Biology
Wildlife royalties — a future for conservation?
Should people who profit from the cultural representation of wildlife pay towards conservation? That is the question asked in new...
New biosensor stimulates sweat even when patient is resting and cool
Credit: Dottie Stover/UC Creative Services One downside to medical sensors that test human sweat: you have to sweat. Sweating from...
Drug safety for penguins
Credit: Thinkstock Researchers from the University's Institute of Translational Medicine have determined the most effective drug dose to help penguins...
Desert tortoises can’t take the heat of roadside fencing
Credit: J. Mark Peaden/UC Davis Desert tortoises pace back and forth and can overheat by roadside fencing meant to help...
Cell aging in lung epithelial cells
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Pulmonary fibrosis can possibly be attributed to a kind of...
$3.2 million grant to The Jackson Laboratory for study of new ALS candidate gene
A new five-year federal research grant totaling $3,322,009 to The Jackson Laboratory (JAX) will fund studies of a new mouse...
Materials governed by light
Credit: Rebeca Sola. UPV/EHU Hybrid materials are those that combine components of differing origins (organic and inorganic) in order to...
Molecular biologists discover an active role of membrane lipids in health and disease
Credit: Robert Ernst All living cells that grow and divide have a constant demand for producing new proteins and new...
Isotope fingerprints in feathers reveal songbirds’ secret breeding grounds
Credit: Jean-Maxime Pelletier Using isotope fingerprints in feathers, researchers have pinpointed the northern breeding grounds of a small, colourful songbird....
Researchers want to know how early life affects the adult brain
Credit: G. Goodhill/Queensland Brain Institute It's said to be a "lightbulb" moment - when an idea pops into your head....
Payments to rural communities offer a new opportunity to restore China’s native forests
Credit: Fangyuan Hua Despite massive efforts at reforestation, China's native forests continue to be displaced by plantations. A new study...
Steps toward a promising therapy for a rare bone disease
Credit: Bil Zelman La Jolla, Calif., Aug. 3, 2017 - Patients with multiple hereditary exostoses (MHE)--a rare disease that causes...
Of mice and cheeseburgers: Experimental drug reverses obesity-related liver disease
Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center A drug developed at the University of Rochester Medical Center protected mice from one...
Funding for first system to monitor the hidden dangers of ships’ ballast
International shipping is vital to global trade, delivering 90 per cent worldwide. It is estimated that between five to 10...
UVA researchers identify neurons that control brain’s body clock
Neurons in the brain that produce the pleasure-signaling neurotransmitter dopamine also directly control the brain's circadian center, or "body clock"...
Skin-ditching gecko inexplicably leaves body armor behind when threatened
Credit: Image by Paluh et al. in the African Journal of Herpetology GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When trouble looms, the fish-scale...
New botulinum neurotoxin discovered — potential to treat a number of medical conditions
Credit: Pål Stenmark Botulinum toxins are currently used on more than 80 medical conditions including Muscle spasms, Overactive bladder, Chronic...
The biology of color
Credit: Tim Caro/UC Davis Scientists are on a threshold of a new era of color science due largely to an...
Humans have been altering tropical forests for at least 45,000 years
Credit: Patrick Roberts The first review of the global impact of humans on tropical forests in the ancient past shows...
Bioprinted veins reveal new drug diffusion details
WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug. 3, 2017 -- Artificially constructed human tissues and organs have been developed with a number of different...
