Biology
Surprising monkey study: Bad times do not cause group members to change behavior
Researchers have observed an unexpected behavioral pattern in monkeys in Puerto Rico. As the population density in the group rises,...
Examining potatoes’ past could improve spuds of the future
Credit: Courtesy of Robin Buell The old adage of looking to the past to understand the future certainly applies to...
Graphene enables high-speed electronics on flexible materials
Credit: Boid - Product Design Studio, Gothenburg/Chalmers University of Technology Terahertz radiation has a wide range of uses and can...
Research pinpoints powerful biomarker of ,ultiple sclerosis
A breakthrough study led by the University of Sydney's Brain and Mind Centre and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital has revealed...
How flu shot manufacturing forces influenza to mutate
Credit: Wilson Lab LA JOLLA, Calif. - Oct. 30, 2017 - According to a new study from scientists at The...
Two Princeton astrophysicists receive funding to study merging neutron stars
Credit: Adam Burrows and collaborators/Princeton/TEAMS Adam Burrows, a professor of astrophysical sciences, and David Radice, an associate research scholar, have...
Spooky conservation: Saving endangered species over our dead bodies
Credit: Jodie Buller The secret to the survival of critically endangered wildlife could lie beyond the grave, according to a...
NIH awards UTHealth’s Vasanthi Jayaraman $2.6 million for brain research
Credit: UTHealth The National Institutes of Health has presented its Maximizing Investigators' Research Award to Vasanthi Jayaraman, Ph.D., a professor...
VTT-originated Spectral Engines develops a portable drug screening device for police officers
Spectral Engines, a growth company that originated at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, is about to launch a portable...
Native trees, shrubs provide more food for birds
Credit: Desiree Narango and Doug Tallamy/University of Delaware University of Delaware doctoral student Desiree Narango is researching trees and shrubs...
Pumpkin genomes sequenced, revealing uncommon evolutionary history
Credit: Zhangjun Fei and Marissa Zuckerman For some, pumpkins conjure carved Halloween decorations, but for many people around the world,...
Tropical forest reserves slow down global warming
Credit: Dan Bebber National parks and nature reserves in South America, Africa and Asia, created to protect wildlife, heritage sites...
New molecule shows promise in HIV vaccine design
Credit: National Cancer Institute Researchers at the University of Maryland and Duke University have designed a novel protein-sugar vaccine candidate...
Peat bogs defy the laws of biodiversity
Alexandre Buttler, head of EPFL's Ecological Systems Laboratory (ECOS), and Luca Bragazza, a scientist at ECOS, along with a team...
Blocking enzyme in normal cells may impede pancreatic cancer, Penn vet team shows
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Cancer of the pancreas is a deadly disease, with a median survival time of less than...
Peatland plants adapting well to climate change, suggests study
Credit: University of Southampton They account for just three per cent of the Earth's surface but play a major role...
$12.5M grant allows MUSC and SCSU to team up to tackle health disparities
Credit: Sarah Pack Marvella Ford missed out on a fundamental part of childhood: having grandparents to spoil and take care...
Advanced artificial limbs mapped in the brain
Credit: Irit Hacmun, Tel Aviv Targeted motor and sensory reinnervation (TMSR) is a surgical procedure on patients with amputations that...
Second University of Colorado vaccine approved by FDA for shingles
The Centers for Disease Control's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended new treatment practices Wednesday for shingles based on a...
Heavy metal thunder: Protein can be switched on to conduct electricity like a metal
Credit: Weisi Song, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University When pushing the boundaries of discovery, sometimes even the most experienced of...