Plastics compound bps alters mouse moms’ behavior and brain regions
Credit: Pablo Robles Media Photography AMHERST, Mass. - In the first study of its kind, environmental health scientist Laura Vandenberg and neuroscientist Mary Catanese at...
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Researchers estimate time since death using necrobiome
Currently, when a deceased human is discovered, the forensic techniques for estimating time elapsed since death is not very precise. However, in a new study...
Global climate target could net additional six million tons of fish annually
Credit: Lindsay Lafreniere If countries abide by the Paris Agreement global warming target of 1.5 degrees Celsius, potential fish catches could increase by six million...
Using super-slow motion movie, scientists pin down the workings of a key proton pump
Using powerful new tools, scientists from the RIKEN SPring-8 Center and collaborators have demonstrated how bacteriorhodopsin, a "proton pump", uses light to transport protons across...
Electron-photon small-talk could have big impact on quantum computing
Credit: Princeton University In a step that brings silicon-based quantum computers closer to reality, researchers at Princeton University have built a device in which a...
Future ‘smart cities’ should be super-connected, green and resilient
Credit: Walid Saad/Virginia Tech When Superstorm Sandy lashed New Jersey in 2012, Narayan B. Mandayam lost power in his East Brunswick home for five days....
Proteins at the movies
Credit: Kyoto University Proteins twist and contort as they go about their work. And now scientists have found a way to film these nuanced movements,...
Oregon researchers publish reference genome of gulf pipefish
Credit: Photo by Mark Currey EUGENE, Ore. -- Dec. 22, 2016 -- University of Oregon biologists have produced a detailed genome of the snakelike gulf...
UTSW identify process cells use to destroy damaged organelles, with links to diseases
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS - Dec. 22, 2016 - Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have uncovered the mechanism that cells use to...
Jujube genome study sheds light on fruit tree’s domestication
ITHACA, NY--The high quality genome sequence of the dry jujube, along with sequences from trees throughout its range, have illuminated the domestication history of this...
Losing sleep over discrimination? ‘Everyday discrimination’ may contribute to sleep problemss
December 22, 2016 - People who perceive more discrimination in daily life have higher rates of sleep problems, based on both subjective and objective measures,...
Advance in intense pulsed light sintering opens door to improved electronics manufacturing
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Faster production of advanced, flexible electronics is among the potential benefits of a discovery by researchers at Oregon State University's College of...
Study potentially explains vulnerability of young cancer patients to treatment toxicities
Credit: Dana-Farber Cancer Institute BOSTON -- Despite many successes in treating pediatric cancer, young children remain at high risk for developing severe, long-lasting impairments in...
Obesity-associated protein could be linked to leukemia development
Credit: University of Cincinnati CINCINNATI--Cancer researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine have found an obesity-associated protein's role in leukemia development ..
Controlling the body clock
Credit: RIKEN A new study from the laboratory of Hiroki Ueda at the RIKEN Quantitative Biology Center investigates circadian timekeeping with a novel approach to...
