Biology
Flame retardants and likelihood of pregnancy in women undergoing fertility treatments
Key Takeaways: A common type of flame retardant was associated with reduced likelihood of clinical pregnancy and live birth following...
Millions of novel genetic variants found in 1,000 Swedish individuals
An extensive exercise to map genetic variation in Sweden has found 33 million genetic variants, 10 million of which are...
Trash to treasure: The benefits of waste-to-energy technologies
Credit: Shutterstock/Argonne National Laboratory Instead of hauling food waste to landfills, we might want to use that organic waste to...
Guelph study shows endangered sharks, rays further threatened by global food markets
A majority of shark fins and manta ray gills sold around the globe for traditional medicines come from endangered species,...
New research on Fragile X syndrome reinforces importance of early detection
Credit: Caleb Doll, Broadie Laboratory, Vanderbilt University Fragile X syndrome--the most common heritable cause of autism spectrum disorder--is something of...
Heart hormones protect against obesity and insulin resistance
Credit: Michael Cairns Orlando, Fla., Aug. 25, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) in Lake...
$4.5 million grant funds new disease-resistant strawberries
Credit: Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis The Public Strawberry Breeding Program at the University of California, Davis, and colleagues in California and...
Fantastic beasts and why to conserve them
According to a new study, by the University of Leeds and Cardiff University, the conservation of threatened species has much...
Researchers discover cancer stem cell pathway in endometrial cancer
A team of Cleveland Clinic researchers have discovered a key pathway that leads to recurrence and treatment resistance in endometrial...
ASU/Biodesign researchers enter race for early Alzheimer’s test
Credit: Graphic by Jason Drees for the Biodesign institute According to Paul Coleman, an Alzheimer's researcher at the ASU-Banner Neurodegenerative...
Baby boomer squirrels master tricky timing
Credit: Anni Hämäläinen Female squirrels who align their reproduction to take advantage of food-rich years and align have more pups...
Finding what fuels the ‘runaway train’ of autoimmune disease
Credit: Carroll lab/Boston Children's Hospital A newly-unveiled discovery, which has been four years in the making, has the potential to...
Plant ‘smells’ insect foe, initiates defense
Credit: Nick Sloff, Penn State It cannot run away from the fly that does it so much damage, but tall...
Potential impacts of planned Andean Amazon dams outweigh benefits, scientists say
Credit: Ian Bell New York - August 23, 2017 - An international team of scientists investigating the effects of six...
Scientists develop novel ‘dot’ system to improve cancer detection
Credit: Kristen Cusato La Jolla, Calif., August 24, 2017 - Researchers at Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) have...
Studies explore the potential benefits of red raspberries
Lynden, WA - August 24, 2017 - Initial findings from several studies - including both human subjects and animals -...
Researchers closer to understanding how a drug could induce health benefits of exercise
The research team - led by the University of Leeds - has found that a protein called Piezo1 in the...
Scientists from the MSU adjusted a microalgal technology for wast
Members of the Faculty of Biology of the Lomonosov Moscow State University have proved that under Nordic conditions wastewaters could...
Brain recovery longer than clinical recovery among athletes following concussion, new research suggests
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, August 24, 2017--University athletes with a recent concussion had changes in their brain...
New biomedical engineering grants aim at heart failure and resistant high blood pressure
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - Biomedical engineering researchers will attack two banes of cardiovascular disease -- heart failure after heart...