Biology
Alarmingly low awareness of urology across Europe
Credit: European Association of Urology (EAU) Arnhem (The Netherlands), 24 September 2018 - Public awareness of urological conditions is alarmingly...
NIH supports study of health risks and resilience following Hurricanes Irma and Maria
Eight new awards will help researchers examine the health impacts in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands following the...
Researchers explore how changes in diet alter microbiome in artificial intestine
Washington, DC - September 21, 2018 - Using an artificial intestine they created, researchers have shown that the microbiome can...
Morris Animal Foundation awards $850,000 in grants supporting wildlife research
Morris Animal Foundation is extending $850,000 in support to wildlife research through grants to 13 studies. The studies cover a...
AGA and ESNM announce 2019 Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit
Bethesda, MD (Sept. 21, 2018) - The American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is proud to partner with the European Society of...
Dr. Boukrina of Kessler Foundation examines reading deficit treatments after stroke
Credit: Kessler Foundation Olga Boukrina, PhD, research scientist in Stroke Rehabilitation Research at Kessler Foundation, has received a $10,000 grant...
Philly refinery fails to include public input in cleanup efforts
Over a decade of remediation planning and regulatory approvals at Philadelphia's neighborhood refinery has occurred without the benefit of municipal...
Light pollution makes fish more courageous
Credit: David Bierbach, IGB Artificial light at night also makes guppies more courageous during the day, according to a behavioural...
Carnegie Mellon biologist receives NSF ‘Understanding Rules of Life’ grant
Credit: Maureen Stolzer and Dannie Durand, Carnegie Mellon University The Department of Biological Sciences' Dannie Durand is one of 29...
Breast milk may be best for premature babies’ brain development
Credit: Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory, the University of Edinburgh Babies born before their due date show better brain development when...
In zebrafish, a way to find new cancer therapies, targeting tumor modulators
Credit: Katherine C. Cohen/Boston Children's Hospital The lab of Leonard Zon, MD, at Boston Children's Hospital has long been interested...
Lyme disease: A study on the speed of transmission by infected ticks
Lyme borreliosis is a disease caused by bacteria of the genus Borrelia that are transmitted by a bite from a...
Scientists have discovered how to predict life of implants without animal testing
Credit: © Niels Wegner An international team of researchers consisting of scientists from NUST MISIS and TU Dortmund University has...
The first predators and their self-repairing teeth
The earliest predators appeared on Earth 480 million years ago - and they even had teeth which were capable of...
Scientists discovered 20 new gnat species in Brazil
Credit: Olavi Kurina/wwf.org Due to the heterogenity of natural habitats and its dimension, Brazil is thought to hold 15 -...
Synthetic organelle shows how tiny puddle-organs in our cells work
Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt A couple of sugars, a dash of enzymes, a pinch of salt, a splash...
Researchers make major breakthrough in controlling the 3D structure of molecules
NEW YORK, September 20, 2018 -- New drug discovery has long been limited by researchers' inability to precisely control the...
100 million Arctic project will survey changes in the declining sea ice
(University of Huddersfield) Geophysicist and seasoned Arctic researcher Dr Phil Hwang join what will be the largest Arctic expedition ever...
New evidence for coordinated hedgehog and Wnt pathway activation in appendage regeneration
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, September 20, 2018-Researchers have made a significant new discovery concerning the...
Manganese plays a key role in bacterial infection
Credit: Photo by Nathan Shankar, University of Oklahoma, digital colorization by Stephen Ausmus. United States Department of Agriculture, 2009. The...
