Biology
Detailed view of a molecular toxin transporter
Credit: ETH Zurich / Scott Jackson, Ioannis Manolaridis, Kaspar Locher Almost all living creatures have evolved mechanisms to remove toxins...
Study finds greater risk of extinction among high diversity amphibian groups
Credit: SFU A new study by Simon Fraser University biologists Dan Greenberg and Arne Mooers offers clues to why more...
New discovery: Cormorants can hear under water
Credit: University of Southern Denmark For the first time, researchers have shown that a marine birds can hear under water....
Quest for drought-resistant chickpea could benefit poor farmers
Scientists are seeking to develop chickpeas that can flourish in dry climates, to help some of the world's poorest farmers...
Genomics tracks migration from lost empires to modern cities
Copenhagen, Denmark: New genomic tools are enabling researchers to overturn long-held beliefs about the origins of populations, a researcher will...
New genomic analysis promises benefit in female urinary incontinence
Copenhagen, Denmark: Urinary incontinence in women is common, with almost 50% of adult women experiencing leakage at least occasionally. Genetic...
Obesity can cause cardiovascular ill-health, even in the young
Copenhagen, Denmark: Higher than normal body mass index (BMI) is known to lead to cardiovascular ill-health in mid-to-late life, but...
Venetian physician had a key role in shaping early modern chemistry
Credit: Santorio's marginal note to col. 406C-D, in Santorio Santori, Commentaria In Primam Fen Primi Libri Canonis Avicennae (Venice, 1625),...
Methicillin resistance among clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in Egypt
About 40-70% of the infections caused by Staphylococcus aureus strains are due to methicillin resistant ones. These isolates are usually...
Scientists identify protein linked to chronic heart failure
Credit: Tsuda et al., 2017 Researchers in Japan have identified a receptor protein on the surface of heart cells that...
Why communication is vital — even among plants and funghi
Plant scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a plant protein indispensable for communication early in the formation of...
New insights into the ancestors of all complex life
Credit: Tim Bertelink A team of scientists led by the University of Bristol has provided new insights into the origins...
Darwin was right: Females prefer sex with good listeners
Credit: Peter Marriott Almost 150 years after Charles Darwin first proposed a little-known prediction from his theory of sexual selection,...
Dramatic shift in gut microbes and their metabolites seen after weight loss surgery
Credit: Graphic by Jason Drees for the Biodesign Institute Obesity, already a global epidemic, is on the rise. Over one...
Study finds Congo’s miners often resort to hunting wildlife for food
Credit: CREDIT: ©Charlotte Spira/WCS. KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo (May 26, 2017) - A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation...
Why communication is vital — even among plants and fungi
Plant scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a plant protein indispensable for communication early in the formation of...
Losing sleep over climate change
Credit: Courtesy N. Obradovich Climate change may keep you awake -- and not just metaphorically. Nights that are warmer than...
Mind-controlled device helps stroke patients retrain brains to move paralyzed hands
Credit: Leuthardt lab Stroke patients who learned to use their minds to open and close a device fitted over their...
Marine species distribution shifts will continue under ocean warming
Scientists using a high-resolution global climate model and historical observations of species distributions on the Northeast U.S. Shelf have found...
Open-access genetic screening for hereditary breast cancer is feasible and effective
Ashkenazi Jewish women are known to have a predisposition to the inherited breast cancers BRCA1 and BRCA2, but currently genetic...
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