The fauna in the Antarctica is threatened by pathogens humans spread in polar latitudes
When the human species infects other living beingsCredit: Jacob González-Solís (University of Barcelona-IRBio) The new study, which detected bacteria from ...
Underground life has a carbon mass hundreds of times larger than humans'
A nematode (eukaryote) in a biofilm of microorganisms. This unidentified nematode (Poikilolaimus sp.) from Kopanang gold mine in South Africa, ...
Scientists discover how birds and dinosaurs evolved to dazzle with colourful displays
Credit: Photographs of Scaniacypselus and Primotrogon by Jakob Vinther and Fiann Smithwick. Iridescence is responsible for some of the most ...
Plants as antifungal factories
The results of this research published in the Plant Biotechnology Journal could impact the pharmaceutical and agri-food industriesCredit: CRAG Researchers ...
Cancer cells distinguished by artificial intelligence-based system
Osaka University researchers have developed a system using artificial intelligence that can automatically differentiate between different types of cancer cellCredit: ...
Nanoglue can make composites several times tougher during dynamic loading
Discovery by Rensselaer-led team unlocks new possibilities for materials engineeringCredit: Rensselaer TROY, N.Y. -- In a discovery that could pave ...
Genetic study of epilepsy points to potential new therapies
RCSI researchers play key role in international collaborationCredit: RCSI Monday, 10 December 2018: The largest study of its kind, led ...
Finland chooses sustainable fashion — a gown made of birch in time for the holidays
An Aalto University-designed and -produced dress made of birch trees shows how one day we will all look -- and ...
Invasive species and habitat loss our biggest biodiversity threats
Credit: Hugh McGregor/Arid Recovery Invasive species and habitat loss are the biggest threats to Australian biodiversity, according to new research ...
Undiplomatic immunity: Mutation causing arterial autoimmune disease revealed
Credit: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine,TMDU Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) researchers reveal how a single mutation in a regulatory ...
CELLINK and Prellis Biologics offer first bioprinter capable of printing microstructures
Partnership creates holographic bioprinting systems capable of printing vascular networks and capillaries with resolution not seen with any other bioprinting ...
Obesity, risk of cognitive dysfunction? Consider high-intensity interval exercise
Study first to use high-intensity interval exercise on obese individuals to test effects on cognitive dysfunctionCredit: Department of Exercise Science ...
How does cancer spread?
Researchers pinpoint a gene that affects cell-to-cell communication leading to the diseaseCredit: McGill University Health Centre Montreal, December 10 2018 ...
When scientists push people to their tipping point
We're bad at knowing when we will fall -- or when we're uprightCredit: Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio - You ...
Media Advisory: Young age associated with worse prognosis in specific breast cancer subtype
Researchers are available for interviewsCredit: Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center Researchers at Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center are rapidly advancing ...
Johns Hopkins team identifies promising diagnostic tool for Alzheimer's disease
Credit: Dean Wong, M.D., Ph.D. and Ayon Nandi, M.S., Ph.D. Researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine have identified in live human ...
Increasing seal population will not harm largest fish stocks in the Baltic
Credit: Jan Kansanen Seals feeding on fish does not decrease fish stocks of Baltic cod, herring and sprat the most ...
How to survive on 'Game of Thrones': Switch allegiances
Credit: Dr. Reidar Lystad, 2018 Characters in the Game of Thrones TV series are more likely to die if they ...
Middle aged men in lyrca on the rise but 'Mamils' confined to weekends, affluent suburb
Credit: MJA University of Sydney authors who led the research said the Mamil study was prompted by media attention given ...
Potential seen for tailoring treatment for acute myeloid leukemia
Rapid drug response screening for leukemia stem cells offers clues to relapse and to improving patient-specific therapiesCredit: Alice C, Gray ...
