Biology
Climate change will decimate Palm Springs, Coachella Valley tourism
Study: good weather days to significantly decreaseCredit: Michal Wisniowski A new UC Riverside study finds that climate change will have...
Scientists have discovered an environmentally friendly way to transform silicon into nanoparticles
Credit: Skoltech Skoltech scientists and their colleagues from Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) have developed a new method of silicon...
As information flows through brain’s heirarchy, higher regions use higher frequency waves
Credit: Miller Lab/The Picower Institute at MIT To produce your thoughts and actions, your brain processes information in a hierarchy...
Star-cells “shine” to make sense of touch
Astrocytic GABA fine-tunes tactile sensory acuityCredit: IBS Parents might be familiar with their toddlers gotten messy with flour. Feeling the...
Glial cells play an active role in the nervous system
Researchers study the speed and precision of signal transduction in the brainCredit: Klämbt Lab For the brain to work efficiently,...
New insights into evolution of gene expression
Credit: Graphic: Kenji Fukushima / University of Wuerzburg Vertebrate organs organize physiological activities, and the diverse expression patterns of thousands...
UBC scientists find clues to queen bee failure
Credit: Alison McAfee Scientists at UBC are unravelling the mysteries behind a persistent problem in commercial beekeeping that is one...
Method to derive blood vessel cells from skin cells suggests ways to slow aging
Salk study is the first to reveal ways cells from the human circulatory system change with age and age-related diseasesCredit:...
Acorn woodpeckers wage days-long battles over vacant territories, radio tag data show
Credit: Neil Losin When acorn woodpeckers inhabiting high-quality territories die, nearby birds begin a battle royal to win the vacant...
African wild dogs have vestigial first digit and muscular adaptations for life on the run
Anatomists identify a vestigial first digit in the forelimb of the African wild dog and document anatomical adaptations to its...
Two top European grants for young researchers at Bielefeld University
ERC Starting Grants for Professor Dr Martina Hofmanová and Dr Toni GoßmannCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University /S. Jonek The European Research...
Striving and stumbling towards sustainability amongst pandas and people
Credit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability The path to global sustainability isn't a one-way street and...
Tryptophan supports guts health on trouts under stress, says a RUDN biologist
Credit: RUDN A biologist from RUDN University found the most beneficial concentration of tryptophan for rainbow trout. When added to...
Advancing the study of traumatic brain injuries
UTA mechanical engineer to expand research of blast-related traumatic brain injuriesCredit: UT Arlington The Office of Naval Research has awarded...
In butterfly battle of sexes, males deploy ‘chastity belts’ but females fight back
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Some male butterflies go to extreme lengths to ensure their paternity - sealing...
Wool-like material can remember and change shape
Material could be used in smart textiles, medical devices and moreCredit: Luca Cera/Harvard SEAS As anyone who has ever straightened...
Hearing loss in naked mole-rats is an advantage, not a hardship
New research published in Current BiologyCredit: Joshua Clark/UIC If naked mole-rats were human, they would be prescribed hearing aids. With...
A 400-year-old chamois will serve as a model for research on ice mummies
Discovered in Val Aurina, South Tyrol (Italy) and now in the laboratory of Eurac Research's mummy experts, the remains will...
UT Herbarium among recipients of NSF Grant
Credit: University of Tennessee, Knoxville The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Herbarium is part of a multimillion-dollar grant to digitize and...
ERC Starting Grant for Dr. Martin Mascher and Dr. Stefan Heckmann
Credit: IPK/ Andreas Bähring "I am pleased that two young scientists from the IPK were able to prevail in the...
