New clues into how ‘trash bag of the cell’ traps and seals off waste
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The mechanics behind how an important process within the cell traps material before recycling it has puzzled scientists for years. But...
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When viruses infect phytoplankton, it can change the clouds
Credit: Miri Trainic Microscopic plant-like organisms called phytoplankton are known to support the diversity of life in the ocean. Scientists in Israel now report that...
Study of greater Yellowstone pronghorn finds highway crossing structures a conservation success
Credit: Jeff Burrell A recently published study by scientists from the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and Oregon State University has confirmed that efforts to protect...
Play-doh helps plant research
Credit: Monica Moriak When plants are in distress or being fed on by insects, they have been known to send out sensory volatile cues that...
Long-term efficacy of AAV5-based gene therapy to treat day blind sheep with achromatopsia
(Mary Ann Liebert, Inc./Genetic Engineering News) A study of a large animal model of achromatopsia caused by a mutation in the CNGA3 gene that was...
Effective material developed to prevent post-surgical adhesion
(a) The live cells outside the 1 μL dot of PEC indicate that the material does not create a toxic environment (Scale bar: 500 μm)....
Taking a deep look: a near infrared fluorescent dye for long term bioimaging
Credit: ITbM, Nagoya University A team of researchers at Nagoya University, RIKEN and Ehime University has succeeded in developing a photostable fluorescent labeling agent that...
Arctic seabird populations respond to climate change
Seabirds such as gulls can be key indicators of environmental change as their populations respond to shifts in their ocean habitat over time. A new...
3-D inks that can be erased selectively
Credit: Nature Communications 3D printing by direct laser writing enables production of micro-meter-sized structures for many applications, from biomedicine to microelectronics to optical metamater..
NUS study: RUNX proteins act as regulators in DNA repair
Credit: National University of Singapore A study by researchers from the Cancer Science Institute of Singapore (CSI Singapore) at the National University of Singapore has...
New research predicts landslide boundaries two weeks before they happen
University of Melbourne researchers have developed a software tool that uses applied mathematics and big data analytics to predict the boundary of where a landslide...
Penn Medicine’s Carl June Receives 2018 Albany Prize
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Carl June, MD, a gene therapy pioneer at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, will receive the...
Rosenberg, NCI-supported researchers to receive 2018 Albany Prize
Credit: Rhoda Baer Steven A. Rosenberg, M.D., Ph.D., of the Center for Cancer Research (CCR) at the National Cancer Institute (NCI), has been named a...
OU study shows effects of climate warming in tallgrass prairie ecosystem
Credit: University of Oklahoma A University of Oklahoma professor, Jizhong Zhou, and his team have completed a new study on the effects of climate warming...
Models give synthetic biologists a head start
Credit: Illustration by David Zong/Rice University HOUSTON - (Aug. 14, 2018) - Synthetic biologists have the tools to build complex, computer-like DNA circuits that sense...
