Biology
Three Bentham Open Journals indexed in The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI)
The Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI) has accepted to index three Open Access journals published by Bentham Open. The titles...
New imaging approach maps whole-brain changes from Alzheimer’s disease in mice
Credit: Jing Yuan, Huazhong University of Science and Technology WASHINGTON -- An estimated 5.5 million Americans live with Alzheimer's disease,...
Many women do not follow contraception guidelines after weight-loss surgery, Pitt study finds
PITTSBURGH, Oct. 17, 2017 - Many women do not follow the guidelines to prevent pregnancy for an 18-month period following...
Chapman University receives $3.7 million federal research grant to study Alzheimer’s
ORANGE, Calif. - Chapman University has earned the largest federal research grant in the university's history. The National Institutes of...
HIV infection, even with antiretroviral therapy, appears to damage a growing child’s brain
HIV infection alters brain development in young children, even when they receive antiretroviral treatment early in life, shows a report...
Rivers carry plastic debris into the sea
Credit: Graphic: Susan Walter, UFZ In the meantime, minute plastic particles can be found in the water in virtually every...
Live fast die young: Updating signal detection theory
Signal Detection Theory is a popular and well-established idea that has influenced behavioral science for around 50 years. Essentially, the...
Domestication has not made dogs cooperate more with each other compared to wolves
Credit: Wolf Science Center/Vetmeduni Vienna Following domestication, dogs should be more tolerant and cooperative with conspecifics and humans compared to...
Predicting how healthy your heart will be years down the road
Credit: University of Kentucky LEXINGTON, Ky. (Oct. 17, 2017) -- Picture this: you're battling heart failure and meeting with your...
How bees find their way home
How can a bee fly straight home in the middle of the night after a complicated route through thick vegetation...
Resolving traffic jams in human ALS motor neurons
A team of researchers at VIB and KU Leuven used stem cell technology to generate motor neurons from ALS patients...
GA4GH strikes formal collaborations with 15 international genomic data initiatives
The Global Alliance for Genomics and Health (GA4GH) has struck formal collaborations with 15 international genomic data initiatives as 2017...
Need for speed makes genome editing efficient, if not better
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University Rice University researchers have developed a computational model to quantify the mechanism by which CRISPR-Cas9 proteins...
Pair of discoveries illuminate new paths to flu and anthrax treatments
Two recent studies led by biologists at the University of California San Diego have set the research groundwork for new...
Matchmaking with consequences
Credit: Graphic: team Gallant Most human tumours have one thing in common: They harbour drastically increased amounts of the so-called...
Keratin, proteins from 54-million-year-old sea turtle show survival trait evolution
Researchers from North Carolina State University, Lund University in Sweden and the University of Hyogo in Japan have retrieved original...
On-and-off fasting helps fight obesity
Up to sixteen weeks of intermittent fasting without otherwise having to count calories helps fight obesity and other metabolic disorders....
Yeast spotlights genetic variation’s link to drug resistance
Researchers have shown that genetic diversity plays a key role in enabling drug resistance to evolve. Scientists at the Wellcome...
Flexible ‘skin’ can help robots, prosthetics perform everyday tasks by sensing shear force
Credit: UCLA Engineering If a robot is sent to disable a roadside bomb -- or delicately handle an egg while...
New research opens the door to ‘functional cure’ for HIV
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL - Oct. 17, 2017 - In findings that open the door to a...