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Diversity matters
Microorganisms, plants, and animals accomplish great feats every day. For example, by decomposing material, producing plant biomass, or pollinating flowers,...
Georgia Cancer Center researcher receives grant for $1,761,375 to study why aggressive form of breast cancer can resist treatment
Understanding the role a certain molecule plays in both cancer cells, as well as the cells tasked to kill foreign...
Ultrasound assessment of size, number changes for incidental gallbladder polyps
Leesburg, VA, September 23, 2021—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), recent European multisociety guidelines proposing routine surveillance of...
Salk neuroscientist Kay Tye selected as Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
LA JOLLA—(September 23, 2021) Salk Professor Kay Tye has been selected as a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator, joining...
Phosphatidylglycerol-DNA complex shown as a stable structure
An interaction of DNA with lipids is of great interest because of their functions. As fatty acids and lipids can...
New study shows that different types of cancers are likely to spread to specific areas of the brain
LOS ANGELES — Brain metastasis occurs when cancer in one part of the body spreads to the brain. The lifetime...
Could a novel light therapy help people with Alzheimers?
Alzheimer’s disease is a mind-robbing brain disorder that affects nearly 6.2 million older Americans. Despite decades of research on high-tech...
Inspired by bacteria and sperm, scientists make micro-robot swimmers
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Scientists at Cornell University have created cell-size robots that can be powered and steered by ultrasound waves. Despite...
Sex and the symbiont: Can algae hookups help corals survive?
HOUSTON – (Sept. 22, 2021) – A little more sexy time for symbionts could help coral reefs survive the trials...
Scientists show how mucus protein contributes to worsening COPD, asthma, lung conditions
CHAPEL HILL, NC – Mucus is an essential protective layer of gel-like liquid composed largely of proteins called mucins throughout...
Early Homo sapiens groups in Europe faced subarctic climates
The process how our species dispersed into new environments at that time represents an important evolutionary turning point that ultimately...
Desert teamwork explains global pattern of co-operation in birds
A new study from the Kalahari Desert finds that teamwork allows birds to cope with brutally unpredictable environments.Credit: Andrew Young...
Physiological stressors triggering disease in the heart
UTICA, NY — It’s not uncommon for people to live normal, healthy lives without knowledge of any underlying genetic conditions....
Improving control for users of robotic prosthetics
A University of Houston biomedical engineer has been awarded $2.8 million by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke...
Theory of bubbles lifts cell biology into a new, more quantitative era
The heady math that describes how bubbles form in a glass of Champagne has inspired a framework for engineering living...
Unique sugar structures could identify early-stage liver cancer
Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) researchers report in Molecular Cancer Research that they have identified specific sugar structures that correlate to...
Researchers explain how nanomaterial aids antibody response, study it as antibody factory
AMES, Iowa – The researchers’ original task was to figure out how certain polymer nanomaterials provided for a low-inflammatory immune...
Maritime rope could be adding billions of microplastics to the ocean every year
The hauling of rope on maritime vessels could result in billions of microplastic fragments entering the ocean every year, according...
Researchers study recurrent neural network structure in the brain
Two University of Wyoming researchers decided to pick each other’s brain, so to speak. Specifically, they examined the importance of...
University of Washington researchers discover four dinosaurs in Montana
A team of paleontologists from the University of Washington and its Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture excavated four...
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