Biology
Award for project on the positive influence of maternal intestinal microbes
Credit: Courtesy of Stephanie Ganal-Vonarburg The winner of the Johanna Duermueller-Bol DBMR Research Award 2018 is Dr. Stephanie Ganal-Vonarburg. As...
Need to mail mosquitoes? Pack them up nice and snug
Credit: Geoffrey M. Attardo, Ph.D., University of California, Davis/Journal of Insect Science Annapolis, MD; November 7, 2018--In the global effort...
Financial giants can have a pivotal role for climate stability
Financial institutions, such as banks and pension funds, have a key role to play in efforts to avoid dangerous climate...
Modern slavery promotes overfishing
Credit: Valentina Ruiz Leotaud. Labour abuses, including modern slavery, are 'hidden subsidies' that allow distant-water fishing fleets to remain profitable...
An overlooked giant: Useful and abundant, African ‘Zam’ palm newly described for science
Credit: Thomas L.P. Couvreur Common sight along road sides in south Cameroon and western Gabon, and growing in hard-to-be-missed dense...
Protecting adult female north atlantic right whales from injury and death key to recovery
Why is the endangered western North Atlantic right whale population growing far more slowly than those of southern right whales,...
IOB contributes to one of four new #BertarelliNeuro research projects
The Bertarelli Foundation has awarded collaborative research grants to four teams of scientists representing Harvard Medical School, its affiliated teaching...
Hunt for interesting metabolites with the antiSMASH database
Credit: Anne Lykke/DTU The antiSMASH tool can help researchers find bacterial genes responsible for the biosynthesis of interesting metabolites such...
Improving the understanding of death receptor functions in cells
Credit: Sjoerd van Wijk An effective regulation of programmed cell death is crucial for the correct development of embryos, a...
White wine, lemon juice combo prevents unwanted discoloration of pastry dough
No matter if it's grandma's cookies or commercially produced rolls, pastry lovers expect their baked goods to have a certain...
A bionic mushroom that generates electricity
Credit: American Chemical Society In the quest to replace fossil fuels, scientists are always on the lookout for alternative, environmentally...
‘Bionic mushrooms’ fuse nanotech, bacteria and fungi
Credit: Sudeep Joshi, Stevens Institute of Technology In their latest feat of engineering, researchers at Stevens Institute of Technology have...
Utah’s Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument home to rich bee diversity
Credit: Joseph S. Wilson, USU LOGAN, UTAH, USA - The state of Utah's nickname is "The Beehive State," and the...
UTSA constructs world’s most comprehensive digital roadmap to unlock male infertility
(San Antonio, Nov. 7, 2018) -- Millions of couples who have trouble conceiving may get relief from new research led...
Study compares stools of breastfed and formula-fed infants
When researchers compared the stools of 40 infants who were exclusively breastfed with those of 13 who were exclusively formula...
Researchers examine health behaviors after childhood cancer diagnosis
In a Psycho-Oncology study of childhood cancer survivors, several health behaviors fell short of expectations for exercise and diet during...
Artificial intelligence may fall short when analyzing data across multiple health systems
(New York - November 6, 2018) Artificial intelligence (AI) tools trained to detect pneumonia on chest X-rays suffered significant decreases...
ZSL report finds palm oil companies’ commitments lacking
Credit: ©ZSL-Sophia Gynch Zero-deforestation commitments within the palm oil industry risk being undermined by a lack of monitoring within production...
Updated book compiles 45 years of changes in Pacific Northwest flora
Credit: Illustrations by Crystal Shin Botanists at the University of Washington's Burke Museum of Natural History & Culture have created...
Research calls for new approach to tropical marine conservation
Credit: Project Seagrass In an article in Current Biology, Dr Richard Unsworth from the University's College of Science, has revealed...
