Biology
Getting hold of quantum dot biosensors
WASHINGTON - Quantum dots (QDs) have found so many applications in recent years, they can now be purchased with a...
Self-powered paper-based ‘SPEDs’ may lead to new medical-diagnostic tools
Credit: (Purdue University photo/Aniket Pal) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- A new medical-diagnostic device made out of paper detects biomarkers and...
Mothers’ responses to their babies’ distress help predict infant attachment
The security of the relationship infants establish with their mothers is important for children's development. Although most babies establish secure...
Study links fish stress hormones to whether they take the bait
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Take a fish out of water and its stress hormones will...
A potential breeding site of a Miocene era baleen whale
Credit: Nobumichi Tamura Baleen whales are amongst the largest animals to have ever lived and yet very little is known...
Oropouche virus could emerge and cause a public health problem
After the Zika epidemic, which began in 2015, and the outbreak of yellow fever early in 2017, Brazil runs a...
Crystal structure reveals new details of nonstandard RNA transcription
Credit: Murakami laboratory, Penn State University Out through the window: Crystal structure reveals details of nonstandard RNA transcription University Park,...
Orange is the new green: How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest
Credit: Photos courtesy of Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs PRINCETON, N.J.--In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange...
New test for rare immunodeficiency
Researchers at the University of Basel have developed a test to quickly and reliably diagnose a rare and severe immune...
Where do heart cells come from?
Credit: James Short La Jolla, Calif., August 22, 2017 - Researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), the...
Molecular volume control
Credit: (Photo: Scholz et al., 2017) The receptor studied by scientists from the universities of Würzburg and Leipzig over the...
Wealth disparity and family income impact the brain development of female youth
Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences Female teenagers living in neighbourhoods with wide salary gaps and a low-income household show...
Researchers discover how fish recognize toxic prey
Credit: Steve Clay Predator animals have long been known to avoid devouring brightly coloured and patterned prey, and now an...
Quantum ruler for biomolecules
Credit: Copyright: Christian Knobloch, QNP Group, Faculty of Physics, University of Vienna Quantum interference and metrology with molecules Even though...
What’s the annual value of trees? $500 million per megacity, study says
Credit: ESF In the megacities that are home to nearly 10 percent of the world's 7.5 billion people, trees provide...
Sub-tropical corals vulnerable, new study shows
Credit: Brigitte Sommer The vulnerability and conservation value of sub-tropical reefs south of the Great Barrier Reef -- regarded as...
How a bacterium can live on methanol
Credit: ETH Zurich Many chemists are currently researching how small carbon molecules, such as methane and methanol, can be used...
Yoga and meditation improve mind-body health and stress resilience
Many people report positive health effects from practicing yoga and meditation, and experience both mental and physical benefits from these...
A disposable alcohol test reveals whether you are fit to drive within 2 minutes
The Finnish company Goodwiller has launched a rapid alcohol test it has developed in collaboration with VTT that measures the...
Scientists find RNA with special role in nerve healing process
Credit: Tapinos et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scientists may have identified a new opening to intervene in the process of...
