Biology
Microscopic silk cocoons may facilitate drug design
Credit: Natural Materials Group, Weizmann Institute of Science Scientists have managed to design microscopic silk capsules that mimic, on a...
Shale gas development spurring spread of invasive plants in Pa. forests
Credit: Mortensen Lab, Penn State Vast swaths of Pennsylvania forests were clear-cut circa 1900 and regrowth has largely been from...
Reintroduced Przewalski’s horses have a different diet
Credit: Martina Burnik Sturm/Vetmeduni Vienna The Przewalski's horse, also called Takhi or Mongolian wild horse, is the only remaining wild...
A plastic planet
More than 8 billion metric tons. That's the amount of plastic humans have created since the large-scale production of synthetic...
Shifting storms to bring extreme waves, seaside damage to once placid areas
Credit: Christopher Drummond/UNSW The world's most extensive study of a major stormfront striking the coast has revealed a previously unrecognised...
Small pest, big battle
The Aedes aegypti mosquito may be tiny but it can wreak major havoc on human health, spreading diseases such as...
Nesting aids make agricultural fields attractive for bees
Credit: (Photo: Verena Rieding) Farmers are facing a problem: Honeybees are becoming ever more rare in many places. But a...
Reciprocal effects
When gray wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park, they sparked a resurgence of aspen trees. Young aspens had been...
Researchers improve method to identify aquatic species using environmental DNA
Credit: University of Notre Dame Determining which fish are living in various bodies of water can be a daunting task...
Lorenz Studer awarded the 2017 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell Prize
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--July 20, 2017--Lorenz P. Studer, MD, was announced today as the winner of the 2017 Ogawa-Yamanaka Stem Cell...
Native leech preys on invasive slug?
Credit: Ryusei Yamakami The giant slug Limax maximus is native to Europe and Asia Minor but has spread widely, being...
Scientists discover combined sensory map for heat, humidity in fly brain
Credit: Marco Gallio, Northwestern EVANSTON, Ill. --- Northwestern University neuroscientists now can visualize how fruit flies sense and process humidity...
Mountain glaciers recharge vital aquifers
Credit: UAF photo by Todd Paris. Small mountain glaciers play a big role in recharging vital aquifers and in keeping...
Cow antibodies yield important clues for developing a broadly effective AIDS vaccine
Credit: IAVI LA JOLLA - Cows are leaving the pasture and entering the field...of HIV vaccine research. As outlined in...
USDA announces $4.6 million for nanotechnology research
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 20, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Holographic imaging could be used to detect signs of life in space
We may be capable of finding microbes in space--but if we did, could we tell what they were, and that...
Loma Linda University researchers finds links between meal frequency and BMI
A study by researchers from Loma Linda University School of Public Health and the Czech Republic has found that timing...
Want to win at sports? Take a cue from these mighty mice
Credit: WFU / Ken Bennett As student athletes hit training fields this summer to gain the competitive edge, a new...
Shooting the achilles heel of nervous system cancers
Credit: Yolanda Sanchez LEBANON, N.H. - Virtually all cancer treatments used today also damage normal cells, causing the toxic side...
In frogs, preventing early-life gut microbiome disruptions leads to better health
Biologists at the University of Connecticut and University of South Florida have found that a crucial window in the development...
