Isoform preserves telomere stability by preventing accumulation of R-loops, emerging as a new cancer cell vulnerability that could be therapeutically targeted.Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA...
Brominated flame retardants may lead to early mammary gland developmentCredit: Isabelle Plante (INRS) Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are found in furniture, electronics, and kitchenware to...
Credit: Photo: Sabine Taschner-Mandl, PhD, and Tamara Weiss, PhD Copyright: St. Anna Children's Cancer Research Institute Image: Immunofluorescence image of Schwann cells (magenta) and neuroblastoma...
UMD-led research identifies age-related changes to DNA and reveals longevity-related differences between bat speciesCredit: G. Wilkinson, G. Jones, S. Puechmaille, M. Tschapka A new study...
Researchers at Osaka University create voltage-controlled nanopores that can trap particles as they try to pass through, which may lead to single-molecule sensors, along with...
Credit: University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. ¬- As the global population grows, the demand for food increases while arable land shrinks. A new University of...
Photon origins tracked to Cygnus OB2 star-forming regionCredit: TeV: Binita Hona (HAWC Collaboration), IR: Hora et. al, Spitzer's Growing Legacy, ASP Conference Series, 2010, P....
Researchers find five independent carcinizations in both true and false crabs and at least seven instances of decarcinizationCredit: Courtesy of Joanna M. Wolfe. Crabs are...
Comparison of fossil bone tissue allows more reliable assignment to individualsCredit: (c) Sauriermuseum Aathal Fossil sites sometimes resemble a living room table on which half...
Proliferation of wind-energy infrastructure across the Great Plains has created obstacles along key migration routes; future developers could place infrastructure outside of migration corridors to...
Credit: NASA, ESA, and R. Hurt (IPAC/Caltech) The planet GJ 1132 b appears to have begun life as a gaseous world with a thick blanket...
Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- The showy colors of some butterflies could advertise their speed and nimbleness, much like a...
Researchers design a new highly-selective tool to study "undruggable" proteins through the sugars they depend onCredit: Kris Snibbe/Harvard University Sugar has been called "evil," "toxic,"...
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- The chronic stress of living in neighborhoods with high rates of violence and poverty alters gene...
Study analyzed some 800 million DNA sequences extracted from 48 soil samples collected in Pará State and northern Mato Grosso State, both of which are...
