Biology
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...
Chemists brought mixed folded proteins to life
Scientists from ITMO University in Saint Petersburg and Hebrew University in Jerusalem have found a way to recover a protein...
Removal of aging cells could extend human life
Credit: UNIST A recent study, led by an international team of researchers confirms that targeted removal of senescent cells (SnCs),...
Biodiversity is 3-D
Credit: TSU The species-area relationship (SAC) is a long-time considered pattern in ecology and is discussed in most of academic...
UNIST improves remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances
Credit: UNIST A recent study, affiliated with UNIST has introduced a method for the remote detection of hazardous radioactive substances....
Unraveling the mysteries of Nipponosaurus
Credit: Hokkaido University Nipponosaurus sachalinensis - a controversial hadrosaurid dinosaur whose fossilized skeleton was unearthed in southern Sakhalin in 1934...
Koch Institute to hold 16th annual symposium: Convergence of Science and Engineering in Cancer
How will convergence impact the future of cancer research? Answering that question is the driving force behind the Koch Institute...
Parasitic nematodes that cause greatest agricultural damage abandoned sex
Credit: Etienne G. J. Danchin and colleagues The nematode worms that cause the world's most devastating crop losses have given...
Prednisone may improve effectiveness of AAV-based gene therapy by reducing immune response
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 9, 2017--A new study of gene transfer using adeno-associated virus...
Mussels add muscle to biocompatible fibers
Credit: Hartgerink Research Group/Rice University Rice University chemists can thank the mussel for putting the muscle into their new macroscale...
Finnish demo plant produces renewable fuel from carbon dioxide captured from the air
PRESS RELEASE: Finnish demo plant produces renewable fuel from carbon dioxide captured from the air The unique Soletair demo plant...
Fractal planting patterns yeild 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...
From the somatic cell to the germ cell
Credit: Photo: Thomas Kunz An international scientific consortium including the Freiburg plant biologist Prof. Dr. Thomas Laux has discovered a...
Lost ecosystem found buried in mud of southern California coastal waters
Paleontologists investigating the sea bed off the coast of southern California have discovered a lost ecosystem that for thousands of...
Bee health is topic of new pollen research at UMass Amherst
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Biology professor Lynn Adler at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, an expert in pollination...
California Academy of Sciences advancing hope for reefs in the Philippines
Credit: Terry Gosliner © California Academy of Sciences San Francisco (June 8, 2017)-- The California Academy of Sciences' Hope for...
Male sexual behavior linked to elevated male sex hormone receptors in muscles of sex-changing fish
Credit: Kory Gozjack ATLANTA--Sex-changing fish exhibit differences in androgen receptor (AR) expression in muscles that are highly sensitive to androgens...
Where climate change is most likely to induce food violence
COLUMBUS, Ohio - While climate change is expected to lead to more violence related to food scarcity, new research suggests...
Nanotechnology reveals hidden depths of bacterial ‘machines’
Credit: Dr Luning Liu, University of Liverpool New research from the University of Liverpool, published in the journal Nanoscale, has...
SpaceX Dragon to deliver research to Space Station
Credit: NASA SpaceX is scheduled to launch its Dragon spacecraft for its eleventh commercial resupply mission to the International Space...
