Photosynthesis originated a billion years earlier than we thought, study shows
Credit: Elsevier London, March 6, 2018 - Ancient microbes may have been producing oxygen through photosynthesis a billion years earlier than we thought, which means...
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Running on renewables: How sure can we be about the future?
A variety of models predict the role renewables will play in 2050, but some may be over-optimistic, and should be used with caution, say researchers....
Escape artist
Credit: Aaron LeBlanc Imagine that you're a voracious carnivore who sinks its teeth into the tail of a small reptile and anticipates a delicious lunch,...
Waterfalls offer insights into how rivers shape their surrounds
(University of Edinburgh) The amount of water flowing through a river has little influence over long-term changes to its course and the surrounding landscape, research...
Bioengineering team’s ‘circuit’ work may benefit gene therapy
Researchers at The University of Texas at Dallas have designed genetic "circuits" out of living cellular material in order to gain a better understanding of...
Research brief: Shifting tundra vegetation spells change for arctic animals
Credit: Daniel Ackerman For nearly two decades, scientists have noted dramatic changes in arctic tundra habitat. Ankle-high grasses and sedges have given way to a...
University of Guelph researchers reveal new way to potentially fight Ebola
More than 11,000 people died during the Ebola outbreak in West Africa from 2013-16, demonstrating both the deadly nature of the virus and the limitations...
Press invitation to the 51st Annual Meeting of ESPGHAN
The European Society of Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) will be holding their 51st Annual Meeting this year in Geneva, Switzerland. The congress offers...
Salk scientists find power switch for muscles
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(March 6, 2018) If you've ever wondered how strenuous exercise translates into better endurance, researchers at the Salk Institute may have...
The body’s ‘glucostat’ identified
It is the pancreatic islets that have the overall responsibility for maintaining normal blood glucose levels in our bodies, according to a new study by...
Dr. T.J. ‘Jock’ Murray, author of The History of MS, to speak at CMSC Annual Meeting
The evolution of multiple sclerosis (MS) over the last century and a half will be the topic of discussion during a presentation by Dr. T.J....
Only two US programs now scientifically proven to decrease ACL injury and improve neuromuscular
NEW ORLEANS, La. (March 6, 2018)-According to the Burden of Musculoskeletal Diseases in the United States, females are four to five times more likely than...
The Forsyth Institute expands key human microbiome database
Credit: Pallavi Murugkar & Felicitas Bidlack Cambridge, MA - March 5, 2018 - A team of researchers from The Forsyth Institute, a global leader in...
Neuroprotective mechanisms of gene and cell therapy of spinal cord injuries
A joint paper with Kazan State Medical University appeared in Stem Cells International. The research was based at the Gene and Cell Technologies Lab of...
Pharma companies and non-profits team up to provide affordable HCV treatment in Latin America
A new collaboration between pharmaceutical companies and non-profit organizations will manufacture and supply a new, more affordable, hepatitis C treatment regimen in Latin America. An...
