Biology
World first: Stem cell treatment for lethal STAT1 gene mutation — shows ‘disappointing’ but promising results
Credit: Satoshi Okada The first ever study assessing how patients with "gain of function" mutation of the STAT1 gene respond...
The road not taken: Do stress-specific mutations lead down different evolutionary paths?
Credit: Maharajan and Ferenci graphic in PLOS Biology Starvation for essential elements determines the pattern of genetic variation. Evolution is...
A fish of all flavors
Credit: Okayama University Receptors are how the body senses its environment. Upon the binding of a ligand, a receptor will...
Researchers identify how class of drugs blocks Hepatitis C virus replication
Credit: David Kinton, UNC School of Medicine Chapel Hill, NC - Globally, an estimated 71 million people are living with...
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...
Autonomous machines edge towards greater independence
Cars that can drive autonomously have recently made headlines. In the near future, machines that can learn autonomously will become...
Fat tissue may impede radiotherapy for breast cancer patients
According to research published online in The FASEB Journal, repeated irradiation of breast fat (also known as adipose tissue) produces...
Sensitivity to inequity is in wolves’ and dogs’ blood
Credit: Robert Bayer Not only dogs but also wolves react to inequity - similar to humans or primates. This has...
Oyster shells inspire new method to make superstrong, flexible polymers
Credit: Sanat Kumar/Columbia Engineering New York, NY--June 7, 2017--Researchers at Columbia Engineering have demonstrated for the first time a new...
Climate change misconceptions common among teachers, study finds
Recent studies have shown that misconceptions about climate change and the scientific studies that have addressed climate change are pervasive...
First dual-targeting nanoparticles lower cancer’s defenses and attack tumors
Cancer immunotherapy has emerged as one of the most exciting directions in cancer treatment. But the approach only works in...
Tufts University awarded $1 million grant to boost diversity in natural sciences
Credit: Alonso Nichols/Tufts University MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (June 7, 2017) -- A group of faculty at Tufts University's School of Arts...
New-generation material removes iodine from water
Credit: Chenfeng Ke / Dartmouth College HANOVER, N.H. - June 7, 2017- Researchers at Dartmouth College have developed a new...
