Biology
How wasp and bee stinger designs help deliver the pain
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Next time you're stung by a wasp or a honeybee, consider the elegantly designed stinger that caused...
Insilico Medicine to present at the NVIDIA GPU Technology Conference Europe
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, October 8, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of...
How vampire bats are supporting virus research
A new research project underway at Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin is investigating how, and under what conditions, viruses can persist...
Breast cancer drug could be used to treat life-threatening leukaemia
A recently-approved breast cancer drug could be used to target and treat a life-threatening leukaemia, new research has revealed. Experts...
Charting genetic differences in breast can improve care for underserved populations
A study comparing DNA and RNA data from Nigerian breast cancer patients to patients in a United States database found...
Faith-based intervention successful at managing hypertension in black communities, new study finds
Lifestyle intervention delivered in churches by community-based health workers led to a significant reduction in blood pressure among African Americans...
Sustainable intensification of crops topic of symposium
Sustainable intensification is an approach that aims to increase crop yields on existing agricultural land while minimizing the negative environmental...
Inflammation in the womb may explain why some babies are more prone to sepsis after birth
Credit: American Journal of Pathology Philadelphia, PA, October 9, 2018 - Each year 15 million infants are born preterm and...
Too much vitamin A may increase risk of bone fractures
Consuming too much vitamin A may decrease bone thickness, leading to weak and fracture prone bones, according to a study...
Dryer, less predictable environment may have spurred human evolution
Credit: Robin Renaut A progressively drying climate punctuated by variable wetter episodes may have precipitated the transition from our hominin...
High-res data offer most detailed look yet at trawl fishing footprint around the world
Credit: University of Washington About a quarter of the world's seafood caught in the ocean comes from bottom trawling, a...
Genes responsible for difference in flower color of snapdragons identified
Credit: David Field Snapdragons are charming tall plants, and flower in a range of bright colors. In Spain, where snapdragons...
Study shows land-locked Atlantic salmon also use magnetic field to navigate
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A new study shows that Atlantic salmon use the Earth's magnetic field as a navigational tool -...
Previously unknown genetic aberrations found to be associated with Alzheimer’s progression
In a large-scale analysis of RNA from postmortem human brain tissue, researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount...
Expanding fungal diversity, one cell at a time
They can be found on forest floors, swamps and in houses, ranging in size from smaller than the period on...
Getting a grip on the slow but unique evolution of sharks
Scientists at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) in Japan, in collaboration with other Japanese institutes and aquariums,...
When yesterday’s agriculture feeds today’s water pollution
A study led by researchers at Université de Montréal quantifies for the first time the maximum amount of nutrients -...
Big discoveries about tiny particles
Credit: Illustration courtesy of Hojin Kim From photonics to pharmaceuticals, materials made with polymer nanoparticles hold promise for products of...
Novel technology enables detection of early-stage lung cancer when surgical cure still is possible
Credit: Fang Wei, EZLife Bio Philadelphia, October 8, 2018 - Non-small-cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC) is often fatal because most cases...
Carbon emissions from Amazonian forest fires up to 4 times worse than feared
Carbon losses caused by El Niño forest fires of 2015 and 2016 could be up to four times greater than...
