Biology

To understand how human activities are affecting the planet, scientists often study the health of animals in the wild. Now...

Anti-malaria drugs: Potential new target identified

Credit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH University Park, PA -- A newly described protein could be an...

Beetles spark development of color-changing nanoparticles for commercial use

Credit: Credit: American Chemical Society Click here to download the image. Inspired by the varying colors that gleam off of...

USDA announces more than $9 million to address critical water resources issues

WASHINGTON, D.C. June 14, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) today...

New study: Unsaturated fat associated with fatty liver disease

Bethesda, MD (June 14, 2017) -- As the obesity epidemic continues, new data shed light on which nutrients and what...

The soft touch

What do ketchup, silly putty, leaves, glue, cloth and our bodies have in common? They all fall under the category...

Active implants: How gold binds to silicone rubber

Flexible electronic parts could significantly improve medical implants. However, electroconductive gold atoms usually hardly bind to silicones. Researchers from the...

E. coli bacteria’s defense secret revealed

Credit: Ace George Santiago, Cornell University By tagging a cell's proteins with fluorescent beacons, Cornell researchers have found out how...

The designation as a Biosphere Reserve improves the life quality of the citizens

Credit: Igone Palacios / UPV/EHU Initially, protected areas had a single, major aim which was to protect the biodiversity; today,...

New window improves the view of science on orbiting laboratory

Credit: NASA One of the busiest work stations on the International Space Station got a major upgrade recently, and it...

Understanding multi-decadal global warming rate changes

Credit: Gang Huang A long-standing mystery is that, despite the persistently increased greenhouse gases emissions throughout the twentieth and early...

3-D-printed patch helps guide growing blood vessels

Ischemia results when narrowed, hardened or blocked blood vessels starve tissue, often resulting in heart attack, stroke, gangrene and other...

Hope for better lung cancer treatment on horizon

Credit: Richard Young and Dr Clare Weeden. A Melbourne study is set to improve treatment options for patients with the...

Donor microbes persist two years after fecal transplant to treat C. difficile infection

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - University of Alabama at Birmingham researchers have made the first direct demonstration that fecal donor...

Female and male mice suffer, recover from TBI differently

WASHINGTON (May 15, 2017) -- Male mice have much greater brain distress in the week following a traumatic brain injury...

Researchers discover new structures in bacteria, seek to determine function

Washington, DC - June 13, 2017 - Using high magnification imaging, a team of researchers has identified several never before...

‘Big Food’ companies have less power than you might think

A Dartmouth study finds that "Big Food" companies are striving to make food more sustainable from farm to factory but...

New technology enables effective simultaneous testing for multiple blood-borne pathogens