Biology
The same neural pathways promote maternal and paternal behaviors in voles
Connection between hypothalamus and reward areas crucial for fatherly behaviorCredit: He et al., JNeurosci 2021 Like female voles, connections between...
Belowground microbial solutions to aboveground plant problems
Credit: Stéphane Hacquard Land plants - plants that live primarily in terrestrial habitats and form vegetation on earth - are...
Goldfinder: scientists discover why we can find gold at all
Credit: Maria Kokh and Gleb Pokrovski Why are gold deposits found at all? Gold is famously unreactive, and there seems...
Scientists publish a how-to guide for creating mouse-human chimeric embryos
The research enables far more accurate models of human development and disease and could help solve the shortage of organs...
Rudi GJ Westendorp to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021
Rudi GJ Westendorp to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug...
Rethinking plastics
UD scientists and collaborators issue urgent call to action on plastics pollutionCredit: Graphics by Jeffrey C. Chase People lived without...
Cleaner air has boosted US corn and soybean yields, Stanford-led research shows
Credit: Kelly Sikkema / Unsplash A key factor in America's prodigious agricultural output turns out to be something farmers can...
Extracellular matrix guides growth and function of epithelial cells
Credit: Johanna Englund Scientists at the University of Helsinki have found an essential factor from the extracellular matrix that regulates...
Humboldt professorships 2022
The neurobiologist Catherina Becker strengthens CRTD as new research group leaderCredit: privat Regeneration of the central nervous system, including the...
Scientists risk overestimating numbers of wild bonobos
Study warns that changing climate in the Congo Basin is impacting assessment of the endangered apesCredit: MPI of Animal Behavior/...
Striking a balance: Trade-offs shape flower diversity
An international research team led by a researcher from the University of Tsukuba proposes that catering to different visitors has...
Conservation concern as alien aphid detected on Kangaroo Island
Credit: S. Kakko and S. Petit An invasive species of aphid could put some threatened plant species on Kangaroo Island...
NIST laser ‘comb’ systems now measure all primary greenhouse gases in the air
Credit: N. Hanacek/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have upgraded their laser frequency-comb instrument to...
Fecal records show Maya population affected by climate change
Findings suggest that Maya settlement in city of Itzan started earlier and lasted longer than previously knownCredit: Andy Breckenridge A...
Discovery of the role of a key gene in the development of ALS
Loss of function of the C9orf72 gene may affect communication between neurons and muscles Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS, attacks...
Pumped to assist the heart with an artificial aorta
In January of this year, EPFL engineers announced in Advanced Science their concept of a novel cardiac assist device that...
Oncotarget: mTORC1 and PLK1 inhibition in adenocarcinoma NSCLC
All these preclinical data strongly suggest that the inhibition of mTORC1 and PLK1 proteins may be a promising therapeutic approach...
Speedy nanorobots could someday clean up soil and water, deliver drugs
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have discovered that minuscule, self-propelled particles called "nanoswimmers" can escape from mazes as much as...
IU School of Medicine receives $30 million NIA grant for Alzheimer’s, dementia research
National Centralized Repository for Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias (NCRAD) located at IU School of Medicine has been continuously funded...
Fruit flies lose their virginity lightly – and then become choosy
Mate choice is important for females, who often invest much more energy in offspring than males. However, being too selective...
