Biology
Institutional investors boost a company’s social performance, a new study finds
Credit: Bocconi University / VAS Since institutional investors own the bulk of the world's equity capital, it is important to...
‘Game-changing’ funding success for European research alliance
Credit: Andrew Davis A major grant to fund curiosity-driven research into plant communication has been awarded to a John Innes...
Wildlife on the highway to hell: Roadkill in the largest wetland, Pantanal region, Brazil
Credit: Michel Passos Having systematically monitored wild animals killed on the Brazilian federal highway BR-262, which passes through the Pantanal...
Gut microbiota of infants predicts obesity in children
Washington, DC - October 23, 2018 - Evaluating the gut microbiota of infants may help identify children who are at...
Breakthrough test screens for all known bacterial infections
Scientists at the Center for Infection and Immunity (CII) in the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health have developed...
The role of the Atg2 protein in tethering pre-autophagosomal membranes to the endoplasmic reticulum
Credit: Tetsuya Kotani at Tokyo Tech Postdoctoral Researcher Tetsuya Kotani, Associate Professor Hitoshi Nakatogawa, Honorary Professor Yoshinori Ohsumi and colleagues...
Motion sickness vs. cybersickness: Two different problems or the same condition?
Rockville, Md. (October 23, 2018)--Contrary to previous research, severe motion sickness and cybersickness--a type of motion sickness that stems from...
Mechanics of birds’ nests subject of NSF research
Credit: Dr. Hunter King, The University of Akron Some of the best engineering, it turns out, is done by bird...
Pancreatic cancer genetic marker may predict outcomes with radiation therapy
(PHILADELPHIA) - Pancreatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to treat and is a leading cause of cancer-related...
Reclamation allocates $3.9 million for research projects to support water management
Credit: Alex Stephens, Bureau of Reclamation The Bureau of Reclamation is providing $3.9 million through its Science and Technology Program...
Spotlighting differences in closely-related species
Credit: Ellen Kirstine Lyhne, DTU There are millions of fungal species, and those few hundred found in the Aspergillus genus...
Special journal issue looks for new clues about old life
Credit: Scott Evans Riverside Calif. --Hundreds of millions of years before there was a chicken or an egg to debate,...
Study finds availability of nitrogen to plants is declining as climate warms
Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Andrew Elmore FROSTBURG, MD (October 22, 2018)--Researchers have found that global changes, including...
Fracking wastewater accumulation found in freshwater mussels’ shells
Credit: Westcott Phillip Elevated concentrations of strontium, an element associated with oil and gas wastewaters, have accumulated in the shells...
Losing control of gene activity in Alzheimer’s disease
Pioneering research into the mechanisms controlling gene activity in the brain could hold the key to understanding Alzheimer's disease and...
New protein sequencing method could transform biological research
Credit: David Steadman/University of Texas at Austin A team of researchers at The University of Texas at Austin has demonstrated...
Monitoring electromagnetic signals in the brain with MRI
Credit: Felice Frankel CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Researchers commonly study brain function by monitoring two types of electromagnetism -- electric fields...
New tool gives deeper understanding of glioblastoma
ITHACA, N.Y. - Researchers in the lab of Charles Danko at the Baker Institute for Animal Health have developed a...
Ancient enzymes the catalysts for new discoveries
Credit: The University of Queensland University of Queensland-led research recreating 450 million-year-old enzymes has resulted in a biochemical engineering 'hack'...
Researchers wake-up DNA from soil bacteria to discover novel acid antibiotic
Credit: University of Warwick Scleric Acid has been discovered by capturing and engineering a DNA fragment from soil bacteria Streptomyces...
