Biology
Reconstruction of trilobite ancestral range in the southern hemisphere
Brazilian researchers used biogeographic analysis to study trilobites, arthropods that became extinct over 252 million years ago The first appearance...
Scientists hit on the protein and lipid composition of the Siberian mammoth bone
Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Scientists from Skoltech and Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (MIPT) studied the protein and lipid...
Carrots or candy bars? Context shapes choice of healthy foods
Food choices may be affected by what sits close by on the supermarket shelfCredit: Credit - Photo courtesy of Scott...
Insilico and Elevian enter a research collaboration to discover drugs that target aging
Two longevity biotechnology companies partner to discover drugs that target agingCredit: Insilico Medicine Jan. 9, 2019, San Francisco, CA -...
Elephants take to the road for reliable resources
In a national park, researchers study African elephant movement and vegetation using satellitesCredit: Photo courtesy of Miriam Tsalyuk. January 9,...
Study finds 2 billion birds migrate over Gulf Coast
Ithaca, NY-- A new study combining data from citizen scientists and weather radar stations is providing detailed insights into spring...
NorthShore University HealthSystem and Color unlock the power of genomics in routine care
Credit: NorthShore (Evanston, IL) - January 9, 2019 - NorthShore University HealthSystem (NorthShore) and Color today announced a groundbreaking partnership...
UMass Amherst geoscientists reconstruct 'eye-opening' 900-year Northeast climate record
Geoscientists at UMass Amherst have reconstructed the longest and highest-resolution climate record for the northeastern United StatesCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST,...
Change of teeth causes yo-yo effect in elephants' weight
Credit: (Image: Christian Schiffmann) The teeth of most mammals, including humans, are only replaced once in a lifetime, when the...
Following Nepal's devastating 2015 earthquake, crisis in childhood malnutrition averted
Possible reasons include outpouring of aid, existing aid programs and relief efforts that kept child nutrition levels stable, despite post-earthquake...
A tomato for everyone: 'Sunviva' for the good of all
Credit: Culnaris - Saatgut für Lebensmittel Plant breeders at the University of Göttingen and Agrecol have launched a joint initiative...
Beech trees are dying, and nobody's sure why
Intense effort underway to find culprit behind rapid disease spreadCredit: Forest Pathology, Ohio State COLUMBUS, Ohio - A confounding new...
Potato pathogens meet their match through $8 million multistate research initiative
Exploring best practices for strong, disease-resistant potato cropsCredit: Colorado State University For several years, Colorado State University agricultural researchers have...
Metabolite produced by gut microbiota from pomegranates reduces inflammatory bowel disease
Urolithin A and its synthetic reduce inflammation and improve gut barrierCredit: Praveen Kumar Vemula, Ph.D., Institute for Stem Cell Biology...
Stressed mothers — overweight children
In the mother-child study LiNA, which is coordinated by the UFZ, they found that the perceived stress of the mother...
BRCA Exchange aggregates data on thousands of BRCA variants to understand cancer risk
A global resource that includes data on thousands of inherited variants in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes is available to...
UM researchers: Leafcutter ants emit as much N2O as wastewater treatment tanks
Credit: Courtesy of Fiona Soper MISSOULA - Tropical forests are one of the largest natural sources of the greenhouse gas...
Trees change inside as drought persists
James Cook University scientists in Australia have found that trees change their anatomy in response to prolonged drought. JCU's Associate...
Fighting another virus? Blame your parents
Genetics may play a bigger role in the body's disease-fighting ability than scientists previously thought, according to the results from...
Customization for patients with abdominal aneurysm based on 3D ultrasound imaging
Credit: Catharina Ziekenhuis Eindhoven. Customization for patients with abdominal aneurysm based on 3D ultrasound imaging Researchers from Eindhoven University of...
