Biology
Study finds brain’s ‘wiring insulation’ as major factor of age-related brain deterioration
Credit: Dr Andrea Rivera A new study led by the University of Portsmouth has identified that one of the major...
Now is the time to study impact of pandemic on mothers and babies
University of Houston researcher issues a call for new methods to combat stress and social isolationCredit: University of Houston If...
Citizens and scientists release 28-year record of water quality in Buzzards Bay
Credit: Fish Hawk Films WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A long-lasting, successful relationship between scientists at the MBL Ecosystems Center and...
Mapping functional connectivities in 3D artificial brain model by analyzing neural signals
Overcoming technological limitations that only allow measurement of 2D neural signals; providing a new method of assessing treatments for brain...
Researchers modify air quality models to reflect polluted reality in Latin America
Credit: James East Computational models of air quality have long been used to shed light on pollution control efforts in...
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused changes to people’s wellbeing around the world
A decrease in physical activity during the pandemic was associated with poorer perceived physical and mental healthCredit: University of Jyväskylä...
Ecosystem restoration is a pressing issue in fragmented rainforest
Credit: Photo: Aircraft NERC, landscape Benjamin Blonder. Image processing Jani Närhi In light of the United Nations (UN) declaration that...
Two species and a single name: ‘Double identity’ revealed in a venomous banana spider
Credit: N. Hazzi Spiders from the genus Phoneutria - also known as banana spiders - are considered aggressive and among...
Citizen scientists help expose presence of invasive Asian bamboo longhorn beetle in Europe
Credit: Stephen Rolls A worryingly high number of Asian bamboo longhorn beetles (Chlorophorus annularis) turn out to have been emerging...
Young white-tailed deer that disperse survive the same as those that stay home
Risky movements that benefit species do not result in added mortality, study findsCredit: Diefenbach Lab, Penn State Juvenile white-tailed deer...
Complement inhibition reverses mental losses in preclinical traumatic brain injury models
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina provide preclinical evidence that mental losses after traumatic brain injury can be...
New technique brings the study of molecular configuration into the microscopic domain
Credit: Courtesy Analytical Chemistry Researchers have developed a spectroscopic microscope to enable optical measurements of molecular conformations and orientations in...
Rise of marine predators reshaped ocean life as dramatically as sudden mass extinctions
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Evolutionary arms races between marine animals overhauled ocean ecosystems on...
Research shows we’re surprisingly similar to Earth’s first animals
Today's humans share genes with ancient oceanic creatures missing headsCredit: Ryan Somma The earliest multicellular organisms may have lacked heads,...
Aging-US: Hyperbaric oxygen therapy impact on telomere length & immunosenescence
"In this Aging-US study, the most significant change was noticed in B cells which increased at the 30th session, 60th...
Cognitive fatigue changes functional connectivity in brain’s fatigue network
Kessler Foundation research team confirms regions contributing to the brain's 'fatigue network', and demonstrates that network connectivity changes with cognitive...
Critically endangered macadamia species becomes a plant supermodel
Credit: Bruce Topp, University of Queensland One of the world's rarest tree species has been transformed into a sophisticated model...
It’s time to bolster women in conservation
Credit: Ruth Konia Women are largely being excluded from decisions about conservation and natural resources, with potentially detrimental effects on...
Molecular biologist Mohamed Abou featured in new video and article from the Vilcek Foundation
Mohamed Abou Donia is the recipient of a 2021 Vilcek Prize for Creative Promise in Biomedical ScienceCredit: The Vilcek Foundation...
Invasive weed may help treat some human diseases, researchers find
Credit: Quan, Hiroshima University Native to the southeastern United States, a weedy grass has spread northward to Canada and also...
