Biology
Researchers find best way to treat children with sickle cell anemia in sub-Saharan Africa
Study in New England Journal of Medicine has global implicationsCredit: Indiana University School of Medicine INDIANAPOLIS, CINCINNATI, and KAMPALA, Uganda...
Dynamics of DNA replication revealed at the nanoscale
New study using super resolution technology gives new insight into a poorly understood area of DNA replicationCredit: University of Technology...
Climate extremes will cause forest changes
Credit: (Photos: Ansgar Kahmen / University of Basel) Until now, 2003 was considered as the driest and hottest year since...
Hamilton receives APGA Award of Merit
Retired UT Gardens director recognized for bloomin' great careerCredit: UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Susan Hamilton, the recently retired Director of...
New treatment method for Alport Syndrome uses antisense oligonucleotides
Treatment effective on model mice with severe form of the diseaseCredit: Kobe University A multi-institutional research group has succeeded in...
Papers concludes that incentives to afforestation can be harmful to the environment
Credit: Cristian Echeverría "Through a counterfactual analysis, we showed that between 1986 and 2011 the incentives to afforestation in Chile...
Early childhood vaccinations might protect children from COVID-19
A group of Lithuanian and Kurdish scientists have raised a hypothesis that the measles, mumps, and rubella (MMR) vaccine could...
Spider baby boom in a warmer Arctic
Climate change leads to longer growing seasons in the Arctic. A new study shows that predators like wolf spiders respond...
Superbug impact on the gut
Credit: (c) Monash BDI Monash University researchers have discovered that the devastating bacterial superbug Clostridioides difficile hijacks the human wound...
Bugs resort to several colours to protect themselves from predators
Colourful bugs look very different as young and adults, but why?Credit: Iliana Medina New research has revealed for the first...
The tug-of-war at the heart of cellular symmetry
May the forces be within your cellsCredit: Kyoto University/Makito Miyazaki Japan -- Symmetry and asymmetry are fundamental properties of nature....
Uganda’s Ik are not unbelievably selfish and mean
Small ethnic group is cooperative and generous, contrary to 1972 book portrayalCredit: Cathryn Townsend The Ik, a small ethnic group...
Carbon cycling in wet soils
Credit: Courtesy of Adrian Mellage Under changing, increasingly dynamic climatic conditions, temperate soils are forecast to experience a high degree...
Sunnier but riskier
Conservation efforts to open up rattlesnake habitat bring in much-needed sunlight but could attract more threatening predatorsCredit: Christopher Camacho UNIVERSITY...
Resident parasites influence appearance, evolution of barn swallows
Credit: Amanda Hund Barn swallows live almost everywhere on the planet, recognizable by their forked tail and agility in the...
Puget Sound eelgrass beds create a ‘halo’ with fewer harmful algae, new method shows
Credit: Emily Kunselman Eelgrass, a species of seagrass named for its long slippery texture, is one of nature's superheroes. It...
Undergrad-led study suggests light environment modifications could maximize productivity
Credit: WEST project/University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The crops we grow in the field often form dense canopies with...
OSU research suggests a better way to keep birds from hitting power lines
Credit: Photo provided by Virginia Morandini, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Suspended, rotating devices known as "flappers"...
Inherited mutation found among Brazilians increases cancer risk
Genomic research helps explain why some people with a common TP53 mutation widespread in Brazil get cancer while others do...
Tour scores prestigious Centenary Prize
Rice University chemist's achievements earn top Royal Society of Chemistry honorCredit: Royal Society of Chemistry HOUSTON - (June 24, 2020)...
