New ribosome-targeting antibiotic acts against drug-resistant bacteria
A new study published in Nature reports on a new antibiotic that binds to the ribosome of bacterial cells and stops drug-resistant pathogens from making...
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Hypoxia imaging and combination therapy aid immunotherapy treatment of solid tumors
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Immunotherapy using checkpoint inhibitors can work well to treat cancer, but only a minority of patients respond to therapy. Researchers at the...
Countermarketing based on anti-smoking campaigns reduces buying of sugary ‘fruit’ drinks for children
Public health messages such as in the image (associated with this release) — designed to reduce parents’ purchases of sugar-sweetened beverages marketed as fruit drinks or...
In dry years, rivers become birds’ crowded corridors
In a dry year in the West, when the world turns crispy and cracked, rivers and streams with their green, lush banks become a lifesaving...
Survivor salmon that withstand drought and ocean warming provide a lifeline for California chinook
In drought years and when marine heat waves warm the Pacific Ocean, late-migrating juvenile spring-run Chinook salmon of California’s Central Valley are the ultimate survivors....
Stopping the spread of stony coral tissue loss disease
From the Florida Keys to the Caribbean Sea, coral reefs, the complex ecosystems that house 25% of marine species, are dying from a novel infection...
After California’s 3rd-largest wildfire, deer returned home while trees were ‘still smoldering’
When a massive wildfire tears through a landscape, what happens to the animals?Credit: Brashares Lab, UC Berkeley When a massive wildfire tears through a landscape,...
California Academy of Sciences abuzz with grant to digitize and democratize bee collection
SAN FRANCISCO, CA (October 28, 2021) — The California Academy of Sciences has been awarded a $255,400 grant to generate high-resolution images of nearly all...
The early bird gets…the truffle? UF researchers show birds hunt for fungi, too
Humans like truffles, as do many mammals. Now new evidence suggests that birds may also seek out and disperse these ecologically important fungi.Credit: University of...
Long-lived proteins in mitochondria of brain stabilize protein complexes
LA JOLLA—Mitochondria are known as the powerhouses of the cell, generating the energy that’s needed to fuel the functions that our cells carry out. Now,...
Heatwaves like ‘the Blob’ could decrease role of ocean as carbon sink
Researchers have found the two-year heatwave known as ‘the Blob’ may have temporarily dampened the Pacific’s ‘biological pump,’ which shuttles carbon from the surface ocean...
These hips don’t lie: 3D imaging of a pelvis suggests social care for saber-tooths
Los Angeles, CA (October 28, 2021) —You can’t spell ‘Smilodon fatalis’ without ‘fatal’, but researchers at La Brea Tar Pits may have found a softer...
Ancestors of whale sharks in Panama may come from distant waters
The world’s largest fish, the whale shark (Rhincodon typus), is a plankton-loving giant that can be found alone or in groups in all tropical oceans....
Fueled by philanthropy and institutional partnerships, Open Science grows stronger in Canada
Diseases of the brain are among the most complex to understand and difficult to treat. Traditional research practices aren’t always sufficient to produce truly effective...
New method helps to understand the development of cancer and neurodegenerative diseases
Important processes take place among the subunits of the molecules that make up our cells. Defects in these processes or distortions in the subunits can...
