Modelling reveals dynamics of climate change, urbanization and heat-mitigating technologies
The near-term future of Earth is one of a warming planet, as urban expansion and greenhouse gas emissions stoke the effects of climate change. Current...
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Hidden estrogen receptors in the breast epithelium
Estrogens are hormones that play central roles in the development and the physiology of the breast, but also are involved in breast cancer. Like all...
In live brain function, researchers are finally seeing red
Credit: Image by Madhuvanthi Kannan and Ganesh Vasan; composite by Michael Helfenbein New Haven, Conn. -- For years, green has been the most reliable hue...
New flexible, transparent, wearable biopatch, improves cellular observation, drug delivery
Credit: (Purdue image) WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind - Purdue University researchers have developed a new flexible and translucent base for silicon nanoneedle patches to deliver exact...
Study opens route to ultra-low-power microchips
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- A new approach to controlling magnetism in a microchip could open the doors to memory, computing, and sensing devices that consume drastically...
Natatanuran frogs used the Indian Plate to step-stone disperse and radiate across the Indian Ocean
Credit: ©Science China Press The Late Mesozoic breakup of Gondwana triggered major biotic exchanges between Laurasia and Gondwanan landmasses that continue to influence modern distributions...
VITAL study: How vitamin D and fish oil affect risk of heart attack, stroke and cancer
Boston, MA -- For years, it's remained an open question: What effects do dietary supplements such as high doses of vitamin D or omega-3 fatty...
Fish’s brain size influenced by habitat, new University of Guelph study reveals
(University of Guelph) This is the first known study to connect habitat with varying brain size in a single lake fish population. The finding may...
Weight during adolescence may affect pancreatic cancer risk in adulthood
New research has linked adolescent obesity with up to a four-fold increased risk of pancreatic cancer later in life. The study's results also suggest that...
Recipe for reusability: Biodiversity Data Journal integrated with Profeza’s CREDIT Suite
Credit: Profeza In a new partnership between open-access Biodiversity Data Journal (BDJ) and workflow software development platform Profeza, authors submitting their research to the scholarly...
RIP1 Kinase identified as promising therapeutic target in pancreatic cancer
An experimental drug may be effective against a deadly form of pancreatic cancer when used in combination with other immune-boosting therapies, according to a cover...
Short stature in rainforest hunter-gatherers potentially linked to cardiac adaptations
Credit: Photo courtesy of George Perry/Penn State African and Asian rainforest hunter-gatherers share short stature, and now an international team of researchers has shown that...
Pulling the genome apart: Chromosome segregation during mitosis explained
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan -- When a cell divides--a process known as mitosis--its chromosomes need to be separated and evenly distributed into the newly...
Research brings personalized medicine to treat leukemia one step closer
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have revealed the roles that different types of gene mutations play in causing blood cancers in a study that...
At African Ministerial Summit, IPBES experts detail continent’s critical biodiversity challenges
The threat today to African plants, fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and large mammals is unprecedented, caused by a range of both human-induced and natural causes,...
