Compass orientation of a migratory bat species depends on sunset direction
Credit: Christian Giese Whether it is bats, wildebeest or whales, millions of mammals move over thousands of kilometres each year. How they navigate during migration...
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Vitamin B12 is identified as the inhibitor of a key enzyme in hereditary Parkinson’s disease
It could be used as a basis to develop new therapies to combat hereditary Parkinson's Parkinson's is the most common, chronic neurodegenerative movement disorder affecting...
Blocking epigenetic Swiss army knife may be a new strategy for treating colorectal cancer
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (April 4, 2019) -- A new study out today in Cancer Cell shows that blocking...
New guidelines push for better controlled experiments with synthetic nucleic acids
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, April 4, 2019--Researchers have proposed new guidelines to overcome current problems facing scientists developing synthetic nucleic...
Researchers determine how a major tumor suppressor pathway becomes deactivated
Discovery may allow for more effective cancer therapy in the future (Boston)--The Hippo pathway is an important biological tumor suppressor program that controls cell growth...
Genome-wide analysis reveals new strategies to target pancreatic cancer
Researchers discover unexpected role of an immune system receptor; blocking it halts human cancer cell growth and improves survival in animal modelsCredit: National Cancer Institute...
Going with the flow: How fecal bacteria spread in streams
Credit: Doerthe Tetzlaff Faecal bacteria - bacteria that are present in the digestive system of humans and animals - are known to contaminate waters. They...
Cancer exports molecular ‘saboteurs’ to remotely disarm immune system
Discovery may help explain immunotherapy resistance, hints at new therapies Immunotherapy drugs known as checkpoint inhibitors have revolutionized cancer treatment: many patients with malignancies that...
Defining the emotional bond forced onto teen victims of sex trafficking
Study will help rescuers identify and help children who are the victims of sex trafficking Rutgers researchers have defined the relationship that forms between children...
Magnetic nanoparticles can ‘burn’ cancer cells
Magnetic hyperthermia is still a highly experimental cancer treatment, but new research shows that the therapy is tunable Unfortunately, cancer isn't simply a single disease,...
Through machine learning, new model holds water
Credit: Argonne National Laboratory While water is perceived to be one of the simplest substances in the world, modeling its behavior on the atomic or...
Telerehabilitation benefits patients with late-stage cancers
ROCHESTER, Minn. -- Recent research led by Andrea Cheville, M.D., a Mayo Clinic physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, suggests that remotely delivering rehabilitation services to...
Screw-shaped bird sperm swim faster — but it comes at a cost
Credit: Hanna Støstad The research was part of the thesis of PhD student Hanna Nyborg Støstad, investigating the peculiar spiral shape of songbird sperm. Støstad...
Unraveling the tangled web of online television
Professor Catherine Johnson's new book, 'Online TV.' provides a guide to changes that have taken place since the arrival of high-speed broadband, tablets, smartphones and...
And the blobs just keep on coming
Credit: Tom Bridgman/NASA's Scientific Visualization Studio When Simone Di Matteo first saw the patterns in his data, it seemed too good to be true. "It's...
