Biology
UT-ORNL to shepherd US-China Transdisciplinary Environmental Research Network
Credit: Photo of switchgrass harvest in East Tennessee by P. McDaniels, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A new grant sponsored...
Ten million tons of fish wasted every year despite declining fish stocks
Credit: UBC Public Affairs Industrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tonnes of good fish back into the ocean every...
Moisture-responsive ‘robots’ crawl with no external power source
Credit: Yong-Lai Zhang of Jilin University WASHINGTON -- Using an off-the-shelf camera flash, researchers turned an ordinary sheet of graphene...
Novel viral vectors deliver useful cargo to neurons throughout the brain and body
Credit: Chan et al., Gradinaru Lab Viruses have evolved to be highly effective vehicles for delivering genes into cells. Seeking...
Fluid in the knee holds clues for why osteoarthritis is more common in females
Credit: Phil Jones AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 26, 2017) - Researchers have more evidence that males and females are different, this...
Previously unknown extinction of marine megafauna discovered
The disappearance of a large part of the terrestrial megafauna such as saber-toothed cat and the mammoth during the ice...
Amazon basin deforestation could disrupt distant rainforest by remote climate connection
The ongoing deforestation around the fringes of the Amazon may have serious consequences for the untouched deeper parts of the...
Characterizing the mouse genome reveals new gene functions and their role in human disease
The first results from a functional genetic catalogue of the laboratory mouse has been shared with the biomedical research community,...
Hot cities spell bad news for bees
Credit: Elsa Youngsteadt A new study from North Carolina State University finds that common wild bee species decline as urban...
Study reveals how sex ‘blindspot’ could misdirect medical research
The sex of animals frequently has an effect in biomedical research and therefore should be considered in the study of...
Inauguration of the 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting with an appeal for climate protection
The 67th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting was today inaugurated in Lindau on the banks of Lake Constance in Germany. The...
Lending plants a hand to survive drought
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU The findings have helped some plants survive 50 percent longer in drought conditions, and could eventually...
Bioengineers create more durable, versatile wearable for diabetes monitoring
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas are getting more out of the...
NIST/CU team launches ‘comb and copter’ system to map atmospheric gases
Credit: Jennifer Lauren Lee/NIST Researchers from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Colorado Boulder...
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