Biology
In a first for wearable optics, researchers develop stretchy fiber to capture body motion
Credit: Changxi Yang, Tsinghua University WASHINGTON -- The exciting applications of wearable sensors have sparked a tremendous amount of research...
New type of diabetes caused by a genetic mutation
Scientific research at the ULB Center for Diabetes Research and the Erasmus Hospital of the ULB leads to the identification...
New book on Cancer Evolution from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Michalina Janiszewska, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP)...
Electric cars can become more eco-friendly through life cycle assessment
(Chalmers University of Technology) It is time to stop discussing whether electric cars are good or bad. Instead industry, authorities...
Enzymes at work: Breaking down stubborn cellulose
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz Biofuels obtained from biomass are becoming increasingly important. Apart from biomethane, however, they cannot...
Tropical tree roots represent an underappreciated carbon pool
Credit: Jefferson Hall Ask someone to draw a tree and s/he will invariably draw a trunk and branches -- leaving...
Brain imaging results skewed by biased study samples
Any scientist who studies groups of people knows that the characteristics of the "sample" -- the group of people selected...
Arctic: How do polar bears, crude oil and ethnicity go together?
(University of Bonn) The Arctic is often in the headlines: starving polar bears on melting ice, the reckless hunt for...
Largest-ever study to look at maternal nitrate consumption and birth outcomes
Nitrate is the most common contaminant in aquifers and tap water throughout the world, but its effects on human health...
New study suggests that last common ancestor of humans and apes was smaller than thought
New research suggests that the last common ancestor of apes--including great apes and humans--was much smaller than previously thought, about...
Researchers find mechanism involved in novel drug design with potential to treat tuberculosis
Credit: Gonçalo Bernardes Lab, iMM Lisboa A team of researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa successfully used a...
New autism & innovation center receives NSF and Research Corporation grants
Credit: Amy Wolf & Patrick Slattery, Vanderbilt University Creating a model pipeline that will assist adults on the autism spectrum...
New drug hope for rare bone cancer patients
Patients with a rare bone cancer of the skull and spine - chordoma - could be helped by existing drugs,...
Interdisciplinary approaches to wildlife trade management
The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. The illicit wildlife trade is a...
Luring hornets: Scientists unlock sex pheromone of notorious honey bee predator
Credit: James Nieh Over the past decade, Asian hornets, predatory insects with a widespread and expanding population, have invaded parts...
Autism often associated with multiple new mutations
Credit: Michael McCarthy/UW Medicine Most cases of autism appear to be associated with the appearance of new mutations that are...
Climate Risk Insurance Initiative wins Momentum for Change Award
Credit: UNU-EHS Bonn, 12 September 2017 - Today, the Munich Climate Insurance Initiative (MCII) won the prestigious 2017 Momentum for...
New way to prevent genetically engineered and unaltered organisms from producing offspring
A major obstacle to applying genetic engineering to benefit humans and the environment is the risk that organisms whose genes...
Combination of El Niño and 2016 Ecuador earthquake likely worsened Zika outbreak
(American Geophysical Union) Combination of El Niño and 2016 Ecuador earthquake likely worsened Zika outbreak
Physicist named a 2017 CIFAR Azrieli Global scholar
Credit: CIFAR. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Nathaniel M. Gabor, an assistant professor of physics at the University of California, Riverside, has...