Researchers discover how caged molecules ‘rattle and sing’
A team of energy researchers from the University of Minnesota and University of Massachusetts Amherst has discovered that molecular motion can be predicted with high...
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Farewell flat biology — Tackling infectious disease using 3-D tissue engineering
Credit: Credit: Jennifer Barrila, Cheryl Nickerson and Michael Northrop and licensed by ASU through Shutterfly. The inset looking into the intestine is from the artist...
Molecules imagined using next-generation artificial intelligence validated experimentally
Credit: Insilico Medicine, Inc. Tuesday, September 11th, Rockville, MD - Today, Insilico Medicine, Inc., a Rockville-based next-generation artificial intelligence company specializing in the applic..
Total of 21 new parasitoid wasps following the first ever revision of their genus
Credit: Agnièle Touret-Alby As many as twenty-one species of parasitoid wasps are described as new to science, following the first ever revision of their genus...
Evaluating the contribution of black carbon to climate change
Credit: Hitoshi Matsui Nagoya, Japan - Black carbon refers to tiny carbon particles that form during incomplete combustion of carbon-based fuels. Black carbon particles absorb...
New colour-generation mechanism discovered in ‘rainbow’ weevil
Credit: Dr Bodo D Wilts Researchers from Yale-NUS College and the University of Fribourg in Switzerland have discovered a novel colour-generation mechanism in nature, which...
Bioinformaticians examine new genes the moment they are born
As most of us have learned at school, organisms evolve gradually due to the accumulation of many small genetic changes known as point mutations. Over...
Virus may help combat fire ants, but caution is needed
Credit: Kyoto University/Yang Native to South America, "red imported fire ants" were introduced accidentally into the United States in the early 20th century. These ants...
New research unravels the mysteries of deep soil carbon
Credit: J. Bryan Curtis HANOVER, N.H. - September 11, 2018 - Energy-starved microbes may be the force that causes huge amounts of carbon to be...
What catches our eye
We are almost constantly surrounded by a variety of visual objects, all of which could, theoretically, be important for us. But only a very small...
Variation in cancer-causing KRAS mutations greater than thought
Credit: Tatu Pantsar The effects of KRAS mutations underlying many different types of cancer are more diverse than previously thought, according to a new study...
DNA test for predicing risk of leukemia relapse
Credit: The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) via Wikimedia Commons A group of Canadian and Korean scientists and physicians have developed the first DNA-based...
New £400,000 program to support data-driven biomedical start-ups
(The Francis Crick Institute) Innovate UK is investing £400,000 to launch KQ Labs, an accelerator program at the Francis Crick Institute to support start-ups working...
NYU awarded over $65 million for research on environmental influences on children’s health
New York, NY - The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded New York University nearly $66 million over the next five years to study...
Large trucks are biggest culprits of near-road air pollution
Credit: Marit Mitchell For the 30 per cent of Canadians who live within 500 metres of a major roadway, a new study reveals that the...
