Biology
New Central Park fly species gets CCNY professor’s moniker
Credit: City College of New York/David Lohman Introducing Themira lohmanus, a fly like no other, and the most recently discovered...
Random movements help color-detecting cells form the proper pattern
In fish and other animals, the color detecting cone cells in the retina are arranged in specific patterns, and this...
A new method for removing cells infected with the AIDS virus
Credit: Associate Professor Mikako Fujita With the successful suppression of the AIDS virus (HIV) through medication, the focus turns toward...
RUDN University scientists described the distribution of soil microorganisms
Credit: Yakov Kuzyakov Scientists from RUDN University have classified the distribution of soil microorganisms at different latitudes from tropical to...
USDA’s NIFA needs stakeholder input on food, agriculture priorities
WASHINGTON, D.C. September 15, 2017 - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) is...
New UM faculty member lands $1.8 million grant to study intracellular bacteria that infect most insects
Credit: courtesy MISSOULA - A new University of Montana faculty member, Brandon Cooper, recently was awarded a five-year, $1.8 million...
Study published in Nature reveals molecular pathway of weight-controlling hormone
Credit: NGM Bio SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, CA - Oct. 2, 2017 - Scientists at NGM Bio have revealed deep insights...
Low consumption of vitamin K by adolescents associated with unhealthy enlargement of the heart’s major pumping chamber
Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Oct. 2, 2017) - Scientists have found another reason for children...
Kinesins ignore weak forces as they carry heavy loads
Credit: Center for Theoretical Biological Physics/Rice University If you're the motor protein up front, be prepared to do the heavy...
An algorithm that explains how ants create and repair trail networks
Credit: Deborah Gordon Imagine you're a member of the Cephalotes goniodontus species, an arboreal ant with a Darth Vader-like head...
US Department of Energy awards Danforth Center $16 million to enhance sorghum for bioenergy
Credit: NA ST. LOUIS, MO, Oct. 2, 2017 - The Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, one of the world's largest...
Basis of development of vertebrate limb muscles has been established in cartilaginous fishes
Credit: nature ecology & evolution The development of limb muscle has been well studied in most land dwelling vertebrates such...
Genetic study investigates ways to increase productivity and tenderness of meat
Credit: Heitor Shimizu / Agência FAPESP Brazil has the world's largest commercial beef herd, numbering over 225 million heads of...
Children without allergies can still be afflicted with asthma-like coughing and wheezing
EMBARGOED UNTIL 9:00 a.m., ET, Monday, October 2, 2017, Cleveland: Doctors have long wondered why children without allergies can still...
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