As climate shifts, species will need to relocate, and people may have to help them
Climate change is already affecting plants and animals worldwide and is a growing threat to biodiversity, adding a new layer to the existing challenges of...
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Sweet spots in the sea: Mountains of sugar under seagrass meadows
Seagrasses form lush green meadows in many coastal areas around the world. These marine plants are one of the most efficient global sinks of carbon...
Nanotechnology enables visualization of RNA structures at near-atomic resolution
(BOSTON) — We live in a world made and run by RNA, the equally important sibling of the genetic molecule DNA. In fact, evolutionary biologists...
US-Japan research team unravels the trick of evolving the GTP sensor
An international team of researchers have discovered how a tumor-promoting kinase evolves into a GTP sensor kinase. Credit: Photo/Colleen Kelley/University of Cincinnati An international team of...
Story tips: Fueling up on savings, COVID’s behavior effect, cosmic collisions, seismic and sound, and space-to-ground comms
Transportation — Fueling up on savingsCredit: Nathan Armistead/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy Transportation — Fueling up on savings Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers determined that...
A new model predicts forest tree growth in new environments
Trees are an essential cornerstone in the functioning and survival of forest ecosystems. But as global change accelerates, certain tree populations, too slow to adapt,...
Novel stent from Ureteral Stent Co. and invented by University Hospitals Cleveland’s Dr. Lee Ponsky secures FDA clearance
CLEVELAND -- A new urinary stent invented by Lee Ponsky, MD, Chair of the Department of Urology and the Leo & Charlotte Goldberg Chair in...
Compact Light Source based on the movement of atoms
Compact, CMOS compatible on-chip photon sources have attracted much attention to the scientific community and the semiconductor industry. As the transistor’s feature size is continuously...
YVO₄: Nd³⁺-based nanotheranostic agent for imaging and therapy of orthotopic gliomas
Glioma is an intracranial malignant tumor that still poses a major clinical challenge due to its highly invasive nature, low cure rate, and high mortality...
Scientists create viable, reproducing yeast-cyanobacterial hybrids
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Every plant, animal or other nucleus-containing cell also harbors an array of miniature “organs” that perform essential functions for the cell. In...
Over the lips, through the gums, look out gamers, here it comes — or so it seems
Lips are famously sensual but, together with the gums and tongue, they are also surprisingly sensitive, second only to the fingertips in nerve density. Researchers...
Lighting the tunnel of plant evolution: Scientists explore importance of two-pore channels in plants
Two-pore channels (TPCs) are ancient ion channels present in the cells of both animals and plants. In animals, including humans, these ion channels play important...
ARRS Annual Meeting: Cancer screening accessibility among American Indian, Alaskan native tribes
New Orleans, LA | Leesburg, VA | May 2, 2022—A Scientific E-Poster presented during the 2022 ARRS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, LA noted how...
Study finds children with vegetarian diet have similar growth and nutrition compared to children who eat meat
A study of nearly 9,000 children found those who eat a vegetarian diet had similar measures of growth and nutrition compared to children who eat...
Does autism begin in the womb?
An international research group led by Professor Toru Takumi (Senior Visiting Scientist, RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research) and Researcher Chia-wen Lin at Kobe University...
