Biology
New study raises hopes of eradication of malaria
After major global successes in the battle against malaria, the positive trend stalled around 2015 - apart from in Zanzibar...
Fossilized slime of 100-million-year-old hagfish shakes up vertebrate family tree
Ancient eel-like creature answers questions about when these bizarre fish branched off the evolutionary tree from other vertebratesCredit: Tetsuto Miyashita,...
Leaf age determines the division of labor in plant stress responses
Credit: Kenichi Tsuda Unlike animals, plants cannot move freely to escape from life-threatening conditions. This constraint means that they require...
Researchers for the first time identify neurons in the human visual cortex that respond to faces
Credit: Dr. Vadim Axelrod Imagine a world where everyone has the same face. That would be a very different world...
Unexpected link found between feeding and memory brain areas
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The search for a mechanism that could explain how the protein complex NCOR1/2 regulates memory...
Mechanical engineers develop process to 3D print piezoelectric materials
New printing technique and materials could be used to develop intelligent materials and self-adaptive infrastructures and transducersCredit: Photo by H....
Mouse studies show 'inhibition' theory of autism wrong
Hyperexcitability of neurons not due to lowered inhibition because brain compensates A detailed study of four mouse models of autism...
Genetic study reveals possible new routes to treating osteoarthritis
Scientists discover new genes and biological pathways linked to osteoarthritis, which could help identify starting points for new medicines In...
In China, a link between happiness and air quality
Moods expressed on social media tend to decline when air pollution gets worse, study finds For many years, China has...
Ancient carpet shark discovered with 'spaceship-shaped' teeth
Credit: (c) Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum The world of the dinosaurs just got a bit more bizarre with a newly...
How staying in shape is vital for reproductive success
New research reveals that cells must keep their shape and proportions to successfully reproduce through cell divisionCredit: Snezhka Oliferenko Cells...
Scientists discover new 'architecture' in corn
LSU scientists' findings may improve biofuel productionCredit: Tuo Wang, LSU. New research on the U.S.'s most economically important agricultural plant...
Genetic study provides novel insights into the evolution of skin color
Skin colour is one of the most visible and variable traits among humans and scientists have always been curious about...
Scientists find genes with large effects on head and brain size
Credit: Copyright Wellcome Library, London Children's heads expand steadily to accommodate their growing brains and doctors routinely measure head circumference...
Fossil shark teeth discovered in leftover rock that contained SUE the T. rex
Freshwater shark lived in South Dakota, had teeth shaped like 'Galaga' spaceshipsCredit: (c) Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum SUE the T....
Ecological benefits of part-night lighting revealed
Night-time pollinators benefit from street lights being switched off in the middle of the night Switching off street lights to...
New study reveals local drivers of amplified Arctic warming
Credit: UNIST The Artic experienced an extreme heat wave during the February 2018. The temperature at the North Pole has...
UTA herpetologists describe new species of snake found in stomach of predator snake
DiscoveryCredit: UT Arlington Herpetologists at The University of Texas at Arlington have described a previously unknown species of snake that...
New technologies enable better-than-ever details on genetically modified plants
Salk researchers used the latest DNA sequencing technologies to study exactly what happens at a molecular level when they insert...
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience enters partnership with Zeiss
Credit: MPFI The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces a new "labs@location" partnership agreement between the MPFI Electron...
