Biology
New inhibitor drug shows promise in relapsed leukemia
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - A new drug shows promise in its ability to target one of the most common...
A new technique isolates neuronal activity during memory consolidation
Credit: INSTITUTO CAJAL/CSIC A team, led by researchers from the Cajal Institute (Madrid) belonging to the Spanish National Research Council...
Chimpanzees modify grooming behavior when near higher ranking members
Research by Dr Nicholas Newton-Fisher from the University of Kent has found chimpanzees modify their interactions with other chimpanzees if...
Researchers find new mechanism for genome regulation
Credit: Amy Strom/Berkeley Lab The same mechanisms that quickly separate mixtures of oil and water are at play when controlling...
UV-sensing protein in the brain of a marine annelid zooplankton
Credit: INSTITUTE FOR MOLECULAR SCIENCE Researchers at Institute for Molecular Sciences reported that a photoreceptive protein expressed in the brain...
Clear view on stem cell development
Credit: Tingying Peng / TUM/HMGU Today, tracking the development of individual cells and spotting the associated factors under the microscope...
Fossil holds new insights into how fish evolved onto land
Credit: Photo by Riley Brandt, University of Calgary "It's like a snake on the outside, but a fish on the...
Active 24/7 and doing great
Credit: Photo: Gunnar Bartsch Forager honeybees have a demanding job: Searching for nectar, honeydew and pollen, they permanently commute between...
Algae: The final frontier
Credit: Public domain Palo Alto, CA-- Algae dominate the oceans that cover nearly three-quarters of our planet, and produce half...
Sarepta Therapeutics and Genethon announce gene therapy research collaboration for Duchenne muscula
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. and EVRY, France, June 21, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Sarepta Therapeutics, Inc. (NASDAQ:SRPT), a U.S. commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company...
Trash-picking seagulls poop tons of nutrients
Credit: Scott Winton, Duke DURHAM, N.C. -- At least 1.4 million seagulls feed at landfills across North America, which aside...
New clues in puzzle over pre-eclampsia and cholesterol regulation
Scientists studying a mystery link between the dangerous pregnancy complication pre-eclampsia and an increased risk of heart disease in later...
Reconstruction of ancient chromosomes offers insight into mammalian evolution
Credit: Harris Lewin, UC Davis What if researchers could go back in time 105 million years and accurately sequence the...
Domestication genetics: The career of the cosmopolitan cat
A new study shows that modern domestic cats are ultimately derived from the African wildcat, which was domesticated in two...
African leopards revealed: Study documents minute-to-minute behavior of elusive cats
Credit: John Armstrong The elusive behavior of the African leopard has been revealed in great detail for the first time...
Hot summer frequents Europe-west Asia and northeast Asia after the mid-1990s
Credit: Xiaowei Hong After the mid-1990s, the global surface temperature presents a significant warming trend. According to the World Meteorological...
Allen Institute releases new data and visualizations for Allen Brain Observatory
Credit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute for Brain Science today announced the release of new data and analysis tools for...
The world’s largest canary
Biologists at Lund University, together with their colleagues from Portugal and the UK, have now proven that the endangered São...
New study advances understanding on the treatment of pediatric feeding disorders
A new study suggests the existing drug D-cycloserine may enhance recovery for children during treatment for pediatric feeding disorders, by...
Corn better used as food than biofuel, study finds
Credit: Photo by: L. Brian Stauffer Corn is grown not only for food, it is also an important renewable energy...
