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Type 2 diabetes (T2D) accounts for more than 90% of the confirmed cases of diabetes. It has become a common metabolic disease and is expected...

How the “marsupial sabertooth” thylacosmilus saw its world

A new study investigates how an extinct, carnivorous marsupial relative with canines so large they extended across the top of its skull could hunt effectively...

The Minderoo-Monaco Commission on Plastics and Human Health issues sweeping new report

Chestnut Hill, Mass (3/21/2023) – Philip Landrigan, MD, director of the Program on Global Public Health and the Common Good and the Boston College Observatory on...

3000+ billion tons of ice lost from Antarctic Ice Sheet over 25 years 

Scientists have calculated that the fastest changing Antarctic region - the Amundsen Sea Embayment - has lost more than 3,000 billion tonnes of ice over a 25-year period.   Credit: University of Leeds...

Richard McIndoe, PhD, will direct Coordinating Unit for new, national research initiative in diabetes, obesity

AUGUSTA, Ga. (March 21 , 2023) – Richard McIndoe, PhD, a bioinformatics expert and director of the Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine at the...

For clues to healthy brain aging, look to the Bolivian Amazon

Some of the lowest rates of heart and brain disease ever reported by science are found among Indigenous communities inhabiting the tropical forests of lowland...

Department of Energy recognizes two decades’ worth of Argonne’s high-quality thermochemical data

The Active Thermochemical Tables join other highly regarded data resources in DOE’s Public Reusable Research Data.Credit: (Image by Argonne National Laboratory.) The Active Thermochemical Tables join...

Spotted lanternfly spreads by hitching a ride with humans

Spring brings warmer weather, blooming flowers and the unfortunate re-emergence of the spotted lanternfly, a prolific invasive insect reviled for the havoc it wreaks on...

UCLA-led study uses base editing to correct mutation that causes rare immune deficiency

A new UCLA-led study suggests that advanced genome editing technology could be used as a one-time treatment for the rare and deadly genetic disease CD3...

Scientists use tardigrade proteins for human health breakthrough

University of Wyoming researchers’ study of how microscopic creatures called tardigrades survive extreme conditions has led to a major breakthrough that could eventually make life-saving...

‘Fishing’ for biomarkers

While a popular hobby for many, fishing is also a pastime full of uncertainty. Each time you have something on the line, you can never...

Oregon State researchers begin to unravel whale entanglement risk factors off Oregon Coast

NEWPORT, Ore. – New research by an Oregon State University-led team is beginning to unravel the times of year and locations where whales are at...

In hot water: Ocean warming impacts growth, metabolic rate and gene activity of newly hatched clownfish

Future ocean warming and marine heatwaves could impact the growth and development of clownfish during their earliest life stages, suggests a new study recently published...

Inbreeding contributes to decline of endangered killer whales

The small size and isolation of the endangered population of Southern Resident killer whales in the Pacific Northwest have led to high levels of inbreeding....

Coffee plantations limit birds’ diets