Biology
New combination of anti-obesity drugs may have beneficial effects
Research conducted in the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania has revealed that a unique combination of...
Wayne State University receives $1.9 million NIH grant to study bacterial endophthalmitis
Credit: Julie O'Connor, Wayne State University DETROIT - A Wayne State University researcher recently received a $1.9 million grant from...
RIT wins Department of Energy award to improve wiring for advanced electric equipment
Researchers at Rochester Institute of Technology are working with corporate and government partners to develop more efficient, durable and cost-effective...
Does exercise facilitate body weight control? The answer may depend on sex.
Healthcare practitioners regularly prescribe diet and exercise as a method for patients to lose weight. But exercise might not be...
New bacterial defense mechanism of the CRISPR-Cas system uncovered
The CRISPR-Cas system is an immune system that is found in many bacteria. It provides protection from viruses and other...
Sequencing reveals how Porphyra thrives in a tough environment
Credit: Photo courtesy of Susan Brawley Orono, Me-- Sequencing of the nuclear genome of Porphyra umbilicalis -- laver or Atlantic...
Helping EU cities and regions cut carbon emissions
Credit: Graphic: NTNU Industrial Ecology Programme/ Environmental Research Letters In 1915, a Scottish town planner and social activist named Patrick...
Heart tissues of different origins can ‘beat’ in sync
Credit: Konstantin Agladze Researchers from MIPT and the University of Bonn (Germany) have shown that heart tissues of different origins...
At the cellular level, a child’s loss of a father is associated with increased stress
The absence of a father -- due to incarceration, death, separation or divorce -- has adverse physical and behavioral consequences...
Harvard researchers describe pneumatic actuator that generates cyclical motion
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, July 18, 2017--A new study demonstrated the design, potential applications, and...
Did life begin on land rather than in the sea?
For three years, Tara Djokic, a Ph.D. student at the University of New South Wales Sydney, scoured the forbidding landscape...
Scientists unlock planthoppers’ potential to control future crop disease outbreaks
Credit: Junjie Zhu Researchers from the Chinese Academy of Sciences' Institute of Zoology have discovered how a severe rice virus...
A tale of two fishes: Biologists find male, female live-bearing fish evolve differently
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Male live-bearing fish are evolving faster than female fish, according to a Kansas...
Researchers at IRB Barcelona discover a crucial gene involved in the development of the placenta
Credit: S. Segura-Bayona, IRB Barcelona The placenta, a transient organ that links the developing embryo to its mother, is responsible...
In baby’s dirty diapers, the clues to baby’s brain development
Credit: UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL - If you're the parent of an infant, diaper duty probably isn't your...
New test paves way for potential treatments to target Alzheimer’s and other conditions
A simple methodology for capturing proteins implicated in the development of Alzheimer's disease and other conditions has been developed by...
Team develops fast, cheap method to make supercapacitor electrodes
Credit: William Kuykendall UW team develops fast, cheap method to make supercapacitor electrodes for electric cars, high-powered lasers Supercapacitors are...
New Fanconi anemia-causing gene identified
(Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona) Researchers from the group led by UAB Chair Professor Dr. Jordi Surrallés at the Hospital de...
Key to speeding up carbon sequestration discovered
Credit: Adam Subhas/Caltech Scientists at Caltech and USC have discovered a way to speed up the slow part of the...
Is this Gulf of Mexico tubeworm the longest living animal in the world?
Credit: Image courtesy of the Chemo III project, BOEM and NOAA OER Large tubeworms living in the cold depths of...
