Biology
Supporting women’s autonomy in prenatal testing
Noninvasive fetal genetic sequencing done early in pregnancy is poised to become a routine part of prenatal care. While it...
Improving detection of a ‘date rape’ drug
Because gamma hydroxybutyric acid (GHB), commonly known as a "date rape drug" is rapidly absorbed and metabolized by the body,...
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...
No longer water under the bridge, statistics yields new data on sea levels
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (August 8, 2017) - While the scientific community has long warned about rising sea levels and their destructive...
NSF funds new multidisciplinary approaches to study the brain
Credit: Homewood Photography The National Science Foundation (NSF) made 19 awards to cross-disciplinary teams from across the United States to...
UTA team brings robotic main inspections to Ennis
Credit: City of Arlington A collaboration between UTA and the city of Arlington using an underground robot to view sewer...
Sleep makes it possible for babies to associate words with content — and not with noise
Credit: MPI CBS While babies sleep, astonishing processes take place in their brains. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for...
Relieving antibiotic resistance: Researchers take steps toward new treatment for E. coli
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, Kan. -- By understanding the functional differences between proteins expressed by two E. coli strains,...
A champion for plants
Native plants have a guardian angel in Susan Mazer. Her research as a botanist has furthered the conservation of some...
New battery is activated by your spit
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, NY - Researchers at Binghamton University, State University of New York...
Dino hips discovery unravels species riddle
Credit: Julius Csotonyi New research from University of Alberta paleontologists shows one of North America's most broadly identified dinosaur species,...
University spin out company addresses new vaccines
Credit: University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth has launched a new spin out company which will address new vaccines...
Power-to-liquid: 200 liters of fuel from solar power and the air’s carbon dioxide
Credit: Photo: VTT Production of liquid fuels from regenerative electric power is a major component of the energy turnaround. The...
