Science News

September 17, 2025

New book on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine from CSHLPress

Credit: Joseph P. Vacanti Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release of Tissue...

Scientists developed ‘smart fertilizer’

Credit: Press-office SibFU According to the head of the works Tatiana Volova, Professor of SibFU and the Head of Laboratory...

Dig, dive, survive

We humans aren't the only creatures drawn by the smell of a good meal. Fruit fly larvae, it turns out,...

Building a morphogen gradient by simple diffusion in a growing plant leaf

Credit: NIBB In an article published on September 5th in Biophysical Journal, the team of Associate Professor Kensuke Kawade at...

Invasive plants change ecosystems from the bottom up

In a common garden at the University of Rhode Island, Laura Meyerson has been growing specimens of Phragmites - also...

Heparin stimulates food intake and body weight gain in mice

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine and South China Agricultural University Heparin is a medication widely used to prevent blood clotting;...

Was the primordial soup a hearty pre-protein stew?

(Georgia Institute of Technology) How proteins evolved billions of years ago, when Earth was devoid of life, has stumped many...

Helping in the fight against illegal gold mining in Colombia

Credit: University of Portsmouth A University of Portsmouth disaster specialist is helping with the fight in Colombia against illegal gold...

California Academy of Sciences assembles genome of threatened northern spotted owl

Birds choose mates with ornamental traits

Credit: NOAA Photo Library via Wikimedia Commons A recurring theme in nature documentaries is that of choosy females selecting brightly...

New strategy for vaccinating pregnant mothers against malaria holds promise for protecting infants

Washington, DC - September 5, 2017 - A mother and infant in Malawi have the same repertoire of antibodies to...

‘Bee’ informed: Public interest exceeds understanding in bee conservation

Credit: Joseph Wilson, Utah State University Many people have heard bee populations are declining due to such threats as colony...

Artificial Intelligence and Blockchain Technology for Healthcare Forum at the Basel Life Conference

Tuesday, September 5th, 2018, Baltimore MD, Insilico Medicine today announced that its founder and CEO, Alex Zhavoronkov will present the...

Improving US melon crop focus of $4.4 million study at Texas A&M AgriLife Research

Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo) COLLEGE STATION -- More than $4.4 million is being funded to discover ways to...

New, ultra-rare gene mutations implicated in eating disorders

Credit: CC PLOS ONE By combining whole exome sequencing, machine learning, and network analysis, researchers have identified new, ultra-rare gene...

PSA screening significantly reduces the risk for death from prostate cancer

1. Re-analysis of evidence suggests that PSA screening significantly reduces the risk for death from prostate cancer Abstract: http://annals.org/aim/article/doi/10.7326/M16-2586 Editorial:...

DNA and protein ‘liquid biopsy’ for early pancreatic cancer better than either alone

Johns Hopkins scientists say they have developed a blood test that spots tumor-specific DNA and protein biomarkers for early-stage pancreatic...

ICON8 trial reaffirms standard dosing in ovarian cancer chemo

LUGANO-MADRID, 04 September, 2017 - European women with ovarian cancer can safely stick to the standard three-week dosing schedule for...

Mysterious protein-folding molecule could trigger metabolic disorders

Credit: Illustration provided courtesy of Dr. Feng Hong of the Medical University of South Carolina. The cell's response to unfolded...

Superfly flight simulator helps unravel navigation in the brain