Turtle species decline may impact environments worldwide
Credit: Jeff Lovich, USGS, Southwest Biological Science Center Approximately 61 percent of the world's 356 turtle species are threatened or already extinct, and the decline...
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New reports will enable UK to make the most of its natural assets
Credit: Video supplied by CEH Four new reports on Natural Capital published today will enable governments and businesses to take an evidence-based approach to valuing...
Ants surrender their venomous secrets
Venoms produced by snails, snakes, scorpions and spiders contain numerous bioactive compounds that could lead to therapeutic drugs or insect-specific pesticides. Yet little is known...
Biophysics: Pile-ups in protein transport
Anyone who has ever tried to find a way through a crowded pedestrian zone has - literally - run into the problem: While some people...
The world needs death and decomposition
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - What if roadkill piled beside the road and never decomposed? What if massive fish kills washed up on beaches...
NYSCF Research Institute and Tufts University to Partner on Neurodegeneration
Credit: Nicolas Rouleau and William Cantley (Tufts University) New York, NY (September 12, 2018) - The New York Stem Cell Foundation (NYSCF) Research Institute and...
Wombat conference focuses on Aussie cultural icon
Experts from the world of wombats will gather for a three-day conference, titled Wombats Through Time and Space, at the University of Adelaide to discuss...
KAIST professor Sang Yup Lee announced as the Eni Award recipient
Credit: KAIST Distinguished Professor Sang Yup Lee from the Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at KAIST will be awarded the 2018 Eni Advanced Environmental...
Bacteriophages can affect melioidosis disease acquisition
Credit: Elena Khavina/MIPT Press Office An international research team from the University of Leicester from UK, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU), and the Moscow Institute...
The spark that created life
Credit: Monash University Evolution by Darwinian natural selection is immensely powerful - both in nature and within laboratories. Using 'laboratory evolution', we can take an...
Researchers uncover previously unstudied cancer enzyme
Researchers do not know how all the proteins and enzymes in the human body function, far from it. Now researchers at the University of Copenhagen...
Toward an ‘ultra-personalized’ therapy for melanoma
Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science With new immunotherapy treatments for melanoma, recovery rates have risen dramatically, in some cases to around 50%. But they could...
Research Brief: Immediately limiting nicotine in all cigarettes could reduce smoking
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an advanced notice of a proposed rule in March that would reduce nicotine in all cigarettes and possibly...
Mitochondria come together to kill cancer cells
Credit: Onodera Y., et al., Nature Communications, July 11, 2018 Uncovered details of a molecular pathway in cancer cells could lead to improved treatment. Targeting...
Europe’s renewable energy directive poised to harm global forests
PRINCETON, N.J.--Europe's decision to promote the use of wood as a "renewable fuel" will likely greatly increase Europe's greenhouse gas emissions and cause severe harm...
