Biology
Can a single exercise session benefit your brain?
Credit: Henriette van Praag (photo on left); MarathonFoto (photo on right). Amsterdam, NL, June 12, 2017 -In a new review...
Rattling DNA hustles transcribers to targets
Credit: Georgia Tech / Edmond Chow / Jeffrey Skolnick Imagine if a dense thicket didn't obstruct your path but instead...
Islands and coastal regions are threatened the most
The study was published in the renowned journal Nature Ecology and Evolution on 12 June 2017. Humans are responsible for...
Late-nesting birds and bees face habitat threat
Credit: University of Exeter Bird and bumblebee species that nest late in the year are suffering more from the destruction...
Ontarians still skeptical of flu shot
Half of all people who avoid the flu shot do so because they question its importance and effectiveness, a new...
Technology unlocks mold genomes for new drugs
Fungi are rich sources of natural molecules for drug discovery, but numerous challenges have pushed pharmaceutical companies away from tapping...
Researchers find a surprise just beneath the surface in carbon dioxide experiment
Credit: Berkeley Lab In a classic tale of science taking twists and turns before coming to a conclusion, two teams...
Epigenetic changes at birth could explain later behavior problems
Epigenetic changes present at birth - in genes related to addiction and aggression - could be linked to conduct problems...
Detailed new genome for maize shows the plant has deep resources for continued adaptation
Credit: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Cold Spring Harbor, NY - A new, much more detailed reference genome for maize, or...
Study: Floodplain farm fields benefit juvenile salmon
Credit: Carson Jeffres/UC Davis A new study offers a beacon of hope for a cease-fire in the Golden State's persistent...
Evaluating greenhouse gas emissions in an irrigated cropping system
Credit: R. Dungan. June 12, 2017 - Agricultural production in the western U.S. is an important part of the global...
Genetic testing can pick out men at increased risk of testicular cancer
Testing for large numbers of genetic changes can identify men with over a 10-fold increased risk of testicular cancer, a...
Epigenetic signaling axis regulates proliferation and self-renewal of neural stem/progenitor cells
Credit: LIU Changmei Polycomb group (PcG) proteins comprise the Polycomb complexes PRC1 and PRC2 that regulate gene expression levels through...
Blue Brain team discovers a multi-dimensional universe in brain networks
Credit: Courtesy of Blue Brain Project For most people, it is a stretch of the imagination to understand the world...
Global hotspots of established alien plants and animals revealed
Credit: Pablo García-Diaz An international team of researchers, led by Durham University, UK, has provided the first global analysis of...
Scientists make first crystal model of under-diagnosed autoimmune disease
Credit: USC Chen lab and Advanced Photon Source in Chicago As a molecular biologist, Kaori Noridomi gets an up-close view...
Granular material conductivity increases in mysterious ways under pressure
In a recent study published in EPJ E, a French team of physicists made systematic measurements of the electrical resistance...
Uncovered: 1,000 new microbial genomes
The number of microbes in a handful of soil exceeds the number of stars in the Milky Way galaxy, but...
The confluence of science and art
Sometimes conferences pay off. Pun intended. For UC Santa Barbara microbiologist Alyson Santoro, the 2016 National Academies Keck Futures Initiative...
How blows to the head cause numerous small swellings along the length of neuronal axons
Credit: Gu et al., 2017 Researchers from The Ohio State University have discovered how blows to the head cause numerous...