Mapping species range shifts under recent climatic changes
Credit: Hokkaido University The inclusion of taxon-specific sensitivity to a shifting climate helps us understand species distributional responses to changes ...
Moving fish farms enables seagrass meadows to thrive, study shows
Credit: Demetris Kletou/University of Plymouth Commercial fish farms should be moved away from seagrass meadows in order for both to ...
Why the left hemisphere of the brain understands language better than the right
Credit: RUB, Marquard Nerve cells in the brain region planum temporale have more synapses in the left hemisphere than in ...
Light receptors determine the behavior of flashlight fish
Credit: © Stefan Herlitze, RUB-Lehrstuhl Allgemeine Zoologie und Neurobiologie Biologists at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum characterized new, unknown photoreceptors from the ...
WSU researchers use coal waste to create sustainable concrete
Credit: WSU PULLMAN, Wash. - Washington State University researchers have created a sustainable alternative to traditional concrete using coal fly ...
Controlling the manufacture of stable aerogels
Credit: Hayanon's Science Manga Studio Kyoto University researchers have developed a new approach to control the fabrication of soft, porous ...
Study finds potential link between alcohol and death rates
Drinking heavily results in uncontrolled iron absorption into the body, putting strain on vital organs and increasing the risk of ...
Invasive plants adapt to new environments, study finds
Credit: (Credit: Mario Vallejo-Marin) Invasive plants have the ability to adapt to new environments - and even behave like a ...
A gene required for addictive behavior
Heidelberg, 12 July 2018 - Cocaine can have a devastating effect on people. It directly stimulates the brain's reward center, ...
Intensive care patients’ muscles unable to use fats for energy
The muscles of people in intensive care are less able to use fats for energy, contributing to extensive loss of ...
Polyps will let unrelated ‘others’ fuse to them and share tissue, scientists discover
Credit: University of Kansas We humans will put up with a lot from our relatives. Yet most of us are ...
New technologies for producing medical therapeutic proteins
Credit: Lobachevsky University Bacterial systems are some of the simplest and most effective platforms for the expression of recombinant proteins. ...
Optimizing pulsed electric fields to target cancer with calcium ions
Credit: Dr. Hamid Hosseini Several different treatment methods are used against cancer and multiple promising approaches are currently under examination ...
New perspective on tumor genome evolution
Natural selection shapes genomes to evolve and to adapt but, are the rules of natural selection also applying to cancer ...
New control of cell division discovered
Credit: Arpan Rai, UZH As every cook has experienced: When balsamic vinegar and olive oil are mixed, both liquids separate. ...
Geological records reveal sea-level rise threatens UK salt marshes, study says
Credit: Matthew Brain Sea-level rise will endanger valuable salt marshes across the United Kingdom by 2100 if greenhouse gas emissions ...
Immunotherapy doubles survival rates for patients with melanoma brain metastases
Boston, MA -- Cancer immunotherapies and targeted therapy have revolutionized how clinicians take care of patients with advanced skin cancer ...
LGBQ teens more likely than peers to use dangerous drugs
Lesbian, gay, bisexual or questioning (LGBQ) teens are at substantially higher risk of substance use than their heterosexual peers, according ...
Speaking up for patient safety
Credit: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center BOSTON - Previous studies have shown that when all members of the clinical care ...
Headers may cause balance issues
Credit: University of Delaware When France and Croatia go head to head in the World Cup final on Sunday, fans ...
