Biology
World’s leading liver experts focus on continuing advancements in liver disease & transplantation
Despite many advancements in liver transplantation -- like the cure for the hepatitis C virus -- liver disease continues to...
Secret weapon of smart bacteria tracked to ‘sweet tooth’
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION -- Researchers have figured out how a once-defeated bacterium...
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones
Credit: Amanda Powers/UC Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by...
A fresh look inside the protein nano-machines
Credit: © UNIGE - Jean-Pierre Eckmann Proteins perform vital functions of life, they digest food and fight infections and cancer....
Are wolverines in the Arctic in the climate change crosshairs?
Credit: Peter Mather Will reductions in Arctic snow cover make tundra-dwelling wolverines more vulnerable to climate change than previously thought?...
New modified toy car designs offer children with disabilities more options
Loading video... Credit: Oregon State University Productions CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have developed two new modified...
Religious devotion as predictor of behavior
Robert Lynch, a postdoctoral fellow in anthropology, says the level of devotion one feels toward religious beliefs can predict how...
How do blind cavefish find their way? The answer could be in their bones.
Credit: Amanda Powers/UC Imagine living in perpetual darkness in an alien world where you have to find food quickly by...
Fossil beetles suggest that LA climate has been relatively stable for 50,000 years
Credit: Joyce Gross Research based on more than 180 fossil insects preserved in the La Brea Tar Pits of Los...
South Sudan wildlife surviving civil war, but poaching and trafficking threats increase
Credit: (c)P.Elkan/WCS JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN, May 24, 2017 -- The first aerial assessment of the impact of South Sudan's current...
Neutrons provide the first nanoscale look at a living cell membrane
Loading video... Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory OAK RIDGE, Tenn., May 24, 2017 -- A research team from the Department...
Helping plants pump iron
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA -- (May 24, 2017) Just like people, plants need iron to grow and stay healthy....
Precise insight into the depths of cells
Credit: Stelzer Research Group, Goethe University Frankfurt FRANKFURT. Is it possible to watch at the level of single cells how...
Grant to fund research of microplastics in Delaware Bay
Credit: Julie Steinberg/ University of Delaware Microplastics -- small pieces of plastic less than five millimeters long -- are an...
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