Biology
Rice U. scientists reel in structure of salmon virus
Credit: Tao Laboratory/Rice University The structure of a protein key to the survival and spread of a virus that affects...
NASA finds moon of Saturn has chemical that could form ‘membranes’
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center NASA scientists have definitively detected the chemical acrylonitrile in the atmosphere of Saturn's moon...
Researchers uncover how to boost learning efficiency in neurofeedback paradigm
Researchers from the HSE Centre for Cognition & Decision Making and the Control of Complex Systems Laboratory (Institute of Problems...
Engineering on a blue streak
Credit: Abhishek Shete/ University of Delaware A pair of engineers at the University of Delaware has developed a process to...
Grown-up gannets find favorite fishing grounds
Credit: Beth Clark Like humans, some birds can spend years learning and exploring before developing more settled habits. A study...
Simulations signal early success for fractal-based retinal implants
EUGENE, Ore. -- July 27, 2017 -- Computer simulations of electrical charges sent to retinal implants based on fractal geometry...
Biochemists link synthetic compound to hunger-hormone production
New research suggests that a man-made cousin of a small molecule found in olive oil can disrupt the hunger-signaling pathway....
Anyone for crispy jellyfish?
Credit: Anders Boe/SDU There are far too many jellyfish in the sea, and we have an ever-increasing number of mouths...
Vitamin E-deficient embryos are cognitively impaired even after diet improves
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Zebrafish deficient in vitamin E produce offspring beset by behavioral impairment and metabolic problems, new research at...
New 3-D imaging reveals how human cell nucleus organizes DNA and chromatin of it’s genome
Credit: Horng D. Ou, Salk Institute. Sixty-four years ago, James Watson and Francis Crick described the now-iconic double helix structure...
Circles in the sand reveal boating damage to marine biodiversity
Credit: Swansea University The findings of a study by Swansea and Cardiff University scientists highlights the need for boating activities...
UTA professor receives grant to develop device to fight osteoporosis
A faculty member at the University of Texas at Arlington's College of Nursing and Health Innovation has received a $250,000...
Researchers crack the smile, describing 3 types by muscle movement
Credit: Courtesy of Paula Niedenthal MADISON, Wis. -- The smile may be the most common and flexible expression, used to...
New research findings to standardise first aid treatment of jellyfish stings
Credit: Photo: Nuala Moore New research from NUI Galway and the University of Hawaii at Manoa has identified the best...
Study: Very preterm birth not associated with mood, anxiety disorders
Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville KNOXVILLE--Do very-preterm or very-low-weight babies develop anxiety and mood disorders later in life? Julia Jaekel,...
UT Southwestern finds link between backup immune defense, mutation seen in Crohn’s disease
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 27, 2017 - Genes that regulate a cellular recycling system called autophagy are commonly...
EU report: More evidence on link between antibiotic use and antibiotic resistance
The European Food Safety Authority, the European Medicines Agency and the European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control are concerned...
Immune system may mount an attack in Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Credit: NIH/NIAID A new study suggests that T cells, which help the body's immune system recognize friend from foe,...
DNA links male, female butterfly thought to be distinct species
Credit: Florida Museum of Natural History photo by Shinichi Nakahara GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Researchers recently discovered what was thought to...
Malaria already endemic in the Mediterranean by the Roman period
Credit: (istockphoto) Malaria was already widespread on Sardinia by the Roman period, long before the Middle Ages, as indicated by...