Biology
Living long and living well: Is it possible to do both?
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Exactly when does old age begin? Which health markers best predict who...
Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree
Credit: Graphic by Asier Larramendi Eskorza and Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- New research reveals that a species of giant...
Hiding in plain sight: New species of flying squirrel discovered
Credit: Nick Kerhoulas. For hundreds of years, a species of flying squirrel was hiding right under (actually, above) our noses....
NIST upgrades widely used database of molecular ‘fingerprints’
Credit: NIST When scientists need to identify an unknown compound, they do what a police detective might do. They get...
Chemistry life hacks: Food edition (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2017 -- Reactions is back with another round of chemistry life hacks....
Brain State Technologies: Successful clinical trial shows reduction of insomnia symptoms
This figure shows brain electrical activity at the temporal lobes before and after HIRREM® sessions. Brain State Technologies: Successful Clinical...
Safety of gene transfer to treat heart failure supports further clinical development
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 6, 2017--Based on the encouraging safety data that has emerged...
What makes a reach movement effortful?
Credit: Thomas Steuer/ Pierre Morel When choosing between alternative actions, we have to compare the positive outcomes of those actions...
Invasive alien plant control assessed for the Kruger National Park in South Africa
Credit: Brian W. van Wilgen Along with urban and agricultural encroachment and pollution mitigation, managing invasive alien species is a...
How soil bacteria can protect against corrosion in steel
The cell surface of a common soil bacteria (Streptomyces sp.) is not only hydrophobic but it protects the organism from...
Why do Antarctic krill stocks fluctuate?
Oldenburg/Bremerhaven (Germany), 6th June 2017. It is only six centimetres long, but it plays a major role in the Antarctic...
Dinosaur Provincial Park, the Canadian Rockies, and the fossils of the Burgess Shale
Credit: Bryon Veilleux. Boulder, Colo., USA: A new field guide in conjunction with GSA's Rocky Mountain Section meeting offers five...
ASA continues dialogue on significance, P values with new symposium on inference
In 2016, the ASA released an historic statement on statistical significance and p values in an effort to improve the...
What caused the most toxic algal bloom ever observed in Monterey Bay?
Credit: Kim Fulton-Bennett © 2015 MBARI MOSS LANDING, CA -- In late spring 2015, the West Coast of North America...
Electrocatalyst nanostructures key to improved fuel cells, electrolyzers
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Purdue University scientists' simulations have unraveled the mystery of a new electrocatalyst that may solve a...
Adding vemurafenib doubles progression-free survival in BRAF metastatic colorectal cancer
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Clinical trial results presented in an oral abstract session 3:00pm Monday, June 5 at...
Researchers find micro-gene that protects the brain from developing epilepsy
Credit: (Credit: Hebrew University) On December 16, 1997, hundreds of Japanese children were brought to hospital suffering from epilepsy-like seizures....
International science team: Marine reserves can help mitigate climate change
CORVALLIS, Ore. - An international team of scientists has concluded that "highly protected" marine reserves can help mitigate the effects...
‘Hail Mary’ mechanism can rescue cells with severely damaged chromosomes
Credit: Sullivan Lab, UC Santa Cruz The DNA vital to the life of a cell is packaged in chromosomes, and...
Newly discovered DNA sequences can protect chromosomes in rotifers
Credit: Michael Shribak, Irina Arkhipova WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Rotifers are tough, microscopic organisms highly resistant to radiation and repeated...
