Cryo-EM reveals structure of protein responsible for regulating body temperature
Credit: Wei Lü and Juan Du GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (September 24, 2018) -- A team led by Van Andel Research Institute (VARI) scientists has revealed...
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High-carbohydrates diet lead to weight loss, according to new study
Diets high in carbohydrates reduce body weight and body fat and improve insulin function in overweight individuals, according to a new study published in Nutrients....
Breakthrough in designing a better Salmonella vaccine
Credit: Rocky Mountain Laboratories, NIAID, NIH UC Davis researchers announce in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences this week a breakthrough in understanding...
How nature, nurture shape the sleeping brain
Credit: Rusterholz et al., JNeurosci (2018) Some patterns of electrical activity generated by the brain during sleep are inherited, according to a study of teenage...
Parasite makes quick exit when researchers remove the handbrake
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Melbourne researchers have discovered a way to halt the invasion of the toxoplasmosis-causing parasite into cells, depriving the...
Children found capable of using the ‘wisdom of crowds’
Children, like adults, can improve their response to difficult tasks by the power of group work, new research led by the University of Bristol has...
USDA grants $4.97 million for research evaluating snowpack and water allocation
Credit: University of Nevada, Reno RENO, Nev. - Mountain snowpack is a primary source of water for the arid western United States. This region, which...
Renewed project could protect environment for millennia
Credit: Clemson University A team that has included more than 85 researchers from three South Carolina universities is receiving $2 million to continue investigating how...
How will climate change stress the power grid? Hint: Look at dew point temperatures
BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A new study suggests the power industry is underestimating how climate change could affect the long-term demand for electricity in the United...
Why it doesn’t get dark when you blink
Credit: Caspar M. Schwiedrzik Every five seconds we close our eyes and blink to moisten them. During this brief moment no light falls on our...
Research forecasts US among top nations to suffer economic damage from climate change
For the first time, researchers have developed a data set quantifying what the social cost of carbon--the measure of the economic harm from carbon dioxide...
Burst of morning gene activity tells plants when to flower
Credit: Akane Kubota For angiosperms -- or flowering plants -- one of the most important decisions facing them each year is when to flower. It...
Mitochondrial diseases could be treated with gene therapy, study suggests
Researchers have developed a genome editing tool for the potential treatment of mitochondrial diseases: serious and often fatal conditions which affect 1 in 5,000 people....
How a molecular signal helps plant cells decide when to make oil
Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--A study at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory identifies new details of how a sugar-signaling molecule helps...
NSF awards $15 million to understand how humans can better interact with the environment
Credit: WV DEP A toxic red tide, or harmful algae bloom, is killing swaths of marine life and affecting the health of people living along...
