recovered
Credit: Alfred Wegener Institute On 27 August 2017, deep-sea researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and...
Electricity production: When enzymes rival platinum
Credit: Ievgen Mazurenko, BIP A fuel cell converts chemical energy into electrical energy via hydrogen combustion. Though it is considered...
Virus hijacks cell’s transportation system
Credit: Hirano M. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Aug. 28,...
Scientists identify climatic risks for dengue disease outbreaks
The University of Liverpool is part of an international team of scientists that have identified the climatic risks for dengue...
Cleanliness is next to sexiness for golden-collared manakins in Panama
Credit: Ioana Chiver, STRI Imagine proposing in a dirty apartment or restaurant. Juvenile male golden-collared manakins who received extra testosterone...
Bacteria act as aphrodisiac for the closest relatives of animals
Credit: Arielle Woznica and Nicole King, UC Berkeley To the surprise of scientists, bacteria can act as an aphrodisiac for...
