Biology
Advancing algae for better biofuels
Credit: AzCATI at Arizona State University Colorado State University scientists are partners in a three-year grant of up to $3.5...
US Department of Energy awards Danforth Center $16M to enhance sorghum for bioenergy
Credit: NA ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct. 2, 2017 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world's largest...
Rosbash awarded 2017 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Credit: Scott Eisen/ Howard Hughes Medical Institute The Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute announced today that Michael Rosbash, a...
When HIV drugs don’t cooperate
The term "synergy" has gained a reputation as an overused buzzword, but it has a quantifiable definition in pharmacology. Two...
UTSA receives $200,000 grant for cancer drug research
Doug Frantz, the Max and Minnie Tomerlin Voelcker Distinguished Professor in Chemistry at The University of Texas at San Antonio...
Virginia Tech study finds that healthy bacteria in yogurt may reduce lupus symptoms in mice
Credit: Virginia Tech Researchers at the Virginia-Maryland College of Veterinary Medicine at Virginia Tech have released findings that explain how...
Preventing autoimmune disease after a viral infection
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The key weapon against viruses and bacteria that invade the body is production of antibodies,...
Study highlights conservation needs of fish species recently discovered in Southwest Virginia
Credit: Virginia Tech In 1999, a routine study for a pipeline in Tazewell County, Virginia, led to a surprising discovery....
What a rare blood disease can teach us about blood clotting
Credit: Irene Martinez-Martinez When a person is injured, blood clotting is essential. However, once the danger has passed, it is...
Update on an endangered Philippine cycad species
Credit: Thomas Marler When plant species are threatened to the point that they reach a designation of Critically Endangered, sustaining...
Meet the hominin species that gave us genital herpes
Credit: Louise Walsh Two herpes simplex viruses infect primates from unknown evolutionary depths. In modern humans these viruses manifest as...
Win-win strategies for climate and food security
Credit: Frank et al., 2017 Climate policies that target agriculture and forests could lead to increased food prices, but reducing...
Chicken embryo development data obtained in FANTOM project
The work is a part of FANTOM and was funded by a Russian-Japanese grant provided by the Russian Science Foundation....
Frequent sauna bathing keeps blood pressure in check
Frequent sauna bathing reduces the risk of elevated blood pressure, according to an extensive follow-up population-based study carried out at...
Bentham eBooks indexed in Book Citation Index by Clarivate Analytics
Clarivate Analytics has recently included the following 16 eBooks for coverage in Book Citation Index. The Book Citation Index in...
A stinging report: FSU research shows climate change a major threat to bumble bees
Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is...
Helium found in coal seams could aid safe shale gas extraction
Natural deposits of helium gas - best known for its use in party balloons - could help aid the safe...
Dartmouth-led team receives NASA grant to study lake water quality in the Northeast
Credit: Photo by Sam Fey. Throughout the Northeast, lakes are popular destinations for recreation and often prized locations for second...
Nutrition is key to increasing productivity in intensive breeding
Improving the productivity of Brazilian livestock means not only finding ways to make the cattle produce more meat or more...
A stinging report: FSU reserach shows climate change a major threat to bumble bees
Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is...