Biology
PNNL and LanzaTech team to make new jet fuel
Credit: Virgin Atlantic RICHLAND, Wash. -- Carbon-rich pollution converted to a jet fuel will power a commercial flight for the...
Biologists find new genetic interdependence between mothers and their offspring
A team of biologists has discovered that the distinctive genetic processes of early development help explain patterns of animal development...
Wildfire aerosols remain longer in atmosphere than expected
Credit: Lynn Mazzoleni Rising 2,225 meters into the air on an island in the Azores archipelago, Pico Mountain Observatory is...
Engineering breast milk to treat sick infants
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University College of Engineering Kathryn Whitehead, assistant professor of chemical engineering at Carnegie Mellon University, has been...
One more year of high school may shape waistlines later in life
Credit: USC Dornsife, Center for Economic and Social Research What a difference a year of high school can make --...
Two ASU professors receive 2018 NIH New Innovator Award
Credit: Deanna Dent "No. 1 in innovation" is an accolade ASU proclaims proudly in all realms of university life. Today,...
Journal issue honors 20th anniversary of Marshall University researcher’s discovery
Credit: Marshall University HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - Twenty years ago, Zijian Xie, Ph.D., director of the Marshall Institute for Interdisciplinary Research...
Microbiologist wins National Science Foundation grant
Credit: University of Delaware/ Evan Krape and Julia Sosa Ramona Neunuebel, assistant professor of biological sciences at the University of...
Revealed: a central signal sorting hub in plants
Credit: Vinod Kumar - John Innes Centre Plants growing in the wild constantly sense and respond to a multitude of...
Cobra cannibalism more prevalent than previously thought
Credit: Photos courtesy of Bryan Maritz. Last spring, researchers in South Africa's Kalahari Desert found a large male cape cobra...
Making the right connections
Researchers at VIB and KU Leuven have uncovered a new molecular interaction that governs the formation of specific functional connections...
UTIA awarded $7.5 million to lead study of potatoes as sentinel plants
Credit: UTIA KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - Researchers with the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will lead a new effort worth...
Chemists discover unexpected enzyme structure
CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Many microbes have an enzyme that can convert carbon dioxide to carbon monoxide. This reaction is critical...
Age-related changes in skin structure & lymphatic system promote melanoma metastasis
PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 2, 2018) -- Changes in the structure of the skin and the lymphatic system that occur with...
Europe’s new X-ray laser reveals structure of antibiotic-disabling enzyme
False-colored scanning electron microscope image of two Klebsiella pneumoniae bacteria (yellow) interacting with a human white blood cell (green). Klebsiella...
Why vitamin E effect is often a matter of luck until now
Credit: Anne Günther/FSU Jena Jena, Germany (02.10.2018) It is reputed to stop skin from aging, reduce joint degeneration in rheumatism...
Wild suburbia
Credit: Arielle Parsons It's a jungle out there in the suburbs, where many wild mammals are thriving near humans. That's...
Samara University is developing a biomodule for nanosatellites
Credit: Samara University So far, nano-satellites have been mainly used to study the Earth's surface and the Earth's atmosphere, as...
USC Stem Cell scientist Andy McMahon and collaborators tune into the organ concert
Credit: Phil Channing Every minute of every day, your organs are using a complex language to communicate with each other...
The first drywood termite known to use snapping stick-like mandibles to defend its colony
Credit: Rudolf Scheffrahn Tasked to defend the colony from attackers, the specialised soldier caste in some termite species has evolved...
