Biology
Multidisciplinary team tackles agricultural threat to global food security
Credit: Clemson University College of Science Weak corn and sorghum stalks cause the loss of about 20 percent of the...
Encouraging scientists to collaborate on the tropics
Credit: Barry V. Williams for the University of Miami College of Arts & Sciences Timothy Perez, a biology Ph.D. student...
Syrian War study yields new predictive model for attrition dynamics in multilateral war
Key Takeaway: Unless there is a player so strong it can guarantee a win regardless of what others do, the...
Computer model reveals effect of increased cholesterol on specific ion channel in heart
Using a computer model, researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of Illinois at Chicago have revealed the...
Low-severity wildfires impact soils more than previously believed
Credit: Teamrat Ghezzehei, UCM. Low-severity wildland fires and prescribed burns have long been presumed by scientists and resource managers to...
Researchers identify molecule with anti-aging effects on vascular system, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A molecule produced during fasting or calorie restriction has anti-aging effects on the vascular system, which...
Zika virus strips immune cells of their identity
Credit: UC San Diego Health Macrophages are immune cells that are supposed to protect the body from infection by viruses...
Transparency may improve US home buyout programs
Imagine a major storm hits your neighborhood and the government offers to purchase homes with "a history of flood damage."...
UTSA researchers develop tools to prepare for chemical attacks
Credit: Suddher BhimiReddy and Kiran Bhaganagar It was morning in Khan Sheikhoun, a small rural town in the north of...
Finding Nemo’s genes
Credit: Tane Sinclair-Taylor An international team of researchers has mapped Nemo's genome, providing the research community with an invaluable resource...
Low fitness may indicate poor arterial health in adolescents
A recent Finnish study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä showed that adolescents with better aerobic fitness have more compliant...
2018 Lasker Awards for basic and clinical medical research and special achievement
C. David Allis and Michael Grunstein for discoveries elucidating how gene expression is influenced by chemical modification of histones--the proteins...
Breakthrough in understanding Warsaw breakage syndrome
Credit: Takuya Abe Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and the FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology (IFOM) in Italy have uncovered...
Cryptosporidiosis worsened in mice on probiotics
Washington, DC - August 31, 2018 - In an unexpected research finding infections with the intestinal parasite, Cryptosporidium parvum, worsened...
Printing with sound
Credit: Credits: Daniele Foresti, Leah Burrows, Jennifer A. Lewis, Harvard University. Harvard University researchers have developed a new printing method...
Cannibalistic materials feed on themselves to grow new nanostructures
Credit: Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy; image by Xiahan Sang and Andy Sproles. OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug....
UTA doctoral student in biology earns prestigious AAUW fellowship
Credit: UT Arlington Shannon Beston, a doctoral student in biology at The University of Texas at Arlington, has received a...
Better communication can enhance US chemical exposure incident response, new evaluation says
WASHINGTON --First responders to major chemical exposure incidents in the United States can improve treatment protocols for at-risk casualties with...
We can still save Earth
Credit: World Scientific With article after article of news reports, research, and opinion pieces by scientists and experts spelling doom...
Severe human infection with a novel avian-origin influenza A(H7N4) virus
Credit: ©Science China Press Wild birds are believed to be the reservoir of influenza A viruses, and poultry may serve...
