Biology
Longer siesta on bright days
Credit: Image: Charlotte Foerster Increasing sunlight intensity extends the sleep duration and results in a longer midday siesta which delays...
Does opioid use in pets create higher risk for abuse in humans?
Penn study shows 41 percent increase in opioids for small animals over past 10 years; findings indicate another avenue of...
HKUST scientists develop novel method to monitor molecular aggregation
Credit: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology Chiral molecules are defined as molecules that are non-superimposable on their...
New policy design needed to tackle global environmental threat, according to report
A pioneering new report has devised a seven-point plan to help policymakers devise new, coherent and collaborative strategies to tackle...
Skull scans tell tale of how world's first dogs caught their prey
Credit: Julia Schwab Analysis of the skulls of lions, wolves and hyenas has helped scientists uncover how prehistoric dogs hunted...
The algae's third eye
Credit: (Image: Eva Laura von der Heyde) Just like land plants, algae use sunlight as an energy source. Many green...
Parasites from patients with cerebral malaria stick preferentially in their brains
A team at LSTM with their collaborators in Malawi and Denmark have provided, for the first time, evidence which links...
Powerful microscope captures first image of nanoscaffold that promotes cell movement
Discovery could yield insights into cancer metastasis, wound healing, organ development and more cell-motility-related conditionsCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery...
Reviewing advanced applications in drug delivery and medicine
This article by Dr. Kumud Joshi et al. is published in Current Drug Delivery, Volume 16 , Issue 3, 2019...
Blueprint for plant immune response found
Finding provides potential for increased disease resistance in cropsCredit: WSU Photos Washington State University researchers have discovered the way plants...
Synthes, in silico molecular docking & pharmacokinetic studies
This article by Dr. Navin B. Patel et al. is published in Current Computer-Aided Drug Design Volume 14 , Issue...
Far-ranging fin whales find year-round residence in Gulf of California
Credit: Craig Hayslip NEWPORT, Ore. - Researchers from Mexico and the United States have concluded that a population of fin...
Social and environmental costs of hydropower are underestimated, study shows
Study shows that deforestation, loss of biodiversity and economic damage done to communities living near dams have not been factored...
Researchers answer decades-old question about protein found in Alzheimer's brain plaques
Alzheimer's-affected brains are riddled with so-called amyloid plaques: protein aggregates consisting mainly of amyloid-β. However, this amyloid-β is a fragment...
Termites mitigate effects of drought in Tropical Rainforest
HKU's co-led study revealed: Termites mitigate effects of drought in Tropical RainforestCredit: @The University of Hong Kong Termites are commonly...
Phat on potential, lipidomics is gaining weight
Next-generation study of lipids expands in scope with database established by UC San Diego researchersCredit: Slide courtesy of Edward Dennis,...
Study: Racial inequality in the deployment of rooftop solar energy in the US
Fewer rooftop solar photovoltaics installations exist in African-American and Hispanic-dominant neighborhoods than in white-dominant neighborhoods, even when controlling for household...
Fish farmers of the Caribbean
UC Santa Barbara researchers see a wealth of potential for aquaculture in the Caribbean There are only so many fish...
Researchers map previously unknown disease in children
Professor Bente Vilsen from Aarhus University, Denmark, and her research group have mapped out a newly discovered serious disease which...
Giving Cas9 an 'on' switch for better control of CRISPR gene editing
New CRISPR-Cas9 variants respond to viral and cellular proteasesCredit: UC Berkeley CRISPR-Cas9 is a revolutionary tool in part because of...
