Biology
Bottom-up is the way forward for nitrogen reduction at institutions
Credit: Marine Biological Laboratory WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Nitrogen is an element basic for life -- plants need it, animals...
World’s first study to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese inland waters
HKU geographer leads world's first study to evaluate greenhouse gas emissions from Chinese inland waters over the past 30 yearsCredit:...
USC Stem Cell study reveals neural stem cells age rapidly
Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC conduct first-ever study of Abl1 gene's role in neural stem cell biology...
Bigger brains gave squirrels the capacity to move up in the world
Credit: Ornella Bertrand Squirrels and other tree-dwelling rodents evolved to have bigger brains than their burrowing cousins, a study suggests....
Can we end the cage age?
Switch to cage-free alternatives for farm animals is possible, but only with appropriate supporting measuresCredit: Kipster Between 2018 and 2020,...
Life on Venus? First we need to know more about molecules in the atmosphere
Credit: UNSW Sydney The search for life on other planets has received a major boost after scientists revealed the spectral...
Policy decisions will affect coastal communities’ risk more than climate change
Credit: Steve Dundas, Oregon State CORVALLIS, Ore. - Coastal communities face increasing danger from rising water and storms, but the...
Shift in diet allowed gray wolves to survive ice-age extinction
Credit: Julius Csotonyi April12, 2021 - Gray wolves are among the largest predators to have survived the extinction at the...
Computer model fosters potential improvements to ‘bionic eye’ technology
Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC develop signals that could bring color vision and improved clarity to prosthesis...
Abrupt ice age climate changes behaved like cascading dominoes
Credit: Photo: Sepp Kipfstuhl. Throughout the last ice age, the climate changed repeatedly and rapidly during so-called Dansgaard-Oeschger events, where...
Earth’s crust mineralogy drives hotspots for intraterrestrial life
Credit: ©Matt Kapust Below the verdant surface and organic rich soil, life extends kilometers into Earth's deep rocky crust. The...
Study investigates link between lactation and visceral, pericardial fat
Research supports health benefits of breastfeedingCredit: TTUHSC As demonstrated by multiple studies over the years, women who breastfeed have a...
UT Business and Online Marketing project for farmers among the nation’s best
UT Extension project recognized twice for risk management educationCredit: Image courtesy UTIA. COLUMBIA, Tenn. - A project led by the...
New pig brain maps facilitate human neuroscience discoveries
Credit: University of Illinois College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences URBANA, Ill. - When scientists need to understand the...
Purdue scientists use malaria expertise to track COVID-19 variants
Credit: Purdue University photo/Rebecca McElhoe WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Scientists have been using genetics to track diseases for decades. Now,...
How to tame a restless genome
Credit: Ipsaro/Joshua-Tor lab, CSHL/2021 Short pieces of DNA--jumping genes--can bounce from one place to another in our genomes. When too...
Mountain growth influences greenhouse effect
Weathering of rocks can bind or release carbon dioxide -- in active mountain ranges, carbon-dioxide release strongly dominatesCredit: Kristen Cook...
Mechanism of abnormal movements induced by drug treatment of Parkinson’s disease
Credit: Hiromi Sano Okazaki, Japan -mm dd, 2021--Many people with Parkinson's disease develop abnormal movements called L-DOPA induced dyskinesia, a...
Fostered flamingos just as friendly
Credit: Paul Rose Flamingo chicks raised by foster parents from another flamingo species develop normally, scientists say. Six Chilean flamingo...
Light shed on the coordination of neural stem cell activation
Credit: © Nicolas Dray, Laure Mancini and Laure Bally-Cuif, Institut Pasteur In all adult vertebrates, neural stem cells can be...
