Biology
Dartmouth-led team receives NASA grant to study lake water quality in the Northeast
Credit: Photo by Sam Fey. Throughout the Northeast, lakes are popular destinations for recreation and often prized locations for second...
Nutrition is key to increasing productivity in intensive breeding
Improving the productivity of Brazilian livestock means not only finding ways to make the cattle produce more meat or more...
A stinging report: FSU reserach shows climate change a major threat to bumble bees
Credit: Jane Ogilvie TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- New research from a team of Florida State University scientists and their collaborators is...
Scientists have found a way to create drug molecules from carbon monoxide
Credit: Denis Chusov Scientists from RUDN University in collaboration with Russian and foreign colleagues have studied reductive amination reactions. The...
Elderly who have trouble identifying odors face risk of dementia
Credit: Rob Kozloff, for the University of Chicago Medicine A long-term study of nearly 3,000 adults, aged 57 to 85,...
UV-irradiated amorphous ice behaves like liquid at low temperatures
Credit: Tachibana S., et al., Science Advances, September 30, 2017 Ice analogs mimicking interstellar ice behave like liquids at temperatures...
BMC Research in Progress Photo Competition showcases the best of science photography
From stunning microscopy, to researchers at work, and the various forms of life they investigate, the first BMC Research in...
U-M researchers develop technique that could detect explosives, dangerous gases rapidly and remotely
ANN ARBOR--University of Michigan researchers have developed a laser-based method that could be used to detect chemicals such as explosives...
Researchers identify protein that could reduce death, improve symptoms in flu and other infections
A new study by researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine has identified an innovative strategy for treating...
Stone Age child reveals that modern humans emerged more than 300,000 years ago
Credit: Photograph: Lyn Wadley, University of the Witwatersrand. South Africa is well-known for its hominin fossil record. But this time,...
Charity gives grant to cancer researchers at the University of Huddersfield
Credit: University of Huddersfield CANCER researchers at the University of Huddersfield aim to develop new treatments specifically for young people...
New role for fragile X protein could offer clues for treatment
Credit: Credit: Korb et al./ Cell 2017 The protein behind fragile X syndrome acts as a genetic conductor, orchestrating a...
Secrets from inside the womb that could provide clues to miscarriage
Credit: Dr Eleftheria Pervolaraki The major structures of a baby's heart form in just four days, according to new research...
Medical device recall rates linked to frequency of FDA inspector rotations says new study
Key Takeaway: Placing FDA investigators on a rotating schedule at medical device manufacturing plants can lead to 100 fewer medical...