Biology
Hunger-controlling brain cells may offer path for new obesity drugs
Is the solution to the obesity epidemic all in our heads? A study by researchers at The Rockefeller University suggests...
Third edition of the Growing Young symposium: ‘FOOD HEALTH TECH’
Fostering relations between agents from the food and biotechnological industry, the scientific community and the medical sector is one of...
Faster-acting antidepressants may finally be within reach
Credit: Laboratory of Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience at The Rockefeller University/Neuron Some activity patterns in the brain can be dangerous,...
Rice U. scientists reel in structure of salmon virus
Credit: Tao Laboratory/Rice University The structure of a protein key to the survival and spread of a virus that affects...
NASA finds moon of Saturn has chemical that could form ‘membranes’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA scientists have definitively detected the chemical acrylonitrile in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon...
Researchers uncover how to boost learning efficiency in neurofeedback paradigm
Researchers from the HSE Centre for Cognition & Decision Making and the Control of Complex Systems Laboratory (Institute of Problems...
Engineering on a blue streak
Credit: Abhishek Shete/ University of Delaware A pair of engineers at the University of Delaware has developed a process to...
Green tea ingredient may ameliorate memory impairment, brain insulin resistance, and obesity
A study published online in The FASEB Journal, involving mice, suggests that EGCG (epigallocatechin-3-gallate), the most abundant catechin and biologically...
Dementia: New substance improves brain function
Credit: Kurt Bauer / Technical University of Munich The protein amyloid beta is believed to be the major cause of...
Estrogen regulates pathological changes of bones via bone lining cells
The most important female sex hormone, oestrogen, plays a crucial role in the regulation of bone mass. Oestrogen deficiency is...
A molecule for proper neural wiring in the cerebellum
Credit: Miyazaki T. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, June 27,...
On-chip pumps achieve high-speed sorting of large cells
Credit: Shinya Sakuma, Yusuke Kasai, Takeshi Hayakawa, and Fumihito Arai Nagoya, Japan - The sorting of individual cells is necessary...
Sleep or sex? How the fruit fly decides
Choosing between sex or sleep presents a behavioral quandary for many species, including the fruit fly. A multi-institution team has...
Researchers discover how human cells maintain the correct number of chromosomes
Credit: Queen Mary University of London Cell division is an essential process in humans, animals and plants as dying or...
Type 1 diabetes trial at halfway point
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -The Sanford Project: T-Rex Study, a Phase 2 clinical trial conducted collaboratively by Sanford Health and Caladrius...
‘Missing lead’ in Flint water pipes confirms cause of crisis
ANN ARBOR--A study of lead service lines in Flint's damaged drinking water system reveals a Swiss cheese pattern in the...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation awarded major American Heart Association grant
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a three-year award...
Hostage situation or harmony? Researchers rethink symbiosis
Credit: Vittorio Boscaro and Patrick Keeling Relationships where two organisms depend on each other, known as symbiosis, evoke images of...
Seeing in the dark: Minus sunlight, a general theory reveals universal patterns in ecology
There's a 50-hectare forested plot in Panama where researchers with the Smithsonian have gathered highly detailed information about the species,...
American Society of Human Genetics 2017 Annual Meeting
WHEN: Tuesday to Saturday, Oct. 17-21, 2017 WHERE: Orange County Convention Center, South Building 9800-9899 International Drive, Orlando, Florida 32819...
