Role of cell group behavior in cancer target of $1.9 million award
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Researchers have thought that cancer begins when a single cell goes rogue in the body, then begins to grow...
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How plant-rotting bacteria steal iron to survive
Credit: Trevor Lithgow, ... In a new study, researchers identify important new insights into a survival mechanism of the bacteria that cause rotting in certain...
Annual Reviews announces first review journal in the field of Biomedical Data Science
Credit: Annual Reviews Annual Reviews, the nonprofit publisher of scholarly review journals, today announced the publication of the inaugural volume of the Annual Review of...
Radar better than weather balloon for measuring boundary layer
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Improving forecasting for a host of severe weather events may be possible thanks to a more comprehensive method for...
Research on pine sawflies sheds light on the evolution of cooperation
Credit: Carita Lindstedt Pine sawflies terrify forest owners, but they help researchers understand the evolution of cooperation. A study conducted at the University of Jyväskylä...
Genomic study ties insect evolution to the ability to detect airborne odors
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study reveals that all insects use specialized odorant receptors that enable them to detect...
Measuring climate impact of forests management — a groundbreaking approach
A JRC-led group of forestry research experts has developed a rigorous new fact-based carbon accounting system that reflects how forest management practices can help mitigate...
UB researchers discover a disease threatening the most plentiful starfish in Antarctica
Credit: UB-IRBio A study led by experts from the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Biology and Institute for Research on Biodiversity (IRBio) have identified a...
New study shows some corals might adapt to climate changes
Credit: Evan K. D'Alessandro, Ph.D. UM Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science MIAMI--New research shows that not all corals respond the same to changes...
Wearable devices: Useful medical insights or just more data?
Wearable devices are increasingly bought to track and measure health and sports performance: from the number of steps walked each day to a person's metabolic...
Thin films can enhance vorticity in the ocean
Credit: Vladimir Parfenyev Scientists from the Higher School of Economics and the Landau Institute for Theoretical Physics of Russian Academy of Sciences have investigated how...
Mushrooms of the far east hold promise for the anti-cancer therapy
Credit: Eugenia M. Bulakh Mushrooms from the Far East area contain the natural chemical compounds, which could be used for the design of the novel...
New light shed on the people who built Stonehenge
Despite over a century of intense study, we still know very little about the people buried at Stonehenge or how they came to be there....
The case for greater focus on mosquitoes, ticks in epidemiology
Credit: Annals of the Entomological Society of America Annapolis, MD; July 31, 2018--The textbook approach to managing disease outbreaks focuses on three factors--pathogen, host, and...
Stem cell research for cystic fibrosis leaps forward
Credit: Dr Nigel Farrow, University of Adelaide The fight against cystic fibrosis (CF) has taken a major step forward, with pioneering research by University of...
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