Biology
UMass Amherst research investigating pollutant effects on embryos in three model species
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Environmental health scientist Alicia Timme-Laragy at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently received a...
Forest fires on the rise as JRC study warns of danger to air quality
Credit: EU, 2017 The JRC's annual forest fires report confirms a trend towards longer and more intense fire seasons in...
Field trips of the future?
Virtual reality has nothing on nature. Just ask the UC Santa Barbara students who one recent day trekked to a...
Dogs are more expressive when someone is looking
Dogs produce more facial expressions when humans are looking at them, according to new research from the University of Portsmouth....
Gut bacteria may hold clues to Parkinson’s disease
Credit: UMass Lowell LOWELL, Mass. - The saying "Listen to your gut" is taking on new meaning in the hunt...
Integrated lab-on-a-chip uses smartphone to quickly detect multiple pathogens
Credit: Micro & Nanotechnology Laboratory, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign A multidisciplinary group that includes the University of Illinois at...
Creating a better RNA switch
If scientists could precisely regulate gene expression, they could turn off the genes responsible for illness and disease and turn...
Research yields test to predict bitter pit disorder in Honeycrisp apples
Credit: Penn State Extension A test to determine whether bitter pit -- a disorder that blindsides apple growers by showing...
WSU researcher links salmon sex to geological change
Credit: Photo by Carson Jeffres PULLMAN, Wash. - It turns out that sex can move mountains. A Washington State University...
Veterans study reports reduction in suicide ideation after HBOT
New Orleans, LA - A pilot case control study of veterans of the US armed forces with mild traumatic brain...
Researchers find evidence of DNA damage in veterans with Gulf War illness
Credit: Mitch Mirkin Researchers say they have found the "first direct biological evidence" of damage in veterans with Gulf War...
Feel fuller, longer with mushrooms
Redwood Shores, CA (Oct. 19, 2017) - If breakfast is the most important meal of the day, then mushrooms may...
USDA helps small businesses develop new agricultural products, technology
WASHINGTON, D.C., Oct. 18, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
New tyrannosaur fossil is most complete found in southwestern US
Credit: Mark Johnston/NHMU A remarkable new fossilized skeleton of a tyrannosaur discovered in the Bureau of Land Management's Grand Staircase-Escalante...
Benson Hill launches gene editing system
LONDON, UK. -- October 19, 2017 -- Benson Hill Biosystems, an agricultural technology company dedicated to unlocking the natural genetic...
Specialized communication narratives help couples deal with miscarriage
Anywhere from 10 to 25 percent of clinically recognized pregnancies end in loss, according to the American Pregnancy Association, making...
Maternal diet may program child for disease risk, but better nutrition later can change that
URBANA, Ill. - Research has shown that a mother's diet during pregnancy, particularly one that is high-fat, may program her...
Researchers demonstrate new ways to achieve selectivity for biomarkers in bioelectronics
Credit: University of Arizona Engineers at the University of Arizona have experimentally verified the electrochemical processes that control charge transfer...
Fundamental research enhances understanding of major cancer gene
Credit: Image captured by A. Kielkowska and adapted by T. Chessa New research represents a promising step towards better understanding...
New gene editing approach for alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency shows promise in UMMS study
WORCESTER -- A new study by scientists at UMass Medical School shows that using a technique called "nuclease-free" gene editing...
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