Crunch time for food security
Credit: © Rothamsted Research Feelings often run high where insects are concerned, with many people even squeamish to look on them, let alone touch or...
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UMass Amherst Environmental Health researcher honored for…
Credit: courtesy Pablo Robles, Media Compass Photography AMHERST, Mass. – The Cornell Douglas Foundation, an environmental health and justice advocacy group based in Bethesda, Md.,...
Predicting cancer’s growth from few clues
DURHAM, N.C. — Mathematicians at Duke University are developing ways to help doctors predict how different cancers are likely to progress when actual measurements of...
Most cases of brain-damaged newborns not due to mismanaged deliveries
IMAGE: Jonathan Muraskas, MD, of Loyola University Medical Center led a study that found that most cases of brain-damaged newborns are not due to mismanaged...
A microRNA plays role in major depression
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A tiny RNA appears to play a role in producing major depression, the mental disorder that affects as many as 250 million...
Penn engineers develop filters that use nanoparticles to prevent slime…
Credit: University of Pennsylvania Filtration membranes are, at their core, sponge-like materials that have micro- or nanoscopically small pores. Unwanted chemicals, bacteria and even viruses...
Increasing production of seed oils
Plant-derived oils are widely used all over the world both for food and for industrial purposes. In recent years they have also attracted attention as...
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation funds Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciencia scientists
The research group led by Miguel Soares at Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC; Portugal) was specifically selected by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to...
New analysis shows damage to monarch butterfly colonies in 2016 storm…
Credit: David Kust/Entomological Society of America Annapolis, MD; September 11, 2017–A much greater number of monarch butterflies perished in a snowstorm in March 2016 in...
Pythons and boas shed new light on reptile evolution
Credit: Stuart Hay, ANU A new study into pythons and boas has for the first time found the two groups of snakes evolved independently to...
Postoperative wound monitoring app can reduce readmissions and improve…
Credit: Journal of the American College of Surgeons CHICAGO (Jan. 19, 2017): A new smartphone app called WoundCare is successfully enabling patients to remotely send...
New approach to studying chromosomes’ centers may reveal link to Down syndrome and more
Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Some scientists call it the "final frontier" of our DNA — even though it lies at the...
Male sexual behavior linked to elevated male sex hormone receptors in…
Credit: Kory Gozjack ATLANTA–Sex-changing fish exhibit differences in androgen receptor (AR) expression in muscles that are highly sensitive to androgens (male sex hormones) and essential...
‘Jumping genes’ may set the stage for brain cell death in…
Credit: Photo by Duke Photo. DURHAM, N.C. — The latest round of failed drug trials for Alzheimer's has researchers questioning the reigning approach to battling...
Portland State virus study receives major NASA grant
Credit: Portland State University (Portland, Ore.) — Portland State biologist Ken Stedman has received a $540,000 grant from NASA to study the evolution of viruses,...
