Biology
Nature of immune cells in the human brain disclosed
Researchers from the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience and Amsterdam UMC have disclosed the nature of how T cells protect the...
Scientists find a ‘switch’ to increase starch accumulation in algae
Credit: Sousuke Imamura Results from a collaborative study by Tokyo Institute of Technology and Tohoku University, Japan, raise prospects for...
Can chocolate, tea, coffee and zinc help make you more healthy?
Ageing and a low life expectancy are caused, at least partly, by oxidative stress. A team of researchers led by...
NASA pushes exploration of oceans in our solar system
Credit: NASA handout/Britney Schmidt/Dead Pixel VFX/Univ. of Texas at Austin NASA has navigated our solar system with spacecraft and landers,...
Bee diversity and richness decline as anthropogenic activity increases, confirm scientists
Credit: Alejandro Muñoz-Urias, Alvaro Edwin Razo Leon Changes in land use negatively affect bee species richness and diversity, and cause...
Zebrafish larvae help in search for appetite suppressants
Credit: © National Institute of Genetics, CC BY 4.0 Researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University have developed...
Zebrafish larvae help in search for appetite suppressants
Credit: © National Institute of Genetics, CC BY 4.0 Researchers at the University of Zurich and Harvard University have developed...
Updated European guidance for the diagnosis and management of osteoporosis in women
The clinical significance of osteoporosis lies in the painful, debilitating fractures that arise, which are a major cause of long-term...
A shortcut in the global sulfur cycle
Credit: NASA Sulphur is found in many different compounds throughout the world - not only in the atmosphere, but also...
‘Cryptic’ interactions drive biodiversity decline near the edge of forest fragments
When humans cut contiguous tropical forests into smaller fragments, ecologists say, forests along the edges of those fragments tend to...
Cocaine-fentanyl overdoses underscore need for more ‘test strips’ and rapid response
PHILADELPHIA - Penn Medicine emergency department physicians are calling for more readily available testing strips to identify the presence of...
Seeing cell membranes in a new light
If you want to understand how the cell membrane works, Adam Cohen says, look no further than your kitchen. Cohen,...
Study: Impact of mercury-controlling policies shrinks with every five-year delay
Mercury is an incredibly stubborn toxin. Once it is emitted from the smokestacks of coal-fired power plants, among other sources,...
Searching in soil, scientists find a new way to combat tuberculosis
Credit: Jacob Arthur Pritchard for The Rockefeller University For decades, doctors have been using antibiotics to fight tuberculosis (TB). And...
Zika circulates among wild animals in the Americas, making eradication nearly impossible
GALVESTON, Texas -A collaborative group of researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and the Faculty of...
Researchers solve the mystery of the bird from Atlantis
The world's smallest flightless bird can be found on Inaccessible Island in the middle of the South Atlantic. Less than...
Bioluminescent substance discovered in Brazilian cave worm larva
Credit: Vadim Viviani / UFSCar An insect larva found in the caves of Intervales State Park, an Atlantic Rainforest remnant...
Your showerhead slime is alive
The day after Halloween, something scary may still lurk inside your showerhead. Researchers at CIRES have identified Mycobacterium as the...
New study finds unique immunity genes in one widespread coral species
Credit: Kevin Rodriguez MIAMI--A new study led by researchers at the University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and...
Research: heat-resistant enzymes could produce more cost-effective drugs
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences could change the way scientists look at one...
