Biology
Lichen is losing to wildfire, years after flames are gone
Credit: Jesse Miller/UC Davis As increasingly hot and severe wildfires scorch the West, some lichen communities integral to conifer forests...
Can rare lymphocytes combat rheumatoid arthritis?
Immunologists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg have demonstrated that ILC2, a group of rare lymphoid cells, play a key role in the...
Training the next-gen workforce in standards development with $30 million grant
Credit: Binghamton University, State University at New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has...
New RNA & DNA-sequencing platform matches thousands of drugs to late-stage cancer patients
(New York, NY - Aug. 8, 2018) -- A comprehensive RNA and DNA sequencing platform benefits late-stage and drug-resistant multiple...
NSF award to shine more light on proteins
Credit: Yong Wang / Penn State A better method to "see" proteins for improved medical diagnoses may be possible thanks...
Research reveals effective method to control algae growth on Hawaiian coral reefs
Credit: DLNR/DAR Researchers with the State of Hawai'i Division of Aquatic Resources (DAR) and the Hawai'i Institute of Marine Biology...
New discovery sheds light on proteins critical in mood and behavior disorders
New York, NY (August 8, 2018)--Researchers at Columbia University Irving Medical Center (CUIMC) have found new evidence of how certain...
Scientists create biodegradable, paper-based biobatteries
Credit: Seokheun 'Sean' Choi BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - The batteries of the future may be made out of paper. Researchers at...
EPA could change how it calculates the financial effects of regulations
The way that the Environmental Protections Agency determines the costs and benefits of regulations is under scrutiny and could soon...
Earth now and 2.5 billion years ago: New study of air helps understanding both
Sulfur isotope has helped reveal surprising information about both the origins of life on Earth and modern sources of air...
Mission: Possible — mapping dangerous terrain
Ensuring military forces have up-to-date information about a potentially hostile region offers obvious advantages, but current methods for doing that...
Expedition probes ocean’s smallest organisms for climate answers
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Katy Mersmann Satellite images of phytoplankton blooms on the surface of the ocean often dazzle...
My host is my castle
Credit: Danny Haelewaters, Harvard University, The Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Despite researchers having little fondness for them, a...
Surviving large carnivores have far-reaching impact
Credit: Belize Jaguar Project/Virginia Tech Anywhere large-bodied mammalian carnivore species are present, other, smaller carnivores are less likely to occur,...
The advances of aging research to be presented at the Basel Life Congress
Credit: Insilico Medicine Monday, August 6, 2018, Rockville, MD - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company specializing in the application of...
BioOne announces nonprofit platform partnership with SPIE
WASHINGTON, DC - July 31, 2018 : BioOne (about.BioOne.org), the nonprofit publisher of more than 200 journals from 150 scientific...
World’s fastest creature may also be one of the smallest
Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech Ask most people to identify the fastest animal on Earth and they'll suggest a cheetah,...
How to trigger innate fear response?
Credit: KAIST When animals encounter danger, they usually respond to the situation in one of two ways: to freeze or...
The value of seagrass in securing a sustainable planet
Credit: Richard Unsworth/Swansea University Researchers believe that improving knowledge of how seagrasses are important for biodiversity, fisheries and our global...
UNH Researchers find seed coats could lead to strong, tough, yet flexible materials
Credit: UNH DURHAM, N.H. - Inspired by elements found in nature, researchers at the University of New Hampshire say the...
