Biology
Researchers say auditory testing can identify children for autism screening
Testing at birth could allow for optimized early interventions that improve outcomes, according to review in The Journal of the...
Scientists call for more diversity in genomic research
A growing number of genomic studies have generated important discoveries regarding human health and behaviour, but new research from the...
Stevens researcher receives NSF CAREER Award to develop portable solar panels
Stephanie Lee has been awarded one of NSF's most prestigious awards for her work in making solar panels portable, affordable...
Revised Brazilian forest code may lead to increased legal deforestation in Amazon
Researchers show that up to 15 million hectares of forest risk losing protection owing to a new clause in the...
Montana State research shows gut microbiome protects against acute arsenic toxicity
Credit: Adrian Sanchez-Gonzalez BOZEMAN -- Research conducted at Montana State University shows that microbes in the human gut play an...
Where will the world's next Zika, West Nile or Dengue virus come from?
Model identifies most likely wildlife hosts for emerging flavivirusesCredit: (T. Smiley Evans/UC Davis) After collecting data and comparing it with...
Plant hedges to combat near-road pollution exposure
Urban planners should plant hedges, or a combination of trees with hedges - rather than just relying on roadside trees...
The Mark Foundation for Cancer Research funds eight high-risk, high-reward projects
Announcing the inaugural cohort of The Mark Foundation's Emerging Leader Awards NEW YORK, NY -- The Mark Foundation for Cancer...
Essential amino acid in humans, methionine, controls cell growth programs
A recent study from the Laxman lab at inStem, Bangalore, elucidates how a small metabolite and amino acid, methionine, acts...
Our bodies may cure themselves of diabetes in the future
Researchers have found that neighbour-cells can take over functions of damaged or missing insulin-producing cells; the discovery may lead to...
Forest soundscapes monitor conservation efforts inexpensively, effectively
Recordings of the sounds in tropical forests could unlock secrets about biodiversity and aid conservation efforts around the world, according...
A 'bran' new way to preserve healthy food with natural ingredients
Credit: Ben Chrisfield A natural antioxidant found in grain bran could preserve food longer and replace synthetic antioxidants currently used...
Slime proves valuable in developing method for counting salmon in Alaska
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Scientists have published a novel method for counting Pacific salmon - analyzing DNA from the slime the...
The transgenic key to more productive crops
Transgenic tobacco plants engineered with synthetic metabolic pathways designed to bypass the inefficient and costly side effects of natural photorespiration...
Does mountaintop removal also remove rattlesnakes?
Mining operations in Appalachia permanently alter habitat availability for rattlesnakesCredit: Photo courtesy of Thomas Maigret. On the Cumberland Plateau in...
BabySeq project explores impacts of genetic disease testing in newborns
In the 1960s, doctors began screening newborns for a metabolic condition called phenylketonuria (PKU). Since then, dozens of other diseases...
Gut immune cells cut inflammation in multiple sclerosis
Credit: Jim Oldfield Researchers at the University of Toronto and UC San Francisco have discovered that the intestine is the...
DNA design that anyone can do
Computer program can translate a free-form 2-D drawing into a DNA structure Researchers at MIT and Arizona State University have...
Sandia microneedles technique may mean quicker diagnoses of major illnesses
Exposure to chemical and biological attacks more rapidly determinedCredit: Randy Montoya, Sandia National Laboratories ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- When people are...
Researchers locate the body's largest cell receptor
A giant toadstool that swallow up vitamins and nutrients. This is how the receptor, which e.g. absorbs B12 vitamin, looks....
