Biology
Could interstellar ice provide the answer to birth of DNA?
Researchers at the University of York have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted...
$1.6M from NSF to UC Davis to study water, land use in disadvantaged communities
Credit: Joe Proudman/UC Davis The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.6M to the University of California, Davis to analyze the...
Once-abundant ash tree and antelope species face extinction — IUCN Red List
Gland, Switzerland, 14 September 2017 (IUCN) - North America's most widespread and valuable ash tree species are on the brink...
New inhibitor brings new hope
Credit: Source: Maurer Lab Scientists from the cluster of excellence BIOSS Centre for Biological Signalling Studies at the University of...
Partnership for a healthy brain
Credit: Salk Institute/Waitt Center LA JOLLA--(Sept. 14, 2017) Salk Institute scientists have discovered that an interaction between two key proteins...
Tiny fighters in sediments determine success of invasive marine plants
Credit: Image: Paul Gribben/UNSW Armies of microbes that are invisible to the naked eye battle it out to determine whether...
Self-healing gold particles
Credit: Photo: KIT Self-healing materials are able to repair autonomously defects, such as scratches, cracks or dents, and resume their...
New dyes detect disease through heartbeat signals
Credit: Peter Morenus/UConn Photo Vibrant tones of yellow, orange, and red move in waves across the screen. Although the display...
Toward ending an environmental nightmare
Credit: Stanford Woods Institute for the Environment Stephen Luby's epiphany came to him 30,000 feet up in the air. The...
Filtering molecules from the water or air with nanomembranes
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University Free-standing carbon membranes that are a millionth of a millimetre thin: these are a special research...
Corrosion in real time
What affects almost everything made of metal, from cars to boats to underground pipes and even the fillings in your...
‘Handedness’ in scale-eating fish: Nature and nurture
Credit: Yuichi Takeuchi Nagoya, Japan - The preference for using one side of the body over the other, as observed...
$10M DOE grant to help boost camelina oilseed yield
Credit: Kurt Stepnitz EAST LANSING, Mich. - Both civil airlines and the military have successfully used camelina oil blends to...
No strings attached for underwater video system
Credit: © 2017 KAUST A flexible and cost-effective technology for streaming high-quality underwater video images has been developed by researchers...
New climate risk classification created to account for potential ‘existential’ threats
Credit: Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego A new study evaluating models of future climate scenarios has led...
New knowledge on how HIV beats the body’s early immune response
Credit: Westmead Institute for Medical Research In an important step towards eradicating HIV-associated viral reservoirs, researchers at Sydney's Westmead Institute...
Treatment of overweight: Is metabolically healthy obesity a worthwhile initial goal?
Credit: Source: DZD/IDM Worldwide nearly one in three individuals is obese. The consequence: More and more people suffer from diseases...
Obese inducing brain mechanism
Credit: NIBB Leptin is an adipocyte-derived hormone that stimulates hypothalamic neurons to strongly inhibit food intake. Leptin signaling in the...
Biologist reaches into electric eel tank, comes out with equation to measure shocks
Credit: Ken Catania/Vanderbilt University The shock from a young electric eel feels like accidentally touching a horse fence. A big...
Old fish few and far between under fishing pressure
Credit: Victoria O'Connell Like old-growth trees in a forest, old fish in the ocean play important roles in the diversity...