Biology
Shark fishing bans partially effective
Credit: Claire Collins Bans on shark fishing are only partially effective in protecting sharks, new research suggests. Scientists from the...
Rosalind Franklin University researcher elected AAAS Fellow
Judith Potashkin, PhD, has identified several potential molecular blood biomarkers for Parkinson's diseaseCredit: Mike Schmidt NORTH CHICAGO, ILLINOIS -- Judith...
Faces of biology: AIBS selects winners of 2020 photo contest
Credit: Carlos Ruiz Three winners have been selected in the 2020 Faces of Biology Photo Contest, sponsored by the American...
SwRI developing biomechanics AI system to help train military medical personnel
Integrating markerless motion capture with machine learning to assess performance of medical traineesCredit: SwRI/Dan Nicolella SAN ANTONIO -- Dec. 16,...
Colorful, magnetic Janus balls could help foil counterfeiters (video)
Credit: American Chemical Society Counterfeiters who sell knockoffs of popular shoes, handbags and other items are becoming increasingly sophisticated, forcing...
Biodiversity collections, vital for pandemic preparedness, face drop in specimen deposits
Credit: Jonathan L. Dunnum LAWRENCE -- When you imagine a visit to a natural history museum, the first thing that...
When dinosaurs disappeared, forests thrived
Rainfall patterns remained largely unaffected despite dramatic climate changesCredit: McGill University It's known that the primary cause of the mass...
Effects of organohalogen pollution are coded in gene expression profiles of Baltic salmon
Credit: Reprinted with permission from Environmental Science & Technology. © 2020 American Chemical Society Hatchery-reared Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar) have...
OU-led study focuses on evolutionary determinism and convergence in marine fishes
Credit: Lutjanus viridis photographed by R. Betancur, Mosquera & Seymour, Galapagos, 10 Feb. 2017. The stickleback is a well-studied system...
Towards circular economy: European manufacturers tend not to report on their actions
After analyzing the data from 226 large manufacturing companies from the European Union, a team of researchers from Lithuania, Poland...
Ensuring a proper body plan
Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have shown that the enzyme lysine demethylase 7a helps ensure the ordered axial development...
Root bacteria could help defeat fatal citrus disease
$10 million project hunts underground for keys to trees' healthCredit: Nichole Ginnan/UCR A UC Riverside-led team is looking at tiny...
The DNA regions in our brain that contribute to make us human
Credit: Source: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/illustrations/artificial-intelligence-brain-think-4389372/ With only 1% difference, the human and chimpanzee protein-coding genomes are...
Modulating cells’ chloride channels
Credit: dgist Laboratory cell experiments and computer simulations have revealed molecular mechanisms regulating a protein channel responsible for transporting chloride...
Scientists publish the first human psychological aging clock using artificial intelligence
Scientists at Deep Longevity published the first set of psychomarkers of aging developed using deep learning to track the changes...
Plant diversity in Germany on the decline
Most comprehensive evaluation of the occurrence of vascular plants in Germany to dateCredit: Sebastian Lakner In an area covering the...
In pandemic, people are turning to nature – especially women
Study is among first to explore COVID-19's impacts on how people value natureOne of the first studies of its kind...
Extracting precious zinc from waste ash
Credit: JO Yxell /Chalmers University of Technology Incineration of solid waste produces millions of tonnes of waste fly ash in...
Tepary beans — a versatile and sustainable native crop
Credit: Tomilee Turner Agriculture accounts for more than a third of water use in the United States. In drier parts...
RedHill’s P2/3 COVID-19 candidate Opaganib reduces ARDS-related blood clotting
Opaganib demonstrated reduced thrombosis in a preclinical model of ARDSCredit: RedHill Biopharma Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS)-induced thrombosis (blood clotting)...
