Biology
3-D-printed jars in ball-milling experiments
Credit: Tumanov et al Mechanochemistry is a widespread synthesis technique in all areas of chemistry. Various materials have been synthesized...
Study calls for urgent need for improved human-wildlife conflict management across India
Credit: Krithi Karanth Bengaluru, India (June 27, 2017) -- There is an urgent need to strengthen human-wildlife conflict management across...
New knowledge about the dynamics of proteins can shape the future in drug development
Credit: Tobias Kromann-Hansen New research provides mechanistic insight into how protein dynamics control the activity of a group of enzymes...
How grassland management without the loss of species works
The intensive management of grasslands is bad for biodiversity. However, a study by the Terrestrial Ecology Research Group at the...
Nagoya University chemists turn metal catalysis on its head for a sustainable future
Credit: Nagoya University Nagoya, Japan -- The uncertain future of oil feedstocks and environmental pressure are forcing the chemical industry...
New photoacoustic technique detects gases at parts-per-quadrillion level
Credit: Gerald Diebold PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A team of researchers has found a way to detect trace gases down to...
Yoga more risky for causing musculoskeletal pain than you might think
Yoga causes musculoskeletal pain in 10 per cent of people and exacerbates 21 per cent of existing injuries, University of...
UC biologist looks at butterflies to help solve human infertility
Credit: Nathan Morehouse When insects skip the light fandango their romantic foreplay often involves some pretty crazy things like hypnotic...
New gonorrhea treatment targets enzyme needed for respiration
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers have identified a possible new treatment for gonorrhea, using a peptide that thwarts the infection-causing bacterium...
New method to rapidly map the ‘social networks’ of proteins
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(June 26, 2017) Salk scientists have developed a new high-throughput technique to determine which proteins in...
Detecting diluteness
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Inside each and every living cell, there are miniscule structures called membraneless organelles. These...
The beach time capsule
And to think it was all right there in her garage. A load of boxes pulled from biologist Dale Straughan's...
Mitochondrial flash signals long-term memory at neuronal synapse
Credit: Provided by TAN Xiao Why do some memories last a lifetime while others never persist for more than a...
Latest advances in malaria research in free eBook by Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: CSHLP Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) today announced a grant from the J.C....
Rising seas could result in 2 billion refugees by 2100
ITHACA, N.Y. - In the year 2100, 2 billion people - about one-fifth of the world's population - could become...
Chimpanzee ‘super strength’ and what it might mean in human muscle evolution
(University of Massachusetts at Amherst) For years, anecdotes and some studies have suggested that chimpanzees are 'super strong' compared to...
Regulating the indirect land use carbon emissions imposes high hidden costs on fuel
Farmers earn more profits when there is demand for corn for biofuel instead of for food only. This can lead...
Steelhead trout population declines linked with poor survival of young fish in the ocean
Credit: Morgan Bond Steelhead trout are entrenched in the economy, ecology, and culture of the Pacific Northwest. Declining numbers of...
Scientists use algorithm to peer through opaque brains
Credit: Laboratory of Neurotechnology and Biophysics at The Rockefeller University Trying to pinpoint signals from individual neurons within a block...
Stanford scientists create a cellular guillotine for studying single-cell wound repair
Credit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News Service While doing research at the Woods Hole Marine Biological Laboratory in Massachusetts, Sindy Tang learned...
