No cap removal, no fertilization
Osaka, Japan – Fertilization is the union of two cells: an egg and a sperm. Before the egg and the sperm fuse, an event known...
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Movement information offers critical visual cues
Most research studies use pictures to explore how the brain constructs what we ‘see,’ but, we do not live in a static world. Motion cues...
Aging | The innate immune signaling component FBXC-58 mediates dietary restriction effects on healthy aging in Caenorhabditis elegans
“In this study, we found that DR prevents muscle aging via fbxc-58 in C. elegans.”Credit: 2023 Hahm et al. “In this study, we found that...
The Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior updates Nutrition Educator Competencies for Promoting Healthy Individuals, Communities, and Food Systems
Philadelphia, January 25, 2023 – In continuing efforts by the Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior (SNEB) to improve the health of individuals, communities, and...
The Frontiers of Knowledge Award goes to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper for revolutionizing the study and design of proteins with artificial intelligence, and using this technology to develop new treatments for multiple diseases
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award in Biology and Biomedicine has gone in this fifteenth edition to David Baker, Demis Hassabis and John Jumper...
Special vascular cells adjust blood flow in brain capillaries based on local energy needs
When we smell hot dogs, it may trigger memories of backyard barbeques or attending baseball games during childhood. During this process, the areas of the...
Targeting Phage Therapy 2023: Many questions remain to be answered!
The 6th World Congress on Targeting Phage Therapy 2023 will take place on June 1-2 at IRIS, Paris, France. Credit: Credits to Targeting Phage Therapy Conference...
What crocodile DNA reveals about the Ice Age
What drives crocodile evolution? Is climate a major factor or changes in sea levels? Determined to find answers to these questions, researchers from McGill University...
LSU Health New Orleans welcomes new Dental School Dean
New Orleans, LA – After a national search, Interim Chancellor Steve Nelson, MD, CM, appointed Angelo J. Mariotti, DDS, PhD, Dean of the LSU Health...
Body phenotypes say a lot, but not everything, about a person’s health, according to new Concordia research
Concordia researchers studying body phenotypes — the observable characteristics like height, behaviour, appearance and more measurables — found that regardless of the muscle they had,...
World-class center for single crystal electron diffraction will be UK first
A new centre based jointly at the University of Southampton and the University of Warwick will draw on expertise from two world class universities and...
Fraudulent microchip use and compliance issues found on controversial lion farms in the Free State, South Africa
A number of serious management and compliance issues were revealed on lion farms in the Free State province, South Africa, by a joint team of...
Expert analysis refutes claims that humans are colonised by bacteria before birth
Scientific claims that babies harbour live bacteria while still in the womb are inaccurate, and may have impeded research progress, according to University College Cork...
Smart bubble management for more efficient green hydrogen production
The green energy transition and European climate neutrality in 2050 demand drastic change for many sectors. Approximately 3 per cent of global carbon emissions derive...
NIPR and JCAR will co-host the Seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research from March 6 to 10, 2023
The Seventh International Symposium on Arctic Research (ISAR-7), co-hosted by the National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR) and Japan Consortium for Arctic Environmental Research (JCAR),...
