Biology

In the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a research group at Uppsala...

Unlocking the mysteries of deepwater corals to restore the Gulf of Mexico

Credit: Lehigh University Coral genetics could save the Gulf of Mexico - though it may take a few hundred years....

DFG approves seven new research units and one new clinical research unit

At its summer session during the annual meeting of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Halle (Saale), the...

Rice team developing flat microscope for the brain

Credit: Rice University HOUSTON - (July 12, 2017) - Rice University engineers are building a flat microscope, called FlatScope TM,...

Insight into the immune system

Fundamental new insights into the functioning of the immune system and a new approach to treating autoimmune diseases: these are...

Antibiotic nanoparticles fight drug-resistant bacteria

CAMBRIDGE, MA - Antibiotic resistance is a growing problem, especially among a type of bacteria that are classified as "Gram-negative."...

UF Health researchers find genetic factors that cause muscle weakness, wasting disorder

GAINESVILLE, Fla. -- For years, the underlying process that causes a debilitating muscle disorder in infants and young children has...

Artificial intelligence to uncover human biases

Credit: Insilico Medicine Since 2015 artificially-intelligent systems surpassed human accuracy in many tasks including image recognition, voice recognition, autonomous driving...

Bacteria on surfaces — strength of adhesion does not depend on size of contact area

Credit: AG Jacobs Bacteria of the species Staphylococcus aureus are among the most widespread and dangerous pathogens of our time....

Squeezing innovation out of the NASA Twins study: Pipetting and cell isolation in space

Credit: NASA Just like early explorers, NASA Twins Study investigators are venturing into new territory. Conducting human omics research on...

Barrier to autoimmune disease may open door to HIV, study suggests

Researchers from the University of Colorado School of Medicine have discovered that a process that protects the body from autoimmune...

UCI study sheds light on regulation of hair growth across the entire body

Irvine, Calif., July 11, 2017 -- To paraphrase the classic poem, no hair is an island entire of itself. Instead,...

‘Big Muddy’ Missouri river needs a plan

URBANA, Ill. - As the Missouri River flows across the Great Plains to where it meets the Mississippi River at...

ASHG honors Arthur Beaudet with Victor A. McKusick Leadership Award

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine BETHESDA, Md. - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Arthur L. Beaudet,...

Researchers to develop new gene-editing method for the study of arthropods

Credit: Rasgon Lab, Penn State A grant from the National Science Foundation will enable a Penn State-led team of entomologists...

UMass Amherst biologist hopes to unlock secrets of flowers’ diversity

Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - There are at least 250,000 species of flowering plants on earth and though their...

Better than Star Wars: Chemistry discovery yields 3-D table-top objects crafted from light

Credit: (SMU) A scientist's dream of 3-D projections like those he saw years ago in a Star Wars movie has...

Marine vessels are unsuspecting hosts of invasive species

Invasive ascidians -- sac-like marine invertebrate filter feeders -- are nuisance organisms that present a global threat. They contribute to...

Key immunological mechanism for regulating intestinal flora discovered