A new large-scale hydroeconomic model, developed by the Water Program at IIASA, will allow researchers to study water systems across whole continents, looking at sustainability...
Credit: Marco-Alexis Chaira Tempe, Ariz. - Two Arizona State University professors are among the first recipients of Somatic Cell Genome Editing (SCGE) grants from the...
Urban farmers growing vegetables to feed millions of people in Africa's ever-growing cities could unwittingly be helping to spread disease by irrigating crops with wastewater,...
Programs supported by the National Institutes of Health are establishing which genes and genomic variants play a role in human disease, enabling their use in...
It has long been known that so-called place cells in the human hippocampus are responsible for coding one's position in space. A related type of...
Century-scale climate variability was enhanced when the Earth was warmer during the Last Interglacial period (129-116 thousand years ago) compared to the current interglacial (the...
Credit: Alexandra Yarger, Case Western Reserve University CLEVELAND--A common flesh fly takes off and maneuvers effortlessly, its head and body steadied by a hidden, miniscule...
Credit: Karin Söderlund Leifler/Linköping University The aging of males and females is influenced by how they choose to invest their available energy, according to a...
Thursday, 11 October 2018 - FutureNeuro, the SFI Research Centre for chronic and rare neurological conditions based at RCSI, has announced its partnership with Irish...
A new study has utilized a novel method to estimate long-term ozone exposure and previously reported epidemiological results to quantify the health burden from long-term...
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Oct. 11, 2018 -- Tardigrades are tiny animals that can live in water droplets just about anywhere. When those...
Credit: Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University researchers have identified a molecule that plays a key role in bacterial communication and infection. Their findings add...
WASHINGTON (Oct. 11, 2018) -- Consciousness requires continuous, internally generated activity in the brain. The modulation of this activity is the basis of the electroencephalogram...
An insulin-binding protein in fruit flies could provide new opportunities for tackling disease-carrying mosquitos, such as malaria and yellow fever, scientists at the University of...
