UM professor wins 2018 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award
Credit: Photo courtesy of Diana Six. MISSOULA - University of Montana Professor Diana Six will receive the 2018 Edward O. Wilson Biodiversity Technology Pioneer Award...
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New genetics tool helps answer evolutionary questions
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - The age of big data is here. Thanks to innovations in genetic sequencing technology, scientists can...
Dietary fiber reduces brain inflammation during aging
URBANA, Ill. - As mammals age, immune cells in the brain known as microglia become chronically inflamed. In this state, they produce chemicals known to...
Malicious brain cell identified
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) Astrocytes--the star-shaped cells of our brain--are very busy. Their job description includes maintaining the blood-brain barrier, r..
Famous theory of the living Earth upgraded to ‘Gaia 2.0’
A time-honoured theory into why conditions on Earth have remained stable enough for life to evolve over billions of years has been given a new,...
A very special protein synthesis machinery
Ribosomes are among the most important molecular machines within the cell that hardly changed in the course of evolution. Their function is to read copies...
Trees reveal the evolution of environmental pollution
Credit: Giuliano Maselli Locosselli In an article published in the journal Environmental Pollution, Brazilian researchers showed that tree species Tipuana tipu have been successfully employed...
WSU Researchers see new plastics causing reproductive woes of old plastics
PULLMAN - Washington State University researchers have found that plastic products meant to replace the chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, are also causing genetic abnormalities...
Appetite for shark fin soup drives massive shark population decline
Credit: Valentina Ruiz Leotaud Consumers need to stop demanding shark fin soup and other products in the absence of robust laws and sustainable practices regulating...
Jennifer Doudna to receive the 2018 Pearl Meister Greengard Prize
Credit: Keegan Houser The Rockefeller University has announced that Jennifer Doudna will receive this year's Pearl Meister Greengard Prize, a major international accolade honoring outstanding...
New map of daily light integrals generated from updated data
Credit: Photo by T. Salvador, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. Â- The most recent solar radiation data have been converted into a new map of Daily...
Study details incidence & timing of immunotherapy-related fatalities
Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center researchers have answered questions about the incidence and timing of rare but sometimes fatal reactions to the most widely prescribed class of...
San Francisco’s Exploratorium announces Climate Change Explorer and Climate Press Kit
Credit: © Exploratorium, www.exploratorium.edu SAN FRANCISCO (Sept 13, 2018) - The Exploratorium announced this week the launch of its new Global Climate Change Explorer, a...
Prostate cancer care for older men estimated to cost Medicare $1.2 billion
CHAPEL HILL - Researchers from the University of North Carolina Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center estimate that screening for and treating prostate cancer in men aged...
Point-of-care sensors to detect manganese from single drop of blood
Credit: Sharon Parmet. A three-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institutes of Health will enable researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago to...
