Pretty in pink: Some algae like it cold
Credit: UC's Jeff Havig It may look pretty, but the swaths of delicately-colored, pretty "precipitation" may lead to an increase in glacial melting, according to...
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UMD researchers share optimistic vision for Paris Climate Agreement
Credit: Springer Climate, 2017 In December 2015, the world's nations negotiated the Paris Climate Agreement, which seeks to limit global warming to a maximum of...
TSRI signs collaboration agreement with Pfizer to advance DNA-encoded library technology
LA JOLLA, CA - January 10, 2017 - The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), a leading non-profit biomedical research institute, today announced a research collaboration and...
Researchers reveal connection between female estrogen cycle and cocaine addiction
Hormonal fluctuations women undergo make them particularly sensitive, compared to men, to the addictive properties of cocaine, according to a study conducted at the Icahn...
Study shows how marine microbes recycle iron from the debris of dead algae
Washington, DC - January 10, 2017 - A new study from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography in La Jolla, California, shows the molecular machinery that...
Wastewater treatment upgrades result in major reduction of intersex fish
Credit: University of Waterloo Upgrades to a wastewater treatment plant along Ontario's Grand River led to a 70 per cent drop in fish that have...
New report finds significant improvements in methods to collect data on recreational fishing
WASHINGTON - Although individual anglers - people who fish recreationally - generally take small numbers of fish, collectively, a large number of them can have...
Inhibiting a DNA-repairing protein in brain could be key to treating aggressive tumors
Targeting a specific DNA-repairing protein in the brain could be an effective way to treat the most aggressive type of brain tumour, a study suggests....
New research suggests anti-viral role for aravive biologics’ anti-AXL candidate against Zika virus
Cell Reports publication highlights dual role of Gas6-AXL during ZIKA infection: promoting viral entry of glial cells in the developing brain and modulating innate immune...
Couch potatoes face same chance of dementia as those with genetic risk factors: Research
Credit: McMaster University Sedentary older adults with no genetic risk factors for dementia may be just as likely to develop the disease as those who...
Nothing fishy about better nutrition for mums and babies
Researchers from the South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute and the University of Adelaide have found a way to provide mothers and young children...
Byzantine skeleton yields 800-year-old genomes from a fatal infection
Credit: Gebhard Bieg MADISON, Wis. - Eight hundred years ago, in a hardscrabble farming community on the outskirts of what was once one of the...
What kind of selfie taker are you?
Credit: Nate Edwards/BYU Photo You do it. Your mom, dad, siblings and friends probably do too. World leaders and entertainers do it -- though some...
Study finds postdoc jobs in biomedicine don’t yield positive returns in the labor market
(BOSTON) - Federal research agencies, such as the National Science Foundation and National Institutes of Health, tout postdoctoral positions as valuable for those pursuing for...
High-sugar diet programs a short lifespan in flies
Flies with a history of eating a high sugar diet live shorter lives, even after their diet improves. This is because the unhealthy diet drives...
