Biology
Lemurs are weird because Madagascar’s fruit is weird
Credit: George Selley Lemurs are primates like us, but they're the weird cousins. They're found only on Madagascar off the...
How an interest in bipolar disorder drugs led to a better understanding of leukemia
Credit: Mansi Shinde and Simone Sidoli A research project that began 20 years ago with an interest in how lithium...
INRS to upgrade its tomography and ultrafast dynamic imaging facilities
Studying geological reservoirs in near "real world" conditions, monitoring the behavior of hydrocarbons around sea ice, better understanding how chemical...
UTSA researcher receives $1 million award to aid food security
Garry Sunter, chair of the UTSA Department of Biology, has received an award worth up to $1 million over four...
Nanoscale platform aims to control protein levels
Credit: Segatori Research Group/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. 30, 2017) - A nanoscale antibody first found in camels combined with...
Under pressure
When 15 North Atlantic right whales turned up dead in U.S. and Canadian waters in the summer of 2017, it...
Moving neuroscience into the fast lane
At the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan, a two-year project from Andrea Benucci's research group has culminated in the...
Cover crops provide bed and breakfast layover for migrating birds
Credit: Cassandra Wilcoxen URBANA, Ill. - After harvesting a corn or soybean crop, farmers may plant a cover crop for...
Preparing for the power outages and water shortages of the next disaster
Credit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson; illustration by Joy Smoker--University of Delaware After hurricanes Harvey, Irma, and Maria, residents of...
Research shows how environment plays key role in changing movement behavior of animals
Theory explains how animals such as bats, insects and birds adjust movement behaviour based on environment Environmental cues which could...
Red Sea is warming faster than global average
Credit: Reproduced with permission from reference 1© 2017 Nature Publishing Group "The global rate of ocean warming has many consequences...
Voltage-driven liquid metal fractals
Credit: Michael Dickey, North Carolina State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have found that gallium indium (EGaIn), a...
Driving drug resistance out of fungi
Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (BOSTON) -- Candida albicans is a notorious human fungal pathogen that causes thrush and...
Funding of millions for TU Graz-lead projects from university owned funds
Credit: © TU Graz Since 2015, TU Graz has awarded special funding for multidisciplinary lead projects. By supporting such basic...
Research aims to help renewable jet fuel take flight
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware Airplanes zoom overhead, wispy-white contrails streaming behind them. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) handled 43,684...
Bears not bothered by diet high in saturated fats
Campgrounds and cottages are getaways for humans. They are also locations where grizzly bears are acquiring appetites for human foods...
Smart artificial beta cells could lead to new diabetes treatment
Credit: (Gu Lab, UNC-NC State) CHAPEL HILL, NC - Treating type 1 diabetes and some cases of type 2 diabetes...
The advent of ‘green’ cattle
Implications of livestock farming on climate change should not be drawn from aggregate statistics, reveals a study based on a...
University of Delaware’s Thomas Epps named American Physical Society Fellow
Credit: Evan Krape/University of Delaware Thomas H. Epps, III, the Thomas & Kipp Gutshall Professor in the Department of Chemical...
New tool predicts risk of plant disease and infestation worldwide
A newly developed technique can predict the risk of plant disease or infestation across the globe. Described in open-access journal...