Whales and dolphins have rich ‘human-like’ cultures and societies
Whales and dolphins (Cetaceans) live in tightly-knit social groups, have complex relationships, talk to each other and even have regional dialects - much like human...
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Learning during development is regulated by an unexpected brain region
During childhood, the brain goes through critical periods in which its learning ability for specific skills and functions is strongly increased. It is assumed that...
Harvey runoff menaces Texas’ coral reefs
Credit: Jesse Cancelmo HOUSTON -- (Oct. 16, 2017) -- The more than 13 trillion gallons of floodwater from Hurricane Harvey have created a massive plume...
What’s the next step for exon skipping therapies to treat duchenne muscular dystrophy?
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 16, 2017--A team of leading European clinicians and scientists presents a unique perspective on how...
A cautionary tale
In eukaryotic cells, the hereditary material DNA is mostly confined to the nucleus whereas the presence of DNA outside of the nucleus in the cytoplasm...
Bite on this: Kansas State University researcher finds alligators eat sharks
Credit: Photo courtesy of U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service J.N. MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Jaws, beware! Alligators may be coming for you, according to a Kansas...
A kite that might fly
Credit: Reproduced with permission from reference 1© 2017 Nature Publishing Group The notion of tethered wind turbines that generate electricity from abundant and reliable high-altitude...
Childhood poverty, poor support may drive up pregnant woman’s biological age
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Pregnant women who had low socioeconomic status during childhood and who have poor family social support appear to prematurely age on a...
Ocean atmosphere rife with microbes
Credit: © 2016 Joan Costa Microbes in the atmosphere and the role of the oceans in their movement have been largely overlooked by researchers. Now,...
Nidoviruses redundantly express genes and encode more proteins than previously believed, study finds
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Arteriviruses, a family of single-stranded RNA viruses that belongs to the order Nidovirales, produce more proteins and messenger RNAs than previously...
Neutrons observe vitamin B6-dependent enzyme activity useful for drug development
Credit: Jill Hemman and Andrey Kovalevsky /Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Dept. of Energy OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Oct. 16, 2017 - Scientists at the Department...
DFG to fund electron microscopes for university research
At its autumn session, the Joint Committee of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) approved the funding of 17 high-performance electron microscopes with a...
Cocktail tests on toxic waste called for
Credit: University of Barcelona Surprisingly low concentrations of toxic chemicals - from fungicides to antidepressants - can change the way some aquatic creatures swim and...
Germ-free hatching eggs: An alternative to formaldehyde application
Credit: © Lunghammer - TU Graz There was a Europe-wide outcry in the summer of 2017 as it emerged that hatching eggs were being treated...
Major advance in nanopore detection of peptides and proteins
Nanopore technology, which is used to sequence DNA, is cheap, hand-held and works in the jungle and in space. The use of this technology to...
