Biology
A-MUD: A method for automatically detecting mouse song
Credit: Vetmeduni Vienna Mice, like birds, are natural born singers. From birth, they emit a wide repertoire of vocalizations especially...
UA-invented sunscreen protects skin without seeping in
Credit: University of Arizona The University of Arizona has licensed a new, non-penetrating sunscreen to MexiAloe Laboratories, S.A. de C.V.,...
U of U Health and Janssen Research & Development investigate genetics of suicide
Credit: CDC Data and Statistics Fatal Injury Report 2015 and University of Utah Health Even today, suicide is a taboo...
Meeting a microbe in the morning or in the evening: Is it all the same?
Does the time of day matter when our body is infected by a parasite? According to new research from McGill...
2017 Science in Society Awards winners announced
We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017 Science in Society Journalism Awards, sponsored by the National Association...
Researcher at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown receives ERC grant
Credit: Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown Eugenia Chiappe, an argentinian neuroscientist, principal investigator of the Sensorimotor Integration Lab at the...
Why it’s difficult to predict evolutionary fate of a new trait
Credit: Weinreich et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The phrase "survival of the fittest" makes the principle of evolution by natural...
Young birds suffer in the city
City life is tough for young birds. But if they survive their first year, they are less susceptible to the...
Animal welfare: Potential new indicator of chronic stress in horses
Credit: Martine Hausberger Cortisol, deemed the quintessential stress hormone, allows us to cope with important events and imminent threats. A...
A sweeter way to make green products
Credit: Evan Krape/ University of Delaware The shampoo you washed your hair with this morning. The balloons for the party....
Elizabeth Blackburn, Salk Institute’s first female president, honored by TIME
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--Salk Institute President Elizabeth Blackburn--the Institute's first female president and one of only 12 women to...
Who is eating who? How climate change is modifying fish predator prey interactions
Climate change is expected to have many impacts on the oceans; one of them is where fish are located in...
How to draw electricity from the bloodstream
Men build dams and huge turbines to turn the energy of waterfalls and tides into electricity. To produce hydropower on...
New book on The Biology of the TGF-β Family from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Cover art created by Masato Morikawa, The University of Tokyo. Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory...
Scientists to study health of plant-bacteria symbiosis in California
Credit: Sachs lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Scientists at the University of California, Riverside and Oregon State University have...
The Dead Sea: Environmental research on the edge of extremes
The water level of the Dead Sea drops by more than one meter per year. Thousands of sinkholes, sudden strong...
Lazy ants make themselves useful in unexpected ways
Credit: Matt Velazquez If the first thing that comes to mind when you think about ants is "industrious," you might...
Immune cells help fat deal with environmental challenges
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Immunosuppressive regulatory T-cells play an important role in the functioning...
New research disputes claims that climate change helped spark the Syrian civil war
A new study, published today in the journal Political Geography, shows that there is no sound evidence that global climate...
Mediterranean-style diet may eliminate need for reflux medications
A plant-based, Mediterranean-style diet has been shown to provide the same medical benefits for treating laryngopharyngeal reflux as popular reflux...
