Genetically boosting the nutritional value of corn could benefit millions
Credit: NASA Rutgers scientists have found an efficient way to enhance the nutritional value of corn - the world's largest commodity crop - by inserting...
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The human brain recalls visual features in reverse order than it detects them
Credit: Ning Qian/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- Scientists at Columbia's Zuckerman Institute have contributed to solving a paradox of perception, literally upending models of..
How honeybees read the waggle dance
Credit: Courtesy of Ai et al. Neurons that enable honeybees to sense the waggle dance -- a form of symbolic communication used by female bees...
Watch out! Brain network calculates impact of approaching object
A neuroimaging study of two monkeys published in JNeurosci identifies a brain network that tracks the location of an object approaching the face and anticipates...
Genome architecture caught in motion
PHILADELPHIA -- (Oct. 9, 2017) -- Researchers at The Wistar Institute have uncovered new aspects of the three-dimensional organization of the genome, specifically how the...
Bacteria self-organize to build working sensors
Credit: Will (Yangxiaolu) Cao, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Researchers at Duke University have turned bacteria into the builders of useful devices by programming them...
Cancer scientists crack the durian genome
Credit: Kevin Lim, Yong Chern Han, Cedric Ng Singapore, 9 October 2017 - Scientists from the Humphrey Oei Institute of Cancer Research, National Cancer Centre...
Making fat mice lean: Novel immune cells control neurons responsible for fat breakdown
Credit: Roksana Pirzgalska, IGC The biological causes underlying obesity have been under intense scrutiny with studies suggesting a link between the nervous and the immune...
Scientists complete conservation puzzle, shaping understanding of life on earth
An international team of scientists have completed the 'atlas of life' - the first global review and map of every vertebrate on Earth. Led by...
Addressing the double standard
Addressing the Double Standard: Compounded Bioidentical Hormone Therapies versus FDA-Approved Hormone Medications for Women A new editorial highlights the need for physicians and pharmacists to...
New congenital heart disease genes uncovered
Approximately one in every 100 babies is born with congenital heart disease (CHD), and CHD remains the leading cause of mortality from birth defects. Although...
How global warming is drying up the North American monsoon
Credit: Pascale et al./Princeton University/NOAA Researchers have struggled to accurately model the changes to the abundant summer rains that sweep across the southwestern United States...
Nerve cells’ gatekeepers take many forms
Credit: Rice University/UTHealth HOUSTON - (Oct. 9, 2017) - The ability to track the movements of single molecules has revealed how proteins on the surface...
Global kids study: More trees, less disease
Credit: No attribution required. A University of Vermont-led study of 300,000 children in 35 nations says kids whose watersheds have greater tree cover are less...
Sustainable irrigation may harm other development goals, study shows
Pursuing sustainable irrigation without significant irrigation efficiency gains could negatively impact environmental and development goals in many areas of the world, a new study has...
