Biology
Decommissioning Platform Holly
When the Colorado-based oil company Venoco, Inc. -- founded in Carpinteria, California, more than two decades ago -- declared bankruptcy...
A portable DNA sequencer enables researchers to monitor the evolution of Zika virus
Credit: Project ZiBRA An international group of researchers on board a mobile laboratory equipped with an innovative handheld genetic sequencing...
Bill Gates and Francis Collins to speak at ASHG 2017
WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, 5:00-6:30 pm WHERE: Orange County Convention Center, South Building, Hall B 9800-9899 International Drive, Orlando,...
Insight into learning via ‘friend of fragile X’ gene
Credit: Ken Moberg. We can learn a lot about somebody from the friends they hang out with. This applies to...
How cicadas manage to ‘wing it’
(American Chemical Society) Unlike locusts and many other flying insects, cicadas don't soar through the air with the greatest of...
Researchers create biomaterial that delivers both a powerful drug and gene silencers
BROOKLYN, New York - Clinicians today have an arsenal of more than 200 drugs at their disposal for treating a...
Damming and its effects on fish
Credit: Steven Mattocks Fish that migrate between freshwater and sea ecosystems play a multitude of ecological roles. In the centuries...
Defining standards for genomes from uncultivated microorganisms
During the Industrial Revolution, factories began relying on machines rather than people for mass production. Amidst the societal changes, standardization...
Preparing for longevity — we don’t need to become frail as we age
Age-related frailty may be a treatable and preventable health problem, just like obesity, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, highlights a review...
Mapping the brain
Credit: University of Konstanz In the past several years, and in close cooperation with the Janelia Research Campus of the...
Crystallography provides battle-plan blueprints for attacking disease-causing bacteria
Credit: Professor Martin Caffrey, Trinity College Dublin. Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have gained key structural insights into the machinery...
New 13-million-year-old infant skull sheds light on ape ancestry
Credit: Paul Tafforeau / ESRF The discovery in Kenya of a remarkably complete fossil ape skull reveals what the common...
Funding for gene therapy to injured peripheral nerves
Scientists from Plymouth University Peninsula Schools of Medicine and Dentistry have received funding from the Northcott Devon Medical Foundation to...
Extinction mystery solved? Evidence suggests humans played a role in monkey’s demise in Jamaica
Credit: Siobhán Cooke, Johns Hopkins Medicine Radiocarbon dating of a fossilized leg bone from a Jamaican monkey called Xenothrix mcgregori...
Too near, or too far? What fruit flies teach us about personal space
Credit: Anne F. Simon, Western University, Canada Most of us have had the experience of backing away when someone has...
Researchers examine contaminants in hunted wildlife
Concerning environmental contaminants, game species are not subject to the same safety testing as commercially marketed livestock. A recent study...
Transforming skin cells to insulin
Credit: Melanie Burford. Researchers at the University of Bergen have transformed skin puncture cells from diabetes patients into insulin producing...
The benefits — and potential pitfalls — of urban green spaces
With the rapid expansion of the urban landscape, successfully managing ecosystems in built areas has never been more important. However,...
The ethics of animal research
The ethics pertaining to animal research have evolved over centuries, but there is still need for refining and improving them....
Biochar shows benefits as manure lagoon cover
Credit: Brian Dougherty Manure is a reality in raising farm animals. Manure can be a useful fertilizer, returning valued nitrogen,...
