Biology
How plants grow like human brains
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (July 6, 2017) Plants and brains are more alike than you might think: Salk...
Into the quantum world with a tennis racket
Credit: Steffen Glaser / TUM Quantum technology is seen as an important future-oriented technology: smaller, faster and with higher performance...
ASHG honors Edward McCabe with 2017 Advocacy Award
Credit: courtesy March of Dimes BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Edward R.B. McCabe,...
Undersea life holds promise for killing tuberculosis
Credit: University of Central Florida A team of researchers at the University of Central Florida has discovered a potential new...
Kinky biology
Credit: Christopher G. Myers, B. Montgomery Pettitt, University of Texas Medical Branch A biological mystery lies at the center of...
Novel diagnostic approach could lead to earlier diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) Parkinson's disease is the second most common neurodegenerative disorder in humans, after Alzheimer's disease. It is...
UK’s Farman is co-author of important wheat disease study
Credit: Paul Bachi LEXINGTON, Ky. (July 7, 2017) - A University of Kentucky plant pathologist is part of an international...
NIH and collaborators identify the genomic cause for Carey-Fineman-Ziter syndrome
Credit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI An international team of researchers has identified genomic mutations for Carey-Fineman-Ziter (CFZS) syndrome, a very rare...
Keeping the beat
Credit: Swanson School of Engineering PITTSBURGH (July 6, 2017) ... The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has renewed funding for...
Fern fossil data clarifies origination and extinction of species
Credit: Samuli Lehtonen Throughout the history of life, new groups of species have flourished at the expense of earlier ones...
A steady pulse
For perhaps the first time ever, the world's oceans have a health record -- and it's revealing clues about what...
Virus-derived expression vectors as gene therapy vehicles
Even as new viruses are being identified, the emerging field of virus discovery, identification of their nucleotide sequences, gene expression...
Surveying sea floor animals for offshore renewable energy
CORVALLIS, Ore. - There is growing interest in developing offshore wind and wave energy facilities in the Pacific Northwest. But...
Ancient fungi could help Canada’s future northern forests
Credit: UBC Okanagan As Canada's vast boreal and tundra ecosystems experience dramatic warming due to climate change, trees are rapidly...
Deni Purwandana receives Arnold Berliner Award 2017
This year's Arnold Berliner Award goes to Deni Purwandana of the Komodo Survival Program in Bali, Indonesia. He receives the...
Engineers find way to evaluate green roofs
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer Green infrastructure is an attractive concept, but there is concern surrounding its effectiveness. Researchers...
Gaze direction affects sensitivity to sounds
Listening to something while looking in a different direction can slow down reaction times while the brain works harder to...
How a few drops of blood led to a breakthrough in immunology
Credit: McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Montreal, July 5, 2017 - Scientists from the Research Institute of the McGill University...
ASHG honors Nicholas Katsanis with 2017 Curt Stern Award
Credit: Duke University BETHESDA, MD - The American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) has named Nicholas Katsanis, PhD, Director of...
CNIC scientists discover an essential mechanism in the immune response
Credit: CNIC Scientists at the Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Cardiovasculares Carlos III (CNIC) have discovered that the transcriptional regulator CTCF...
