Biology
Montana State study gauges health of the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem
Credit: Linda Phillips BOZEMAN -- A Montana State University study of Yellowstone National Park and the surrounding area shows that...
Researchers discover how caged molecules ‘rattle and sing’
A team of energy researchers from the University of Minnesota and University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered that molecular motion...
Farewell flat biology — Tackling infectious disease using 3-D tissue engineering
Credit: Credit: Jennifer Barrila, Cheryl Nickerson and Michael Northrop and licensed by ASU through Shutterfly. The inset looking into the...
Molecules imagined using next-generation artificial intelligence validated experimentally
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Tuesday, September 11th, Rockville, MD - Today, Insilico Medicine, Inc., a Rockville-based next-generation artificial intelligence company...
Total of 21 new parasitoid wasps following the first ever revision of their genus
Credit: Agnièle Touret-Alby As many as twenty-one species of parasitoid wasps are described as new to science, following the first...
Evaluating the contribution of black carbon to climate change
Credit: Hitoshi Matsui Nagoya, Japan - Black carbon refers to tiny carbon particles that form during incomplete combustion of carbon-based...
New colour-generation mechanism discovered in ‘rainbow’ weevil
Credit: Dr Bodo D Wilts Researchers from Yale-NUS College and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland have discovered a novel...
Bioinformaticians examine new genes the moment they are born
As most of us have learned at school, organisms evolve gradually due to the accumulation of many small genetic changes...
Virus may help combat fire ants, but caution is needed
Credit: Kyoto University/Yang Native to South America, "red imported fire ants" were introduced accidentally into the United States in the...
New research unravels the mysteries of deep soil carbon
Credit: J. Bryan Curtis HANOVER, N.H. - September 11, 2018 - Energy-starved microbes may be the force that causes huge...
What catches our eye
We are almost constantly surrounded by a variety of visual objects, all of which could, theoretically, be important for us....
New £400,000 program to support data-driven biomedical start-ups
(The Francis Crick Institute) Innovate UK is investing £400,000 to launch KQ Labs, an accelerator program at the Francis Crick...
NYU awarded over $65 million for research on environmental influences on children’s health
New York, NY - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded New York University nearly $66 million over the...
Large trucks are biggest culprits of near-road air pollution
Credit: Marit Mitchell For the 30 per cent of Canadians who live within 500 metres of a major roadway, a...
A ‘reset’ of regulatory T-cells reverses chronic heart failure in mouse model
Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - A heart attack triggers an acute inflammatory response, followed by resolution of inflammation and wound...
Switch in the climatic factors controlling vegetation dynamics on the Tibetan Plateau
Credit: Advances in Atmospheric Sciences The ecosystem of the Tibetan Plateau (often referred as the "third pole of the Earth")...
Device to corral viable sperm may speed IVF process
Credit: Meisam Zaferani/Cornell ITHACA, N.Y. - For couples hoping for a baby via in vitro fertilization, chances have improved. A...
Jumping genes drive sex chromosome changes in strawberries
PITTSBURGH--The transfer of gene cassettes across generations of strawberry plants has been shown to drive changes in sex chromosomes, according...
Change your diet to save both water and your health
Credit: European Union, 2018 Shifting to a healthy diet is not only good for us, but it also saves a...
US wildfire smoke deaths could double by 2100
WASHINGTON D.C. -- The number of deaths associated with the inhalation of wildfire smoke in the U.S. could double by...
