Biology
Wired for obesity
Scientists are piecing together how genes involved in neural development can affect body weightCredit: Dr. Sebastien Bouret, CHLA Leading a...
Awareness is barrier to 'plastic-free periods'
Almost a third of people unaware of plastic hidden in menstrual products -- studyCredit: Dr Dannielle Green, Anglia Ruskin University...
Size matters — To livebearer fish, big fins are a big deal
Females love males with big dorsal fins, but the appendages first evolved for males to fight other malesCredit: UC Riverside...
Researchers race against extinction to uncover tree's cancer-fighting properties
Are we killing the cure?Credit: Designed by Zeng Xiaolian Three Chinese fir trees on a nature reserve in Southeastern China...
What happened 4,000 years ago in the Urals?
Together with Russian researchers, archaeologists from the universities of Frankfurt and Mainz are studying Bronze Age activity in the steppe...
Scientists confirm pair of skeletons are from same early hominin species
Research part of detailed accounting of nearly two-million-year-old speciesCredit: © Sculpture Elisabeth Daynes /Photo S. Entressangle Separate skeletons suggested to...
A new way to transfer energy between cells
Researchers have described new behaviour in energy metabolism that contradicts the evidence available until now Researchers from the Catalonian Institute...
Complex molecules emerge without evolution or design
Credit: University of Groningen In biology, folded proteins are responsible for most advanced functions. These complex proteins are the result...
Blister fluid could help diagnose burn severity
Severe burns can leave physical and psychological scars, especially in children. When a burn patient enters the clinic, doctors use...
Global change could also affect hake fisheries in Tierra del Fuego
Isotopic ecology: Reconstructing diets from the pastCredit: María Bas/ Lluís Cardona (UB-IRBio) A scientific study published in the journal Global...
Scientists from TU Dresden search for new methods to cure neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: CRTD Most neurons in the human brain are generated from neural stem cells during embryonic development. After birth, a...
Reinforcement learning expedites 'tuning' of robotic prosthetics
Credit: Helen Huang Researchers from North Carolina State University, the University of North Carolina and Arizona State University have developed...
Molecules of GM food can accumulate in human digestive tract and enter cells of body
In the review, scientists examine the ways and mechanisms by which foreign DNA can survive during digestion and penetrate into...
Cultivating 4D tissues — the self-curving cornea
Scientists at Newcastle University have developed a biological system which lets cells form a desired shape by moulding their surrounding...
Sea slug study illuminates how mitochondria move
Massive energy needed for nerve cells to keep 'talking'Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - Jan. 16, 2019...
Anti-inflammatory compound protects against cancer growth and recurrence
Studies in mice may lead to human clinical trials A new anti-inflammatory compound developed at the University of California, Davis,...
Fruit fly promiscuity alters the evolutionary forces on males
Results, published in Nature Communications, have shown that the nature of the evolutionary forces which act on male fruit flies...
Green innovation to revolutionize construction industry
Credit: UNIST A new, greener, stronger, and more durable construction binder made primarily of fly ash, a byproduct of coal-fired...
Resist! TAK1 enables endothelial cells to avoid apoptosis
Osaka University-led study shows that TAK1 preserves endothelial cell survival in an inflammatory environment, and can be targeted for tumor...
New light shed on intensely studied material
Polarons, bipolarons, and absorption spectroscopy of PEDOTCredit: Photo Peter Holgersson The organic polymer PEDOT is probably one of the world's...
