Biology

August 31, 2025

$1.9 million NIH grant to Wayne State to develop novel therapy for corneal bacterial infection

Credit: Wayne State University DETROIT - Wayne State University recently received a five-year, $1.925 million grant from the National Eye...

Penn/CHOP team gains insights into cause of infant and treatment-related leukemias

Certain pediatric leukemias share a common underlying cause with treatment-related secondary leukemias. Both diseases involve translocations in the KMT2A gene,...

Drill holes in fossil shells point to bigger predators picking on small prey

The drill holes left in fossil shells by hunters such as snails and slugs show marine predators have grown steadily...

VHA initiative significantly reduces MRSA in veterans living centers

Portland, Ore., June 15, 2017 - An initiative led by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) reduced Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...

Secret of why jewel scarab beetles look like pure gold, explained by physicists

The secrets of why central-American jewel scarab beetles look like they are made from pure gold, has been uncovered by...

Animal evolution: Hot start, followed by cold shock

The initial phases of animal evolution proceeded faster than hitherto supposed: New analyses suggest that the first animal phyla emerged...

More brain activity is not always better when it comes to memory and attention

Credit: the University of Nottingham Potential new ways of understanding the cause of cognitive impairments, such as problems with memory...

An alternative hypothesis on the faunal colonization of the Himalayas?

Credit: Matthias Stöck Until now, the fauna of the Himalayas was considered to be an "immigration fauna", with species that...

Penn engineers show key feature for modeling how cells spread in fibrous environments

Credit: University of Pennsylvania One area of research within mechanobiology, the study of how physical forces influence biological processes, is...

First few millimeters of the leaf margin identify palm species in a new key to Syagrus

Credit: Larry R. Noblick An incredible amount of information is contained in the very first few millimeters of the leaflet...

Salk Institute scientist Eiman Azim named Pew Scholar and Aging Brain Scholar

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 15, 2017) The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today that Eiman Azim, an assistant professor in...

Pew supports 10 Latin American scientists conducting innovative research

PHILADELPHIA--The Pew Charitable Trusts announced today the 2017 class of Pew Latin American Fellows in the Biomedical Sciences. Ten pioneering...

Handbook of the Science of Science Communication published by Oxford

Credit: Oxford University Press From vaccinations to climate change, nuclear power to fracking, the weight of scientific evidence and the...

AgeHack@MLBootCamp: The first Eurasian hackathon on AI for longevity to launch

Credit: Insilico Medicine Wednesday, 14th of June, 2017, Baltimore, MD, Insilico Medicine, Mail.Ru Group in collaboration with the center for...

Promising peas’ potential in big sky country

Credit: Photo credit Central Agricultural Research Center. Farmers in Montana, and other parts of the Northern Great Plains, are shifting...

New ultrasound ‘drill’ targets deep vein blood clots

Researchers at North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have developed a new surgical...

First CRISPR crop could debut in 2020

The gene-editing technique known as CRISPR/Cas9 made a huge splash in the news when it was initially announced. But the...

Research on creating human super-intelligence wins major new Science Prize

As tech billionaires like Elon Musk and scientists like Stephen Hawking, warn of an impending artificial intelligence arms race, a...

Gluten-free beer from Witkop teff grains

For celiac patients and others on gluten-free diets, it seems like gluten is everywhere -- cakes, cookies and breads. It's...

Organic conditions boost flavonoids and antioxidant activity in onions