Biology
NIFA invests $35 million in specialty crop research
WASHINGTON, D.C. August 24, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...
Survival of soil organisms is a wake-up call for biosecurity
Credit: Lee T. Aalders Tiny creatures in soil that attack plants have shown the ability to survive for at least...
UBC researchers test new technique to help with concussion diagnosis
Credit: UBC Okanagan Sports-related concussions are a major public health concern and are notoriously difficult to diagnose. But new research...
Farming, cheese, chewing changed human skull shape
Credit: David Katz and Tim Weaver, UC Davis The advent of farming, especially dairy products, had a small but significant...
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...
Treating arthritis with algae
Arthritis is the most-widespread joint disease, with around 90 percent of all people over 65 being affected to varying degrees,...
What causes algal blooms to become toxic?
Credit: Sison-Mangus Lab The disastrous 2015-16 Dungeness crab season, delayed and shortened by an unprecedented bloom of toxic algae, is...
Root behavior changes as woody trees age
Credit: Thomas Marler The study of plant root behavior has always taken a back seat to the study of above-ground...
New research finds deep evolutionary origins of a unique mammalian anatomical pattern
By performing detailed dissections and corresponding examinations of embryological development, researchers at Midwestern University, led by Margaret Hall, Ph.D. and...
Omega-3 intake reduces cardiac death risk according to comprehensive new study
Credit: Maki et al Results from a new study published in the Journal of Clinical Lipidology showed that in 14...
Allergies? Exhausted regulatory T cells may play a role
Credit: Seth Dixon / St. Jude Children's Research Hospital Researchers have evidence that the specialized T cells responsible for maintaining...
Zika monkey study suggests worse fetal effects for vaginal versus mosquito transmission
Credit: Renato Araújo/Agência Brasília. via Flickr Rhesus macaques that were vaginally infected with Zika virus showed higher prevalence of Zika...
Fatal attractions for disease-carrying mosquitoes
Credit: Photo by Jesse Saroli, ISCA Technologies Mosquitoes, mostly through the transmission of malaria, are the deadliest animals on Earth....
Big and strong may not last as long, according to UBC prof
Credit: UBC Okanagan In the battle of the sexes, new UBC research suggests that men may be stronger physically but...