Biology
Scientists chase mystery of how dogs process words
Credit: Photo courtesy Gregory Berns, Emory University When some dogs hear their owners say "squirrel," they perk up, become agitated....
Honey bee researcher Gene Robinson elected to National Academy of Medicine
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Entomology professor Gene Robinson, an international leader in honey bee research,...
PPR virus poses threat to conservation
Credit: B. Ariunbaatar/WCS Mongolia NEW YORK (October 15, 2018) - A team of conservationists from the Royal Veterinary College, WCS,...
New immunotherapy targeting blood-clotting protein
SAN FRANCISCO, CA--October 15, 2018--Normally, the blood protein fibrin does not enter the brain. But in several neurological disorders, the...
Researchers at MU produce virus-resistant pigs, could vastly improve global animal health
Researchers at the University of Missouri have successfully produced a litter of pigs that are genetically resistant to a deadly...
MSU recipient of $3.2 million USDA grant for a better lentil crop
Credit: Mary Burrows BOZEMAN -- Montanans have grown lentils for two decades, at times producing more lentils than any other...
Professor Karen Kasza wins Packard Fellowship
Credit: Timothy Lee Photographers Karen Kasza, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering at Columbia Engineering, has won a...
Conference highlights good examples of climate change adaptation in Nordic region
The Nordic countries have begun the job of adapting their societies to climate change. But a lot of work remains....
An RNA key that unlocks innate immunity
RNA has long been the neglected middle child of biomolecules, the go-between between DNA, which encodes the cell's instructions, and...
A new mechanism for how animal cells stay intact
Credit: Manu Prakash Almost eight years ago, Stanford University bioengineer Manu Prakash was looking for a way to watch every...
Did mosasaurs hunt like killer whales?
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services Did prehistoric sea creatures called mosasaurs subdue prey by ramming them with their bony...
Goldilocks principle in biology — fine-tuning the ‘just right’ signal load
Credit: Kasper Røjkjær Andersen, Simon Kelly and Simona Radutoiu. In the fairy tale "Goldilock and the Three Bears", the girl...
Tropical moths in the mountains are larger
Credit: (Photo: Gunnar Brehm/FSU Jena) Jena, Germany (12.10.18) Researchers from three universities have measured more than 19,000 tropical moths from...
Quantifying evolutionary impacts of humans on the biosphere is harder than it seems
Credit: Andrew Hendry Are human disturbances to the environment driving evolutionary changes in animals and plants? A new study conducted...
Calm the immune system, halt premature birth
Premature birth is the leading cause of infant death and disability in the U.S., and costs billions in dollars and...
Classifying microbes differently leads to discovery
Changing the way microbes are classified can reveal similarities among mammals' gut microbiomes, according to a new study. The study,...
Innovative tool allows continental-scale water, energy, and land system modeling
A new large-scale hydroeconomic model, developed by the Water Program at IIASA, will allow researchers to study water systems across...
Liver-on-a-chip, the ideal test environment for CRISPR
Credit: Marco-Alexis Chaira Tempe, Ariz. - Two Arizona State University professors are among the first recipients of Somatic Cell Genome...
Irrigating vegetables with wastewater in African cities may spread disease
Urban farmers growing vegetables to feed millions of people in Africa's ever-growing cities could unwittingly be helping to spread disease...
NIH programs shed light on gene variants and their connections to health and disease
Programs supported by the National Institutes of Health are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human...
