Biology
Preventing exercise-induced bronchospasm
A team of researchers in Italy have explored previous research to find the best ways to identify, prevent and treat...
Aerial drones deliver sweet spot for HAB research at VIMS
Credit: Drone imagery by VIMS professor Donglai Gong. Harmful algal blooms or HABs are notoriously difficult to sample. They can...
New book on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine from CSHLPress
Credit: Joseph P. Vacanti Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release of Tissue...
How receptors for medicines work inside cells
Credit: Graphic: Team Calebiro The human genome encodes hundreds of G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs). These form the largest group of...
Mystery solved: How thyroid hormone prods red blood cell production
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (September 5, 2017) - For more than a century, physicians have anecdotally noted that patients with an underactive...
Heparin stimulates food intake and body weight gain in mice
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine and South China Agricultural University Heparin is a medication widely used to prevent blood clotting;...
When not to eat your kids
Even though it is known to be a cannibal, the mangrove rivulus or killifish of the Americas will never eat...
Invasive plants change ecosystems from the bottom up
In a common garden at the University of Rhode Island, Laura Meyerson has been growing specimens of Phragmites - also...
New strategy for vaccinating pregnant mothers against malaria holds promise for protecting infants
Washington, DC - September 5, 2017 - A mother and infant in Malawi have the same repertoire of antibodies to...
Children with bone, joint infection often carry the same infectious bacteria in throat
The presence of the bacterium Kingella kingae in children's throats was strongly linked to bone and joint infection with the...
Building a morphogen gradient by simple diffusion in a growing plant leaf
Credit: NIBB In an article published on September 5th in Biophysical Journal, the team of Associate Professor Kensuke Kawade at...
Birds choose mates with ornamental traits
Credit: NOAA Photo Library via Wikimedia Commons A recurring theme in nature documentaries is that of choosy females selecting brightly...
New book on disaster risk governance in India
Credit: Asian Institute of Technology (AIT) While Dr. Indrajit Pal serves in Disaster Preparedness, Mitigation and Management, in AIT's Department...
Insects can see the world in much finer resolution than previously thought
Insects have much better vision and can see in far greater detail than previously thought, a new study from the...
California Academy of Sciences assembles genome of threatened northern spotted owl
Credit: © 2017 California Academy of Sciences SAN FRANCISCO (September 5, 2017)--A charismatic owl iconic to Pacific Coast forests is...
New, ultra-rare gene mutations implicated in eating disorders
Credit: CC PLOS ONE By combining whole exome sequencing, machine learning, and network analysis, researchers have identified new, ultra-rare gene...
The protein TAZ sends ‘mixed signals’ to stem cells
Credit: Image by Xingliang Zhou/Ying Lab, USC Stem Cell Just as beauty exists in the eye of the beholder, a...
Blood is thicker than water for the common reed — At least that’s what the soil tells us
In a paper published in Nature Communications, Northeastern University Professor Jennifer Bowen and University of Rhode Island Professor Laura Meyerson...
Dig, dive, survive
We humans aren't the only creatures drawn by the smell of a good meal. Fruit fly larvae, it turns out,...
Improving US melon crop focus of $4.4 million study at Texas A&M AgriLife Research
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo) COLLEGE STATION -- More than $4.4 million is being funded to discover ways to...