Biology
New fluorescent dyes could advance biological imaging
Credit: Jonathan B. Grimm With a new technique to craft a spectrum of glowing dyes, chemists are no longer chasing...
Heavy alcohol use alters brain functioning differently in young men and women
Scientists have found that brain functions in young men and women are changed by long-term alcohol use, but that these...
Etosis phenomenon discovered in human blood monocytes
A recent study published online in the Journal of Leukocyte Biology found the first clear demonstration of etosis in human...
AWI’s underwater robot Tramper successfully recovered
Credit: Alfred Wegener Institute On 27 August 2017, deep-sea researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and...
Electricity production: When enzymes rival platinum
Credit: Ievgen Mazurenko, BIP A fuel cell converts chemical energy into electrical energy via hydrogen combustion. Though it is considered...
Virus hijacks cell’s transportation system
Credit: Hirano M. et al., Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Aug. 28,...
Scientists identify climatic risks for dengue disease outbreaks
The University of Liverpool is part of an international team of scientists that have identified the climatic risks for dengue...
Cleanliness is next to sexiness for golden-collared manakins in Panama
Credit: Ioana Chiver, STRI Imagine proposing in a dirty apartment or restaurant. Juvenile male golden-collared manakins who received extra testosterone...
Bacteria act as aphrodisiac for the closest relatives of animals
Credit: Arielle Woznica and Nicole King, UC Berkeley To the surprise of scientists, bacteria can act as an aphrodisiac for...
Study: Drug may curb female infertility from cancer treatments
Credit: Schimenti Lab, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - An existing drug may one day protect premenopausal women from life-altering infertility...
New book on The Biology of Exercise from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Illustration created by Romain Barres, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen. Cold Spring...
Multi-mechanism approach to treating neonatal hypoxic ischemia
Credit: Medical University of South Carolina. Sarah Pack. Hypothermia alone, the current standard of care, neuroprotects roughly 50 percent of...
Can corals survive climate change?
Credit: G. Torda A group of international scientists, including scientists from Australia, have issued advice that more research is urgently...
Researchers find microbes key to reef survival
Credit: © 2016 Anna Roik Thuwal, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - : In a paper published in the September 2017...
Nature Conservation special: Guidelines for the monitoring of beetles protected in Europe
Credit: Michela Maura In a set of eight research publications, scientists tested various methods for the monitoring of five European...
Fossil footprints challenge established theories of human evolution
Credit: Andrzej Boczarowski Newly discovered human-like footprints from Crete may put the established narrative of early human evolution to the...
Family of proteins involved in brain’s connectivity are controlled by multiple checkpoints
Each of the brain's 100-billion nerve cells make around 10,000 connections to other cells through synapses that enable them to...
Protein transport channel offers new target for thwarting pathogen
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A bacterium that attacks people suffering from chronic lung disease and compromised immune systems could be halted...
X-ray footprinting solves mystery of metal-breathing protein
Credit: Berkeley Lab Scientists have discovered the details of an unconventional coupling between a bacterial protein and a mineral that...
Reconstructing life at its beginning, cell by cell
Credit: Drosophila Virtual Expression eXplorer, BIMSB at the MDC After 13 rapid divisions a fertilized fly egg consists of about...