Biology
Right kind of collaboration is key to solving environmental problems
Credit: Andreas Altenburger/Mostphotos The coming decade may determine whether humanity will set a course toward a more socially and ecologically...
The Western Ghats of India revealed two new primitive species of earthworm
Credit: Dr S Prasanth Narayanan The Western Ghats mountains lie at the southwestern continental margin of Peninsular India and extend...
CAS scientists make autism advance using monkey model
Autism is a common neurodevelopmental disorder characterized by impaired social communication, and restricted and repetitive behavior or interests. The reported...
Histone 1, the guardian of genome stability
Credit: Jordi Bernués, IRB Barcelona. Scientists headed by Ferran Azorín, CSIC research professor and head of the Chromatin Structure and...
Gene variant activity is surprisingly variable between tissues
Credit: Lip Comarella (Vienna, August 17, 2017) Every gene in (almost) every cell of the body is present in two...
Organ crosstalk: Fatty liver can cause damage to other organs
Credit: © IDM Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease is becoming more and more common. Approximately every third adult in the industrialized...
A map of the cell’s power station
Credit: Source: AG Meisinger Mitochondria are the cell's power stations; they transform the energy stored in nutrients so that cells...
Researchers discover new chemical process that could reduce nitrogen oxides from diesel exhaust
Credit: University of Notre Dame/Barbara Johnson Chemical engineers at the University of Notre Dame have discovered a catalytic process that...
Paper: Clinical signs best predictors of mortality in critically ill calves
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Clinical signs such as gastrointestinal problems or septic arthritis may be...
Virus with an eggshell
Avian flu can be transmitted from birds to humans; transmission among humans, however, is limited. The reason may be an...
GIST tumors linked to NF1 mutations, genetic testing needed
Researchers at UC San Diego Moores Cancer Center, with colleagues from Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and Fox Chase Cancer...
Smart computers
Credit: Photo: Michael Veit Filtering information for search engines, acting as an opponent during a board game or recognizing images:...
GA4GH 5th Plenary Meeting
Francis Collins, Director of the US National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Harold Varmus, former Director of the NIH and...
UBC researcher looks to the future of bone replacements
Credit: UBC Okanagan A UBC Okanagan researcher has discovered a new artificial bone design that can be customized and made...
Study of nervous system cells can help to understand degenerative diseases
Credit: Suely Nagahashi Marie and Thais Galatro, University of São Paulo Medical School The results of a new research showed...
Computer approaches human skill for first time in mapping brain
Credit: Washington State University PULLMAN, Wash. - A WSU research team for the first time has developed a computer algorithm...
Two-step process leads to cell immortalization and cancer
A mutation that helps make cells immortal is critical to the development of a tumor, but new research at the...
New terahertz imaging approach could speed up skin cancer detection
Credit: Rayko Stantchev, University of Exeter WASHINGTON -- Researchers have developed a new terahertz imaging approach that, for the first...
Bacteria stab amoebae with micro-daggers
Credit: Leo Popovich Bacteria have to watch out for amoeba. Hungry amoebae hunt them: they catch them with their pseudopodia...
NASA Ppotects its super heroes from space weather
Credit: NASA/SOHO It's not a bird or a plane but it might be a solar storm. We like to think...