Fundamentals for the Anthropocene
Credit: De Gruyter Open This book seeks to bridge the gap between leading edge scholarship about the nature of the physical, tangible Universe and the...
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Scientists name new species of dinosaur after Canadian icon
Credit: Illustrated by Oliver Demuth. © Oliver Demuth TORONTO, July 17, 2017 – Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) and the Philip J Currie...
TSRI and St. Jude scientists study single ‘transformer’ proteins with role in cancer
LA JOLLA, CA – December 21, 2015 – A new study led by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and St. Jude Children's Research...
Nature’s masonry: The first steps in how thin protein sheets form polyhedral shells
IMAGE: This illustration shows how hexagonal bacterial proteins (shown as ribbon-like structures at right and upper right) self-assemble into a honeycomb-like tiled pattern (center and...
Next-generation drug testing on chips
Credit: Kyoto University iCeMS Researchers at Kyoto University's Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) in Japan have designed a small 'body-on-a-chip' device that can..
Video game improves balance in youth with autism
Credit: Andy Manis MADISON, Wis. — Playing a video game that rewards participants for holding various "ninja" poses could help children and youth with autism...
Elena Castro receives a Young Investigator Award from the Prostate Cancer Foundation
Credit: CNIO The Prostate Cancer Foundation (PCF) today announced its 2017 Young Investigator (YI) Awards, which support early career scientists who are focused on accelerating...
Iberian Peninsula rodents migrated due to climate change 12 million years ago
Credit: Oscar Sanisidro (Vertebrate Paleontology. Biodiversitiy Institute, University of Kansas) The oldest studied rodent fauna in this work, which inhabited the Iberian Peninsula from twelve...
Study shows liver cells with whole genome duplications protect against cancer
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Feb. 9, 2018 – Researchers at the Children's Medical Center Research Institute (CRI) at UT Southwestern have discovered...
UTA student receives NSF grant for research into ecological drivers of…
Credit: UTA Shannon Beston, a third-year Ph.D. student in biology at the University of Texas at Arlington, was selected to receive funds from the National...
Change in protein production essential to muscle function
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers at Baylor College of Medicine have shed light on the process that guides the maturation of newborn muscles into...
Special issue of Future Oncology explores the field of Oncofertility
Future Science Group (FSG) published journal, Future Oncology, has released a special issue that examines the field of oncofertility, which aims to preserve fertility in...
Fire ant venom compounds may lead to skin treatments
Credit: From Arbiser et al Scientific Reports (2017). Compounds derived from fire ant venom can reduce skin thickening and inflammation in a mouse model of...
Some birds better than others at adjusting to habitat degradation
Credit: M.C. Sagario Before habitat degradation from impacts like grazing begins to cause population declines, the first response by wildlife usually comes in the form...
Sustainable amine production through hydrogenation of amides under…
Credit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan–Amines are vital in nature; for example, amino acids — the building blocks of proteins and thus fundamental to life —...
