Biology
Just add water: Biodiversity resurgence in effluent-fed desert riverbeds
Dragonflies, mayflies and caddisflies may be small, but their appearance could signal a big comeback for the beleaguered rivers of...
The co-occurrence of cancer driver genes, key to precision medicine
Researchers from the Structural Bioinformatics and Network Biology Laboratory at IRB Barcelona develop a system to predict tumour response to...
Researchers find new way to protect plants from fungal infection
Credit: Perino et al. in Phytopathology Widespread fungal disease in plants can be controlled with a commercially available chemical that...
Ecologists confirm Alan Turing’s theory for Australian fairy circles
International research team led by Göttingen University shows patterned vegetation regenerates by "ecosystem engineering" of the grassesCredit: S Getzin, University...
Wels catfish genome assembled
Credit: Anti Vasemägi/EMÜ An international research team led by scientists from Estonian University of Life Sciences has for the first...
BioCanRx invests $10 million in promising new cancer immunotherapy research and biomanufacturing
Funding will move novel cancer technologies from the lab to the clinicCredit: BioCanRx OTTAWA, ON (Tuesday, September 22, 2020, 8...
Diabetes dramatically reduces the kidney’s ability clean itself
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Augusta University photographer AUGUSTA, Ga. (September 22, 2020) - The kidneys often become bulky and dysfunctional in...
Dr. Malene Hansen receives 2020 BIG Award
Hansen is the first scientist to receive grants in four different award categories offered by AFARCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical...
40% of O’ahu, Hawai’i beaches could be lost by mid-century
Credit: Kammie Tavares The reactive and piecemeal approach historically used to manage beaches in Hawai'i has failed to protect them....
New national imaging center has potential to transform medicine
Credit: Joseph Kim and Tanner Tenpas, UW-Madison MADISON - A national research initiative announced today will place the University of...
How to get a handle on carbon dioxide uptake by plants
Combining two tools would boost understanding of climate changeCredit: Christian Frankenberg How much carbon dioxide, a pivotal greenhouse gas behind...
Southern hemisphere could see up to 30% less rain at end of the century
Analysis published in Scientific Reports is based on climate models for the mid-Pliocene period, which occurred 3 million years ago...
Funding climate action policies: Consumers weigh in
New research shows international support for simple funding plans -- even if costs are highCredit: Washington University For decades, scientists...
Farmer knowledge is key to finding more resilient crops in climate crisis
A warming climate threatens crop diversity; the 'Seeds for Needs' approach combines farmers' knowledge of resilient crops with 'elite' varieties...
Climate: risks and future strategies in Italy
Credit: Fondazione CMCC It could be worth up to 8% of GDP per capita, exacerbate the differences between north and...
Dino teeth research prove giant predatory dinosaur lived in water
Portsmouth Palaeontologists establish Spinosaurus was a real life 'river monster'Credit: Davide Bonadonna A discovery of more than a thousand dinosaur...
Genomic adaptations to a rice-based diet mitigate the risk of obesity and diabetes
Credit: Evolutionary Applications The traditional rice-based diet of some east-Asian population has brought to a number of genomic adaptations that...
Highly efficient perovskite solar cells with enhanced stability and minimised lead leakage
Credit: City University of Hong Kong While the power conversion efficiency of perovskite solar cells (PVSCs) - a future of...
Computational study of famous fossil reveals evolution of locomotion in ‘ruling reptiles’
New modelling of ancient fossil movement reveals important step in the evolution of posture in the ancestors of dinosaurs and...
Scientists advance understanding of blood-brain barrier health
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists' finding has implications for brain diseasesCredit: Ben Heithoff et al/Virginia Tech Hard skulls help protect...
