Biology
Langerhans cells are up to the job, they just need a chance
University of Tsukuba researchers determine the role of Langerhans cells in mucocutaneous acute graft-versus-host diseaseCredit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan...
Saving the climate from the ground up
International research team formulates strategy against the greenhouse effectCredit: Frank Luerweg / University of Bonn Soil has the capacity to...
Early indications of thrombosis help in preventing postoperative complications
A paper saw light in Scientific ReportsCredit: Kazan Federal University The co-authors are employees of the Protein-Cell Interactions Lab of...
Large tides may have driven evolution of fish towards life on land
Credit: Mattias Green/Bangor University Big tidal ranges some 400 million years ago may have initiated the evolution of bony fish...
Cauliflower coral genome sequenced
Credit: © 2020 KAUST; Hagan Gegner The sequencing of the genome of the cauliflower coral, Pocillopora verrucosa, by an international...
Vampire bats social distance when they get sick
Credit: Sherri and Brock Fenton/Behavioral Ecology A new paper in Behavioral Ecology, published by Oxford University Press, finds that wild...
Impact of arbuscular mycorrhizal species on heterodera glycines
Credit: M. L. Pawlowski and G. L. Hartman Introduced to the United States over 60 years ago, soybean cyst nematode...
Modern computational tools may open a new era for fossil pollen research
Credit: Doug Peterson One of the best sources of information on the evolution of terrestrial ecosystems and plant diversity over...
A molecular break for root growth
Length of plant roots is controlled by hormonesCredit: U. Benz / TUM Roots are essential for reaching water and nutrients,...
Emery N. Brown wins SfN’s Swartz Prize for Theoretical and Computational Neuroscience
Credit: MIT Picower Institute for Learning and Memory The Society for Neuroscience announced today that it has awarded the Swartz...
The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation announces Thesis Prize winners
Physicists develop tools to study biological processesCredit: Fannie and John Hertz Foundation Tools that may make it possible to noninvasively...
Timeline of early eukaryotic evolution unveiled
Credit: Utrecht University, IRB Barcelona. One of the most important and puzzling events in the evolution of life has been...
Hidden losses deep in the Amazon rainforest
Credit: Vitek Jirinec, LSU Few places on Earth are as rich in biodiversity and removed from human influence as the...
Discovery adds new species to Rice lab’s ghoulish insect menagerie
Rice, UNAM team's four new wasp species are the 'tip of the iceberg'Credit: Photo by Scott Egan/Rice University HOUSTON -...
Shifts in flowering phases of plants due to reduced insect density
Research group of Jena University and iDiv uses novel research method to study effect of insect decline on plant biodiversityCredit:...
ALS and frontotemporal dementia: early diagnosis thanks to an experimental test
The protagonist of the study is the protein TDP-43 which accumulates in brain cells in 97% of cases of ALS...
New genes related to autism spectrum disorder
Transposon domestication in the BEX/TCEAL cluster and autismCredit: University Of Barcelona - Andalusian Centre For Development Biology The lack of...
Low cost, customized prosthesis using 3D printing
SUTD, together with Tan Tock Seng Hospital, developed a novel 3D printed non-metallic self-locking prosthetic arm for a patient with...
Cause of Alzheimer’s disease traced to mutation in common enzyme
Mutation to MARK4 makes proteins stickier and more likely to clump in brainCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers...
Elkhorn coral actively fighting off diseases on reef, study finds
Findings showed coral has core immune response regardless of disease typeCredit: Photo: Margaret Miller, SECORE International MIAMI--As the world enters...
