Biology
University spin out company addresses new vaccines
Credit: University of Plymouth The University of Plymouth has launched a new spin out company which will address new vaccines...
Power-to-liquid: 200 liters of fuel from solar power and the air’s carbon dioxide
Credit: Photo: VTT Production of liquid fuels from regenerative electric power is a major component of the energy turnaround. The...
NIH accelerates the use of genomics in clinical care
Credit: Ernesto Del Aguila, NHGRI The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is awarding $18.9 million towards research that aims to...
New noninvasive method of intracranial pressure monitoring
Credit: © 2017 AANS. CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (AUG. 8, 2017). Researchers from Klinikum Stuttgart and the University of Erlangen, Germany, report...
Multi-nutrient rice against malnutrition
Nearly every second person eats primarily rice to meet the daily calorie needs. A meal of rice stops the hunger,...
A taste cell encyclopedia
Credit: Monell Center PHILADELPHIA (August 8, 2017) -- A significant technological advance from the Monell Center now allows scientists to...
JCU scientist finds alcohol-free solution works
A James Cook University scientist has made a discovery that will make life easier for surgery patients and their surgeon....
Protein critical to early stages of cellular HIV infection identified
Credit: Department of Molecular Virology,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU)-led researchers identify a protein critical to the early stages...
Playing with your brain
Human-computer interactions, such as playing video games, can have a negative impact on the brain, says a new Canadian study...
Assembling nanomachines in bacteria
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) One of the oldest nanomachines in biology is the bacterial flagellum. This apparatus is evolutionary...
The 4th Annual Aging Research for Drug Discovery Forum at the EMBO/Basel Life Conference
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Tuesday, August 8th, 2018, Baltimore, MD - Many areas of science and technology are experiencing rapid...
Swedish researchers and global fishing companies form coalition for sustainable seas
Credit: Photo: Wikimedia commons The initiative marks the first time that companies from Asia, Europe and the US have joined...
Four new fruit fly species from the Himalaya and information about their flower visitation
Credit: Dr Rajendra S Fartyal The first record of flower visitation in a group of fruit flies from Himalayan India...
New microscope technique reveals internal structure of live embryos
Credit: Image courtesy Gabriel Popescu CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- University of Illinois researchers have developed a way to produce 3-D images...
Warm periods in the 20th century are not unprecedented during the last 2,000 years
Credit: Yang Liu & Jingyun Zheng A great deal of evidence relating to ancient climate variation is preserved in proxy...
Are learning and unlearning bedfellows?
The human brain's capacity for learning is astonishing: it can even memorize meaningless sounds if repeated. Hence, a pattern of...
Amniotic sac in a dish: Stem cells form structures that may aid of infertility research
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The first few weeks after sperm meets egg still hold many mysteries....
Local collaboration key to protecting pollinators while managing ticks, mosquitoes
Annapolis, MD; Aug. 3, 2017 -- Managing mosquito and tick populations and protecting the health of pollinators are growing concerns...
Magnetic fields turn up the heat on bacterial biofilms
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - August 8, 2017 - A short exposure to an alternating magnetic field might someday replace...
Harvard’s Wyss Institute launches Root Robotics, an educational startup
Credit: Credit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (BOSTON) -- The Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University today...