Biology
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
Credit: Thermo Fisher Scientific Philadelphia, PA, June 13, 2017 - The emergence of new pathogens like West Nile Virus, Ebola,...
What makes a mother risk her life to protect her children
Credit: Shira Lottem/ Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown From birds to mammals, from fish to reptiles, the immediate reaction to...
Autism risk linked to fever during pregnancy
Fever during pregnancy may raise the risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in the child, according to a study led...
Researchers show how a cancer gene protects genome organization
Credit: (Illustration by Christ-claude Mowandza-ndinga) CHAPEL HILL, NC - UNC School of Medicine researchers have cracked a long-standing mystery about...
Mosquito-killing fungi engineered with spider and scorpion toxins could help fight malaria
Credit: Brian Lovett Malaria kills nearly half a million people every year, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In...
Study sheds light on determining surgical margins for feline tumors
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University are paving the way for more precision in determining surgical margins for...
Spying on fish love calls could help protect them from overfishing
Credit: Jenna Luecke/Univ. of Texas at Austin About a third of the world's fish stocks are being overfished, meaning they're...
Birds of a feather
Credit: Eddy Perez, LSU Biologists have always been fascinated by the diversity and changeability of life on Earth and have...
Common periodontal pathogen may interfere with conception in women
According to a study carried out at the University of Helsinki, Finland, a common periodontal pathogen may delay conception in...
Chemists perform surgery on nanoparticles
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University A team of chemists led by Carnegie Mellon University's Rongchao Jin has for the first time...
Healthy diet? That depends on your genes
ITHACA, N.Y. - A recently published Cornell University study describes how shifts in the diets of Europeans after the introduction...