Can citizen science reverse the extinction of experience?
Credit: Matt Zeher Opportunities for people to interact with nature have declined over the past century, as most people now live in urban areas and...
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Self-healing seed pods
Credit: Jessica Huss An international team of researchers including members of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces has discovered a self-sealing mechanism in...
Study finds new genomic regions associated to weight gain in Nelore cattle
A pioneering research project has identified genes potentially associated with functions such as growth and weight gain in the Nelore breed. These functions are key...
Boosting testosterone makes men prefer higher-status products
In the animal kingdom, males of certain species possess flashy ornamentation that appears to do little to enhance their survival; think of a peacock's long,...
Southeast Asian forest loss greater than expected, with negative climate implications
Credit: the researchers Researchers using satellite imaging have found much greater than expected deforestation since 2000 in the highlands of Southeast Asia, a critically important...
RESOLUTE:13 academic & industry partners join forces to unlock SLCs for new therapies
Credit: Resolute Consortium / Bojan Vilageos By combining an inclusive, open-access ethos to the techniques and results of the research with the highest-possible quality of...
How targeting metabolism can defeat cancer stem cells
Credit: Michigan Medicine ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- Researchers are the University of Michigan Rogel Cancer are unraveling a crucial thread that explains why cancer so...
Surgeons have substantial impact on genetic testing in breast cancer patients who need it
Credit: Rogel Cancer Center ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- For many women diagnosed with breast cancer, genetic testing can offer important information that might guide treatment...
Finding suggest HPV testing detects cervical pre-cancer earlier, more accurately than Pap smear
Bottom Line:Nearly all cervical cancers are associated with persistent cervical infection from cancer-related human papillomavirus (HPV) strains. Testing for HPV alone, or combined with a...
New tools used to identify childhood cancer genes
Credit: UT Southwestern DALLAS - July 3, 2018 - Using a new computational strategy, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have identified 29 genetic changes...
Sylvester researcher uses HPV vaccine to treat patient with skin cancer
Squamous cell carcinoma is the second-most-common form of skin cancer. Evidence suggests the human papilloma virus plays a role in the development of some types...
Shedding light on the energy-efficiency of photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is one of the most crucial life processes on earth. It's how plants get their food, using energy from sunlight to convert water and...
Mutation and 3D modeling reveal new structure to cell division process
Credit: OIST Cell division is one of the most fundamental processes of biology. It's what allows all living things to grow, multiply and form complex...
Gulf stream eddies as a source of iron
Credit: Graphic: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio Minuscule sea creatures like cyanobacteria need large amounts of trace elements such as zinc and iron....
NTU Singapore receives $16.4 million for its Wallenberg-NTU Fellowship to nurture young scientists
The Knut and Alice Wallenberg Foundation, the largest private financier of research in Sweden, is making a 50 million Swedish krona (S$7.6 million) endowed gift...
