Biology
Scientists show polar ‘polynya’ supported marine life during last Ice Age
Credit: Matthias Forwick However, there was a small ice-free 'polynya' between the frozen continents and the open ocean where microscopic...
Despite restaurant pledges, most kids receive unhealthy items with fast-food kids’ meals
Credit: Bill Kelly, Kelly Design Company Hartford, Conn. - A new study of parents' fast-food restaurant purchases for their children...
Big increase in economic costs if cuts in greenhouse gas emissions are delayed
Stronger efforts to cut emissions of greenhouse gases should be undertaken if global warming of more than 1.5 Celsius degrees...
Bureau of Reclamation funds Upper Missouri River pallid sturgeon study
Credit: USGS Bureau of Reclamation Commissioner Brenda Burman announced that Reclamation is providing $45,000 to the Montana Fish, Wildlife and...
Elusive stem cells could help repair damaged blood vessels
A unique source of stem cells in blood helps to build blood vessels in the growing embryo according to new...
New plants on the block: Taller species are taking over in a warming Arctic
Credit: Anne Bjorkman Frankfurt/ Leipzig, Germany, 26.09.2018. Until now, the Arctic tundra has been the domain of low-growing grasses and...
Bees’ medicine chest should include sunflower pollen, UMass Amherst study suggests
Credit: UMass Amherst/Jonathan Giacomini AMHERST, Mass. - A new study by Jonathan Giacomini and his former advisor, evolutionary ecologist Lynn...
UMass Amherst neuroscientists see clues to brain maturation in adolescent rats
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - One of the outstanding questions in neurodevelopment research has been identifying how connections in...
Berkeley evolutionary biologist wins Milner Centre Prize
Credit: University of Bath Evolutionary biologist Dr Alison Feder from University of California, Berkeley has been named winner of the...
Olfactory cells may act as ‘Trojan horse,’ carry anticancer therapy to deadly brain tumors
A special type of cell essential to the ability of olfactory neurons to regenerate may be genetically engineered to deliver...
Improving kidney function in older populations
Credit: University of Houston Mohammad Asghar, associate professor of pharmacology at the University of Houston, has been awarded $459,000 from...
Shaking the swarm
Credit: Credit: Jacob Peters, Orit Peleg/Harvard University If it's a bad idea to kick a hornet's nest, it's certainly a...
Invasive snakes ‘hitchhiking’ on planes
Credit: Professor Bryan Fry A team of international scientists has discovered why brown tree snakes have become one of the...
Novel method produces highest-ever signals for human embryonic stem cell detection
Credit: SUTD A new method developed by researchers at Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD) can potentially ensure patient...
More persistent weather patterns in US linked to Arctic warming
Credit: NASA Earth Observatory Persistent weather conditions, including dry and wet spells, generally have increased in the United States, perhaps...
Connection between ‘chalky teeth’ in children and the uptake of Bisphenol A not likely
Depending on symptomatic and phenotypic severity the condition of chalky teeth is categorised into three levels. The symptoms of chalky...
A mechanism of color pattern formation in ladybird beetles
Credit: NIBB Many ladybirds have attractive color patterns consisting of black and red. This prominent color pattern is thought to...
African swine fever: No risk to consumers
The ASF pathogen is a virus which infects domestic pigs and wild boar and which leads to a severe, often...
Researchers discover molecule involved in the repair of liver wounds
Credit: Nádia Duarte, IGC. A new study from researchers of CEDOC-NOVA Medical School|Faculdade de Ciências Médicas and Instituto Gulbenkian de...
New online tool helps EU member states map and assess ecosystems and their services
Credit: ESMERALDA The recently introduced online resource - the ESMERALDA MAES Explorer - aids decision-makers from policy, science and society...
