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Wave Glider surfs across stormy Drake Passage in Antarctica
Credit: Avery Snyder/University of Washington The Southern Ocean is key to Earth's climate, but the same gusting winds, big waves...
More mouths can be fed by boosting number of plant pores
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University Scientists at ITbM, Nagoya University have synthesized a new bioactive small molecule that has the ability...
Sandia Labs wins 5 regional technology transfer awards
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories/Randy Wong ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories won five awards from the 2017 Federal Laboratory Consortium...
Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes
Credit: Courtesy of Aronowski lab, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. While immune cells called neutrophils are known to...
New $5.4 million grant to JAX funds studies of ‘cognitive resilience’ to Alzheimer’s disease
A new five-year grant totaling $5,382,423 to Jackson Laboratory (JAX) Assistant Professor Catherine Kaczorowski will fund research to explore why...
Rolling dice for cell size specification in plant leaf epidermis
Credit: NIBB One of the central questions in biology is how a cell specifies its size. Because size distribution often...
Using AI, citizen science and disaster response to help victims of Hurricane Irma
A highly unusual collaboration between information engineers at Oxford, the Zooniverse citizen science platform and international disaster response organization Rescue...
Oxidative stress produces damage linked with increased risk of preterm birth
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A group of scientists led by Ramkumar Menon...
Discovery helps improve accuracy of CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing
Credit: Janet Iwasa graphic for Doudna Lab Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley and Massachusetts General Hospital have identified...
How do human impacts on wetlands affect animals?
A new Biological Reviews study provides a comprehensive assessment of how changes to wetlands affect animals, and the authors use...
Novel small antibody fragment: A valuable tool in crystallography
Credit: Osaka University Osaka - Antibodies are a powerful weapon system in defending our body against invaders such as bacteria...
Research provides clues to treat depression, autism and other neuropsychiatric disorders
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Alterations in a naturally occurring chemical in the brain called serotonin have been linked to a...
In search of a greener cleaner
PITTSBURGH (September 18, 2017) - Molecular chelating agents are used in many areas ranging from laundry detergents to paper pulp...
Convergent evolution of mimetic butterflies confounds classification
David Lohman, associate professor of biology at The City College of New York's Division of Science, is co-author of a...
Fish may use different behaviors to protect against parasites
New research indicates that fish may adapt their behaviour to defend against parasite infection. The findings are published in the...
Loma Linda University study says eating nuts can reduce weight gain
A study recently published in the online version of the European Journal of Nutrition has found that people who include...
$11.5 million program project aims to combat malaria drug resistance
Credit: courtesy of Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (Sept. 20, 2017) - Texas Biomedical Research Institute researchers, Dr. Tim Anderson...
Lack of trust less of a barrier to clinical trial participation, say minority populations
Arlington, Va. - Sept. 19, 2017 - Significantly fewer African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians and non-Hispanic whites say 'lack of trust' is...
Red cosmetic powder used in Hindu ceremonies contains unsafe lead levels
Sindoor -- a cosmetic powder sold in the United States and used during Hindu religious and cultural ceremonies -- has...
Cancer Health Disparities Conference set for Sept. 25-28 in Atlanta
ATLANTA -- The American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) will host its 10th AACR Conference on The Science of Cancer...
