Shedding light on brain activity
A multidisciplinary team of researchers, including UC Santa Barbara scientists John Bowers, Michael Goard and Luke Theogarajan, has been awarded $9 million from the National...
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Protected waters foster resurgence of West Coast rockfish
Credit: Advanced Survey Technologies, Fisheries Resources Division, NOAA Fisheries/Southwest Fisheries Science Center West Coast rockfish species in deep collapse only 20 years ago have multiplied...
MDI Biological Laboratory study finds immune system is critical to regeneration
Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- The answer to regenerative medicine's most compelling question -- why some organisms can regenerate major body parts...
Researchers stumped by plants with multiple chromosomes set January meeting to collaborate
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Research photo by Kathleen Phillips) Some of the world's most beloved plants -- coffee, bananas, potatoes, chrysanthemums, and roses, to name...
3-D analysis of dog fossils sheds light on domestication debate
ITHACA, N.Y. - In an effort to settle the debate about the origin of dog domestication, a technique that uses 3-D scans of fossils is...
In search of a greener cleaner
PITTSBURGH (September 18, 2017) - Molecular chelating agents are used in many areas ranging from laundry detergents to paper pulp processing to precious metal refining....
Oxidative stress produces damage linked with increased risk of preterm birth
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - A group of scientists led by Ramkumar Menon at The University of Texas...
Immune cells may heal bleeding brain after strokes
Credit: Courtesy of Aronowski lab, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston. While immune cells called neutrophils are known to act as infantry in the...
UTA computer scientist earns grant to combine methods to better analyze brain image data
Credit: UT Arlington Like the organ itself, data collected about the brain is incredibly complex and requires sophisticated methods to sort and analyze. Current methods...
Communication key to preventing spread of drug-resistant bacteria
PORTLAND, Ore. - Communication breakdowns between care facilities can pave the way for outbreaks of infection, according to research on the spread of an extensively...
Plants combine color and fragrance to procure pollinators
Credit: Aphrodite Kantsa ITHACA, N.Y. - Who knew that it's possible to predict the fragrance of a flower by looking at its color? This is...
Faulty cell signaling derails cerebral cortex development, could it lead to autism?
Credit: Anton Lab, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC - As the embryonic brain develops, an incredibly complex cascade of cellular events occur, starting...
Imagining a world without species
Credit: CC Even Charles Darwin, the author of "The Origin of Species", had a problem with species. "I was much struck how entirely vague and...
Gender-open science
Credit: Foto: Peter Mesenholl Gender perspectives in mathematics, information sciences, natural sciences and technology: The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has granted the...
Smokers who quit have metabolite levels that resemble those of nonsmokers
Even after years of smoking, the body has a remarkable ability to repair itself. Now in a study appearing in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research,...
