Flirting flies: More than just winging it
Credit: Angela O'Sullivan Studies of the song of the fruit flies reveal new findings of how the neurons in the ...
Disappearing into thin air
A major advance towards targeting cancer without harming healthy tissue has been discovered by University of Bristol researchers. The team ...
UMass Amherst research discovers new channel-gating mechanism
Credit: UMass Amherst/Jianhan Chen AMHERST, Mass. - Computational biophysicists are not used to making discoveries, says Jianhan Chen at the ...
Researchers discover epigenetic reason for drug resistance in a deadly melanoma
(New York, NY - August 24, 2018)--Mount Sinai researchers have discovered a previously unknown reason for drug resistance in a ...
New immunotherapy inhibits tumor growth and protects against metastases
Scientists at the VIB-UGent Center for Medical Biotechnology have taken important steps forward in the development of a cancer-targeting immunotherapy. ...
From guts to glory: The evolution of gut defense
Credit: Keisuke Nakashima A new Nature Communications paper has journeyed to the inside of our insides, as a team from ...
Female basketball players face disproportionate racial bias: New study
New research has uncovered a recurring pattern of referee bias in women's college basketball. The Howard Journal of Communications study ...
New scientific study: no safe level of alcohol
SEATTLE - A new scientific study concludes there is no safe level of drinking alcohol. The study, published today in ...
The Lancet: Alcohol is associated with 2.8 million deaths each year worldwide
Globally, one in three people drink alcohol (equivalent to 2.4 billion people), and 2.2% of women and 6.8% of men ...
Martens recolonized Isle Royale in the ’90s, showing island’s dynamism
Credit: Jonathan Pauli MADISON, Wis. -- After decades of trapping, the last known American marten was spotted on Isle Royale ...
Handheld probe images photoreceptors in children
Credit: Theodore DuBose DURHAM, N.C. -- Duke University researchers have developed a handheld probe that can image individual photoreceptors in ...
National Academies announce winners of 2018 Communication Awards
WASHINGTON -- The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine announced today the recipients of the 2018 Communication Awards. Supported ...
Research reveals gene regulation can be digital and stochastic
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Every cell in our body has the same set of genes, or genome, and can ...
Wiley and The Royal Entomological Society announce publishing partnership renewal
John Wiley and Sons Inc. (NYSE:JWa) (NYSE:JWb) and The Royal Entomological Society are proud to announce the renewal of their ...
New study highlights shark protections, vulnerability to fishing
Credit: Neil Hammerschlag, Ph.D., University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI--A new analysis shows that the ...
Algal blooms a threat to small lakes and ponds, too
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Harmful algae isn't just a problem for high-profile bodies of water - it poses serious, toxic threats ...
Two new truffle species discovered in Florida pecan orchards
Credit: Photo courtesy of Rosanne Healy GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two new species of truffles were recently discovered on the roots ...
Discovery of two new Chinese dinosaurs by international research team
Credit: Professor Jonah Choiniere Professor Jonah Choiniere from the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa was a leading member ...
How did alvarezsaurian dinosaurs evolve monodactyl hand?
Credit: SHI Aijuan Digit reduction occurs many times in tetrapod evolution, and the most famous example is the 'horse series' ...
Smartphones may be used to better predict the weather
Flash floods occur with little warning. Earlier this year, a flash flood that struck Ellicott City, MD, demolished the main ...
