Researchers identify bacteria and viruses ejected from the ocean
Credit: Christina McCluskey/Colorado St. Univ. Certain types of bacteria and viruses are readily ejected into the atmosphere when waves break while other taxa are less...
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How do insects survive on a sugary diet?
Credit: DANIEL VILLAFRUELA (CC BY 4.0) RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- There's a reason parents tell their kids to lay off the sugar: too much isn't good...
Low-cost membrane cleans up light and heavy oils in a single step
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a low-cost membrane that effectively separates oil and water on demand - potentially paving the way...
NSF-Simons centers to search for the Rules of Life
Credit: Northwestern University The National Science Foundation (NSF), in partnership with the Simons Foundation, has launched four new centers to bring mathematical perspectives to the...
Biosensor technologies to offer more effective approaches to disease treatment
Credit: Steve Morton Every cell in our bodies is shaped by its outer coating, or biomembrane. This incredible, naturally created nanostructure wraps the cell in...
Why bioelectrodes for energy conversion are not stable
Credit: RUB, Kramer Researchers at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum have discovered why bioelectrodes containing the photosynthesis protein complex photosystem I are not stable in the long...
Faster genome evolution methods to transform yeast for industrial biotechnology
Credit: DAI Junbiao Scientists have created a new way of speeding up the genome evolution of baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same yeast people use...
Why do we need one pair of genome?
Credit: Yaguchi K., et al., Journal of Cell Biology, April 30, 2018 Scientists have unraveled how the cell replication process destabilizes when it has more,...
Bumblebees confused by iridescent colors
Credit: Karin Kjernsmo Iridescence is a form of structural colour which uses regular repeating nanostructures to reflect light at slightly different angles, causing a colour-change...
Indigenous communities moving away from government utilities
Indigenous communities are rejecting non-indigenous energy projects in favour of community-led sustainable energy infrastructure. The switch has led to some improvements in economic and social...
OSU biologist advocates ecological approach to improving human health
BEND, Ore. - Chronic diseases like cancer, autoimmune disorders and obesity may ultimately vanquish the efforts of medical intervention unless people change their diet, an...
NIH summit delivers recommendations to speed therapy development for Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: National Institute on Aging Experts from government, academia, industry, non-profit organizations put forward recommendations that provide a roadmap for an integrated, multidisciplinary res..
Lung-on-a-chip simulates pulmonary fibrosis
Credit: Ruogang Zhao. BUFFALO, N.Y. -- Developing new medicines to treat pulmonary fibrosis, one of the most common and serious forms of lung disease, is...
Scientific ‘dream team’ shed light on motor neuron death
Credit: Greta Keenan As the old adage goes, 'two heads are better than one'. With the development of new technologies and increasingly specialist expertise, ground-breaking...
Infantilism as a norm
Views on human age need to be revisited. The value of adulthood as a period of certainty has declined for many, which means that this...
