Massive earthquakes provide new insight into deep Earth
Credit: Wenyuan Fan TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- In the waning months of 2018, two of the mightiest deep earthquakes ever recorded in human history rattled the...
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Freshwater coastal erosion alters global carbon budget
Credit: Ethan Theuerkauf CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Shoreline erosion can transform freshwater wetlands from carbon-storage pools to carbon sources, according to a new study led by...
High-speed videos capture how kangaroo rat escapes rattlesnake attack
Bipedalism may have been favored in kangaroo rats to avoid ambush predators like vipers and owls, says UC Riverside biologistCredit: I. Pittalwala, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE,...
Lying, sitting or standing: Resting postures determined by animals’ size
Credit: Christian Schiffmann Why do we never see cows lying on their sides in fields? In ruminants such as cows, sheep, antelopes, deer and giraffes,...
Exercise helps prevent cartilage damage caused by arthritis
Exercise helps to prevent the degradation of cartilage caused by osteoarthritis, according to a new study from Queen Mary University of London. The researchers show...
Osteoblastic cell stimulation by pulsed electromagnetic fields
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 27, 2019-Bone fracture healing can be augmented with the application of pulsed electromagnetic fields (PEMFs),...
BPS, institutional and industry partners host Eva Nogales for Cryo-EM briefing
Credit: BPS - On March 26, the Biophysical Society (BPS), in coordination with Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13), hosted Dr. Eva Nogales for a Congressional Briefing...
The sword of a Hispano-Muslim warlord is digitized in 3D
A treasure from the Toledo Army Museum (Spain)Credit: Ingheritag3D At age 90, Ali Atar, one of the main military chiefs of King Boabdil of Granada,...
Solving a hairy forensic problem
For decades, forensic scientists have tested strands of hair to reveal drug use or poisoning. But in recent years, reports have questioned the technique --...
VUMC and TGen receive $6.1 million in grants to study deadly lung disease
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, along with Vanderbilt University Medical Center (VUMC) and...
Old for new, using ancient genetic variation to supercharge wheat
Credit: Earlham Institute Wheat is responsible for half of global calories consumed either directly or as animal feed and we need to make a lot...
Interest in RNA editing heats up
The gene-editing technology known as CRISPR has attracted much excitement and investor interest with its potential to someday treat diseases by fixing faulty copies of...
Hubrecht Organoid Technology and CrownBio announce a strategic partnership
Utrecht, March 26, 2019 - Hubrecht Organoid Technology (HUB) and JSR Corporation the parent company, of Crown Bioscience, entered into a strategic partnership to provide...
NYU’s LeCun wins Turing Award for breakthroughs in artificial intelligence
Shares 'Nobel Prize of computing' with colleagues at the University of Montreal and the University of Toronto Yann LeCun, a professor at New York University's...
New Max Planck-Bristol Centre for Minimal Biology launched today
Centre will pioneer research in artificial cells, minimal genomes and protein design Building stripped-down versions of life using protocells, genome delivery systems and synthetic cytoskeletons...
