Biology
Access to contraceptives translates into more bachelor’s degrees for women in Colorado
Access to contraceptives increases college completion rates among women, according to a new study led by a professor at the...
Aging | The potential benefit of metformin to reduce delirium risk and mortality: a retrospective cohort study
“In this report, we showed the potential benefit of metformin in decreasing the risk of delirium and mortality in DM...
Reading the room: humans struggle to identify aggression in dogs, other humans
As a species, humans are constantly interpreting signals to assess social situations and make predictions about what could happen next....
Humans are poor at identifying aggressive behavior in videos of dogs and humans
While humans can generally identify the nature of social interactions between children, dogs and monkeys from facial expressions and body...
The three dimensions of a flower
To better understand the evolution of flowers, a research team in biology from Université de Montréal, the Montreal Botanical Garden...
Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million years
Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record by one million yearsCredit: Beth Zaikenjpg Discovery of world’s oldest DNA breaks record...
How cells gain control over their bacterial symbionts
Modern eukaryotic cells contain numerous so-called organelles, which once used to be independent bacteria. In order to understand how these...
Chinese fossil shows modern bird skull evolved from a mixture of dinosaur and bird features
Scientists from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IVPP) in Beijing and the...
How do worms develop their gut?
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Were it not for the COVID-19 pandemic, an important discovery about the development of nematodes — elongated...
Runners gain no advantage from compression stockings
Compression stockings are popular among runners, but there is no scientific evidence that they actually enhance exercise performance. On the...
Chung-Ang University study unravels the role of DNA methylation in oceanic microbial communities
DNA methylation is a biological process through which methyl groups are added to the DNA (genetic material). It is used...
It’s all about quality: effect of dietary fat composition on liver angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis
In light of the recent pandemic, people across the globe are increasingly becoming aware of the importance of consistent high-quality...
Ancient amphibians had their bones cooked
Scientists have solved a decades-long mystery as to why ancient tetrapods – amphibian-like creatures that lived over 300 million years...
Coastal diatoms’ genetic diversity to the rescue when aquatic environments change abruptly
A closed copper mine on the Baltic Sea coast just south of Västervik has helped researchers study the capacity of...
Ankylosaurs battled each other as much as they fought off T. rex
Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Royal BC Museum, and North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have found new...
Meet the (protein) neighbors: New method lets researchers detect proteins in close proximity in single cells
Today, most methods to determine the proteins inside a cell rely on a crude census—scientists usually grind a large group...
Jawbone may represent earliest presence of humans in Europe
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. – For over a century, one of the earliest human fossils ever discovered in Spain has been long...
Oncotarget | Expression of p-STAT3 and c-Myc correlates with P2-HNF4α expression in nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
“In conclusion, our results suggest that STAT3 phosphorylation occurs in livers with NAFLD only in the subset with P2-HNF4α expression,...
Traveling with friends helps even mixed-up migrators find their way
DURHAM, N.C. -- Some of us live and die by our phone’s GPS. But if we can’t get a signal...
New rat lungworm disease resource to help doctors with diagnosis, treatment
As climate change continues, human cases of rat lungworm disease are anticipated to become more widespread globally, especially in places...
