Photo or the real thing? Mice can inherently recall and tell them apart
A picture is worth a thousand words, especially when it triggers memories of the pictured object like a vacation photo. 2D visual stimuli, such as...
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How do blind cavefish survive their low-oxygen environment?
Cavefish have obvious adaptations such as missing eyes and pale colors that demonstrate how they evolved over millennia in a dark, subterranean world.Credit: ANDREW HIGLEY/UC...
Advanced imaging reveals new cellular and molecular details of coral-algae relationship
Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered a novel molecular process that corals use to control the subcellular environment of the...
Mirror image biomolecule helps marine sea squirts lose their tails
Tsukuba, Japan – Amino acids are the basic building blocks of living organisms and typically occur in a configuration known as the L-form. However, there...
Researchers re-engineer red blood cells to trigger immune system against COVID-19
Hamilton, ON, Mar. 11, 2022— Physicists, chemists and immunologists at McMaster University have teamed up to modify red blood cells to transport viral agents which...
UT Institute of Agriculture to host 2023 US precision livestock farming conference
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the 2023 U.S. Precision Livestock Farming Conference. The theme is “Field Implementation of...
AAVMC recognizes UTCVM’s Rouse with Excellence in Research Award
The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) has named Dr. Barry T. Rouse, a veterinarian and an immunologist in the Department of Biomedical and...
Voles cut grass to watch flying predators
A tiny rodent trims tall grasses so it can watch the skies for flying predators, new research shows.Credit: Guoliang Li A tiny rodent trims tall...
Haider’s window system allows for long-term studies of brain activity
Bilal Haider is studying how multiple areas of the brain work together for visual perception. This could help researchers understand if neural activity “traffic jams”...
New UCI-led study finds links between circadian rhythms, metabolism and addiction
Irvine, Calif., March 11, 2022 — A new University of California, Irvine-led study establishes important conceptual connections between the fields of circadian rhythms, metabolism, and...
Ancient DNA confirms TB strains associated with marine mammals also found in inland peoples
Tuberculosis is the second most common cause of death worldwide by an infectious pathogen, COVID-19 being the first. However, many aspects of TB’s long history...
Neurons are fickle. Electric fields are more reliable for information.
As the brain strives to hold information in mind, such as the list of groceries we need to buy on the way home, a new...
Exercise may treat long COVID-induced diabetes, depression
BATON ROUGE, Louisiana – While no medically recognized treatment exists for Long COVID, exercise may break the vicious cycle of inflammation that can lead to...
Cellular therapy improves signs and symptoms of Duchenne muscular dystrophy
A clinical trial at UC Davis Health and six other sites showed that a cellular therapy offers promise for patients with late-stage Duchenne muscular dystrophy...
Are statin side effects all in the mind? International experts recommend ways to improve adherence to statin therapy
For the first time, an international group of experts has issued recommendations to doctors about how to distinguish between true side effects caused by statins...