Biology
Scientists create viable, reproducing yeast-cyanobacterial hybrids
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Every plant, animal or other nucleus-containing cell also harbors an array of miniature “organs” that perform essential...
A novel therapy ameliorates obesity and Type 2 diabetes in mice fed a high-fat diet
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A novel therapy developed at the University of Alabama at Birmingham ameliorates obesity and Type 2 diabetes...
Unlocking a cure for carbon monoxide poisoning
Carbon monoxide is an odorless and colorless gas made when fossil fuels burn incompletely. It’s also a silent killer.Credit: Droege...
Stress, anxiety and depression during pregnancy may hinder toddler’s cognitive development
Women’s elevated anxiety, depression and stress during pregnancy altered key features of the fetal brain, which subsequently decreased their offspring’s...
New strategies for engineering stable articular cartilage
A new study assess the effect of the gremlin-1 (GREM1) protein on the in vitro and in vivo stability of...
How genome organization influences cell fate
RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Understanding the molecular mechanisms that specify and maintain the identities of more than 200 cell types of...
Unlocked enzyme structure shows how strigolactone hormone controls plant growth
As sessile organisms, plants have to continually adapt their growth and architecture to the ever-changing environment. To do so, plants...
Additions to natural history collections declining
Ithaca, NY—A new study from the Cornell University Museum of Vertebrates reveals that new additions of vertebrate specimens to natural...
High-frequency spinal cord stimulation shows improved longer lasting pain relief
Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) for chronic pain involves delivering low levels of electricity directly into the spinal cord using an...
Patagonian sheepdogs are the closest living representative of the ancestor of sheepdog from UK
Modern day Patagonian sheepdogs are the closest living relative to now-extinct varieties of herding dogs of Victorian era Britain, according...
Research reveals the sex secrets of amphibian singing choruses
Researchers using advanced recording technology have identified how individual songs in amphibian choruses may influence mating, according to a Dartmouth...
Tufts University researchers discover new function performed by nearly half of brain cells
Researchers at Tufts University School of Medicine have discovered a previously unknown function performed by a type of cell that comprises nearly...
Cofactor engineering drives natural product synthesis
In the past decade, advances in synthetic biology paved the way toward the sustainable synthesis of complex natural products.Credit: DICP...
Mother and child vulnerable to endocrine disruptor exposure
A Canadian research team highlights placental sensitivity to such environmental contaminants during pregnancy.Credit: INRS A Canadian research team highlights placental...
Changing guidelines for treating mild chronic hypertension in pregnancy
A study published this month in the New England Journal of Medicine proves through a large clinical trial that treating high blood pressure—even...
A prehistoric forest grows in Brunei
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — The first study of leaf fossils conducted in the nation of Brunei on the island of...
How brains form visual maps
Maps have played an important role in scientific progress. Claudius Ptolemaeus transformed our understanding of the world with his map...
Unravelling the origins of the human spine
The spinal column is the central supporting structure of the skeleton in all vertebrates. Not only does it provide a...
Huge new ichthyosaur, one of the largest animals ever, uncovered high in the Alps
Paleontologists have discovered sets of fossils representing three new ichthyosaurs that may have been among the largest animals to have...
Giant marine reptiles at 2,800 meters above sea level
The first ichthyosaurs swam through the primordial oceans in the early Triassic period about 250 million years ago. They had...
