Biology
How blows to the head cause numerous small swellings along the length of neuronal axons
Credit: Gu et al., 2017 Researchers from The Ohio State University have discovered how blows to the head cause numerous...
Genetic differences across species guide vocal learning in juvenile songbirds
Credit: David Wheatcroft Juvenile birds discriminate and selectively learn their own species' songs even when primarily exposed to the songs...
A single molecule is missing and the cell world is empty
Credit: © Beata Edyta Mierzwa, BeataScienceArt.com Cells multiply by duplicating themselves: they grow, replicate their components, and finally split into...
Lab on a chip could monitor health, germs and pollutants
Credit: Ella Marushchenko and Alexander Tokarev/Ella Maru Studios Imagine wearing a device that continuously analyzes your sweat or blood for...
Common periodontal pathogen may interfere with conception in women
According to a study carried out at the University of Helsinki, Finland, a common periodontal pathogen may delay conception in...
Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A team of chemists led by Carnegie Mellon University's Rongchao Jin has for the first time...
Healthy diet? That depends on your genes
ITHACA, N.Y. - A recently published Cornell University study describes how shifts in the diets of Europeans after the introduction...
Metastatic breast cancer cells use hedgehog to ‘evilize’ docile neighbors
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center A University of Colorado Cancer Center study published today in Nature Communications shows that...
Artificial cartilage under tension as strong as natural material
Credit: Athanasiou lab, UC Davis Biomedical engineers at the University of California, Davis, have created a lab-grown tissue similar to...
Short duration of breastfeeding and maternal obesity linked to fatty liver in adolescents
Credit: Journal of Hepatology Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 12, 2017 - Infants who were breastfed for less than six months...
Lianas stifle tree fruit and seed production in tropical forests
Credit: STRI archives Woody vines, known as lianas, compete intensely with trees and their numbers are on the rise in...
Short regulatory gene spotted
An epigenetic mechanism regulating gene activity has been revealed by a KAUST-led international team of researchers investigating interactions between the...
A changing climate affects plankton populations
Credit: © 2016 J.M. Gasol Bacterial and archaeal plankton, as the most abundant form of life in the oceans, profoundly...
Fasting glucose as a marker for greater weight loss on a high-fiber, low-glycemic diet
SAN DIEGO and BOSTON (June 11, 2017, 3:00 ET) -- Researchers from the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center...
Joanna S. Fowler, PhD, receives SNMMI 2017 Georg Charles de Hevesy Nuclear Pioneer Award
Credit: SNMMI DENVER, Colo. - Joanna S. Fowler, PhD, senior chemist emeritus of the Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory...
Journal AAS publishes first data description paper: Data collection and sharing
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences Scientific data isn't useful in isolation. So Advances in Atmospheric Sciences (AAS) is helping bridge...
NASA mission tests ketogenic diet undersea, simulating life on Mars
Credit: Tina Meketa TAMPA, Fla. (June 9, 2017) - University of South Florida associate professor Dominic D'Agostino, PhD, is one...
Fractal planting patterns yield optimal harvests, without central control
Credit: CCO public domain Bali's famous rice terraces, when seen from above, look like colorful mosaics because some farmers plant...
University of Iowa study examines link between obesity, food container chemical subsitutes
A new study from the University of Iowa shows that a pair of common chemicals that manufacturers use to make...
Infants born preterm may lack key lung cells later in life
Mice born into an oxygen-rich environment respond worse to the flu once fully grown due to an absence of certain...
