Biology
Improving the QOL for cats with renal disorders using drugs with minimal adverse reactions
Development of a remedy for renal anemia using erythropoietin derived from catsCredit: Kaneka Many cats develop chronic renal disorders as...
Bone collagen of fish shows individual history of migration and feeding habits
Credit: Yoshikazu Kato Collagen is a protein found widely in almost all cells of animals, and scientifically can be used...
Treating neurological symptoms of CHARGE syndrome
Discovery of a treatment that alleviates some neurological symptoms of a rare genetic disorderCredit: Christian Fleury (INRS) CHARGE syndrome is...
WVU receives NSF grant to transition large fungal collection to University of Kansas
Credit: Brian Persinger/WVU For more than 30 years, the world's largest collection of arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi - the "good" kind...
Digital advisory services for smallholder families in Africa and Asia
Credit: © Grameen Foundation Smallholders produce two thirds of all food worldwide. Yet the majority of these approximately 500 million...
An atlas of HIV’s favorite targets in the blood of infected individuals
Gladstone researchers have identified the blood cells most likely to be targeted by HIV during a real-life infectionCredit: Photo: Gladstone...
New duckbilled dinosaur discovered in Japan
Paleontologists find second hadrosaurid speciesCredit: Artwork by Masato Hattori. DALLAS (SMU) - An international team of paleontologists has identified a...
The science of sound, vibration to better diagnose, treat brain diseases
Multidisciplinary researchers uncover new ways to use ultrasound energy to image and treat hard-to-reach areas of brainCredit: Allison Carter, Georgia...
The first comprehensive single-cell atlas of human teeth
Credit: ZZM/UZH During the last 30 years, medical and dental research has attracted a large number of scientists and practitioners...
UMD studies mangrove genetic diversity in Africa to conserve centers of biodiversity
Collaborative study shows how currents of the Western Indian Ocean create both distinct and related populations for conservationCredit: University of...
New chemical tool that sheds light on how proteins recognise and interact with each other
Seeing the unseen: HKU scientists develop a new chemical tool that sheds light on how proteins recognise and interact with...
New research on why mutations in a gene leads to mitochondrial disease
Credit: (C) Dr Matthew Eramo Monash University researchers have uncovered for the first time the reason mutations in a particular...
Extinct ‘horned’ crocodile gets new spot in the tree of life
New ancient DNA-based study on Madagascar crocodile suggests that modern crocodiles likely originated in AfricaCredit: M. Ellison/©AMNH A study led...
SARS-CoV-2 curtails immune response in the gut
Scientists transform human intestinal cells into 'mini guts' to follow infection processCredit: Mohammed Shahraz, Sergio Triana/EMBL; Camila Metz-Zumaran/Heidelberg University In...
Researcher questions whether powered flight appeared on non-avialan dinosaurs
Francisco Serrano, from University of Malaga, refutes this conclusion published in 2020 in the absence of scientific evidenceCredit: F.J. Serrano....
What spurs people to save the planet? Stories or facts?
Johns Hopkins study finds it depends on whether you're Republican or DemocratCredit: Johns Hopkins University With climate change looming, what...
New study shows microbes trap massive amounts of carbon
Credit: Photo by Tom Owens. Violent continental collisions and volcanic eruptions are not things normally associated with comfortable conditions for...
Scrubbing paleontological data
The winning entry of the Open Research Challenge (ORC) offers a solution for cleaning paleontological dataCredit: Picture: Joe Flannery Sutherland...
In-cell nano-3D printer: Synthesizing stable filaments from in-cell protein crystals
Credit: Tokyo Tech Proteins are undoubtedly some of the most fascinating biomolecules, and they perform many of the functions that...
Biophysicists found an Achilles heel of a cancerogenic virus
A team of scientists studied the interactions between human proteins and one of the proteins which is typical of different...
