Biology
Toxic cocktail: Okinawan pit viper genome reveals evolution of snake venom
Credit: OIST/Steven Aird A bite from a pit viper, locally known as habu, can cause permanent disability and even death....
The vitamin ergothioneine: an antioxidant for oxygen-free areas?
Chemists at the University of Basel have been able to show for the first time that anaerobic bacteria can produce...
‘Squirtable’ elastic surgical glue seals wounds in 60 seconds
Credit: University of Sydney A highly elastic and adhesive surgical glue that quickly seals wounds without the need for common...
Freeze frame microscopy for 3-D biological images captures 2017 Nobel Prize in chemistry
WASHINGTON -- Just three years ago, the Nobel Prize in Chemistry went to optical scientists for breaking Abbe's diffraction limit...
Women use gossip to compete for a man’s attention
Although both men and women gossip, women may be more likely to use gossiping and rumour-mongering as tactics to badmouth...
Plants become more tolerant when living in symbiosis with fungi
Credit: Cornelia Spetea Wiklund, University of Gothenburg By developing a symbiotic relationship with fungi, plants not only become more tolerant...
Science News selected Carnegie’s Josh Dinneny as ‘scientist to watch’
(Carnegie Institution for Science) Science News magazine has selected José Dinneny, of Carnegie's Department of Plant Biology, as one of...
Computer model unravels knotty problems in DNA
Credit: Mariel Vazquez/UC Davis If you've ever tried to untangle a pair of earbuds, you'll understand how loops and cords...
EPFL Life Sciences Symposium: Frontiers in Metabolism 2017
In October 24-26, EPFL will host at the SwissTech Convention Center an exciting Life Sciences Symposium: "Frontiers in Metabolism 2017...
NIH researchers uncover drain pipes in our brains
(NIH/National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke) By scanning the brains of healthy volunteers, researchers at the National Institutes of...
New information on a major player in chronic visceral leishmaniasis
In an article in the latest issue of Plos Pathogens, INRS professor Simona Stäger and her team show how the...
Finnish researchers discover what is on the menu for dragonflies
Credit: Tuomas Kankaanpää Researchers from the Universities of Turku and Helsinki, Finland, are the first in the world to discover...
Tiny protein offers major insight into foot-and-mouth virus
Scientists have identified that a tiny protein, which plays a major role in the replication of foot-and-mouth disease virus, demonstrates...
‘CRISPR-Gold’ fixes Duchenne muscular dystrophy mutation in mice
Credit: Murthy/Conboy/Nature Biomedical Engineering Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, have engineered a new way to deliver CRISPR-Cas9 gene-editing...
House sparrow decline linked to air pollution and poor diet
Despite being well-adapted to urban life, house sparrow numbers are falling. A study in open-access journal Frontiers in Ecology and...
Does the titanium dioxide in food and nanomaterials affect the gut microbiome?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, Oct. 3, 2017 -- A new study has shown that the...
Got a picky eater? How ‘nature and nurture’ may be influencing eating behavior in young children
URBANA, Ill. - For most preschool-age children, picky eating is just a normal part of growing up. But for others,...
Red Sea gene pool follows water flow
Credit: © 2017 Ibrahim Hoteit A collaboration between KAUST and several UK institutes has revealed that surface currents are important...
To breed or not to breed? Migratory female butterflies face a monsoonal dilemma
Credit: Dr. Krushnamegh Kunte, NCBS-TIFR What do CPUs, stockbrokers, and butterflies have in common? They are good at investing their...
Six for six
UC Santa Barbara's Materials Research Laboratory (MRL) has received its sixth consecutive multimillion-dollar grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)...