Biology
Cold region ‘tipping point’ now inevitable
Credit: Juha Aalto The decline of cold regions called periglacial zones is now inevitable due to climate change, researchers say....
Cocaine users’ brains unable to extinguish drug associations
Cocaine-addicted individuals say they find the drug much less enjoyable after years of use, but they have great difficulty quitting....
Muscle nuclei: May the force be with you
Credit: Image and video: William Roman, Edgar Gomes Lab Concept and animation: Ana de Barros, iMM Lisboa A group of...
Fire ant venom compounds may lead to skin treatments
Credit: From Arbiser et al Scientific Reports (2017). Compounds derived from fire ant venom can reduce skin thickening and inflammation...
Birds’ unique skulls linked to young dinosaur brains
Credit: Fabbri et al., 2017 Bird skulls and brains look like those of young dinosaurs, providing clues to their unique...
The evolutionary origin of the gut
Credit: Sabrina Kaul-Strehlow, Patrick Steinmetz How did the gut, the skin and musculature evolve? This question concerns scientists for more...
New method for monitoring fetal heartbeat
Researchers have developed a technique to accurately isolate fetal heart sounds from background noise in acoustic recordings, allowing them to...
The business of bioanalysis: Expert panel addresses hot topics in industry
Filmed at the 11th WRIB (Los Angeles, CA, USA, 3-7 April 2017), the series covers conversation between Scott Fountain (Charles...
As athletes collide in arenas this fall, NJIT concussion experts look to assess and heal
Credit: NJIT Amid the adrenaline rush and dreams of glory in sports arenas large and small this fall, there will...
Brain Composer: ‘Thinking’ melodies onto a musical score
(Graz University of Technology) TU Graz researchers develop new brain-computer interface application which allows music to be composed by the...
Protein research could help in hunt for Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s cures
Credit: University of Kent Protein research at University of Kent could help in hunt for Alzheimer's and Parkinson's cures Research...
These mutations could be key to understanding how some harmful conditions develop
A team of researchers led by a bioinformatician at the University of California San Diego has developed a method to...
MSU biologist learned what Przewalski’s horse ate more than a century ago
Credit: Natalia Spasskaya A scientist from the Lomonosov Moscow State University's Faculty of Biology together with her colleagues has explained...
Georgetown hosts global health security expert Beth Cameron
WASHINGTON (Sept. 11, 2017) - Georgetown University's Center for Global Health Science and Security and the Georgetown Global Health Initiative...
UAlberta chemist creates next generation of neuroscience tools
UAlberta chemistry professor Robert Campbell is developing new ways to see and manipulate the activity of neurons in the brain,...
A biosensor detects adulteration of horse in beef meat within 1 hour
Credit: Nate Stelner. The identification of horse meat adulterating others as beef meat is possible thanks to an electrochemical biosensor...
Scientists construct first predictive model of inflammatory bowel disease
STAMFORD, Conn. & NEW YORK, NY -- September 11, 2017 -- Scientists at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new promising feedstock
Credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois A Boeing 747 burns one gallon of jet fuel each second. A recent analysis from...
Desert locusts: New risks in the light of climate change
Credit: © CIRAD - A. Foucart Desert locusts, a pest under close scrutiny Desert locusts are a major pest on...
Biotech hormone reduces cost of inducing ovulation in livestock
A Brazilian startup called Kimera Biotecnologia, based in Ribeirão Preto, Brazil, has produced the first biotech version of equine chorionic...
