Credit: IOZ Convergent evolution, i.e., parallel evolution of identical or similar traits in distantly related species under similar selective pressures, is a research hotspot in...
DALLAS – November 19, 2015 – UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers have shown that a pathogen-sensing molecule plays a vital role in keeping gastrointestinal (GI)...
Credit: Magdalena Steinrück Genes do not exist in isolation. Like beads on a string, they sit next to each other on long DNA molecules called...
IMAGE: Enhancing neuronal firing activity by melanopsin overexpression in the retina promotes axon regeneration after the optic nerve injury comparing with GFP overexpression. Silencing neurons...
Credit: Maria Konstantaki, Foundation of Research and Technology – Hellas WASHINGTON — For the first time, researchers have fabricated sensing elements known as fiber Bragg...
Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) Revealing the origin and evolutionary history of the world's manifold life forms is one way...
Credit: Andrius Pasukonis In general, male poison frogs of the species Allobates femoralis are observed as very caring and attentive fathers. Eva Ringler and her...
Credit: IAP Frequency of Beijing winter severe haze has increased over past decades, culminating in events during January 2013, December 2015 and December 2016, when...
Credit: Courtesy of St. Michael's Hospital TORONTO, Dec. 20, 2017–Substituting one to two servings of animal proteins with plant proteins every day could lead to...
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – In contrast to the general belief that the airways of an infant are sterile until after birth, University of Alabama at Birmingham...
Credit: Lola Davey, Marcos Francisco Perez, CRG. Does the age of a mother influence the traits and characteristics of her progeny, and how? A team...
A quiet transformation has been brewing in medicine, as large-scale DNA results become increasingly available to patients and healthcare providers. Amid a cascade of data,...
Credit: N.V. Kuzmin et al, VU University Amsterdam, The Netherlands WASHINGTON — When operating on cancer, surgeons want to remove tumors and not healthy tissue....
Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new gel patch prototype that could speed up the healing of...
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 24, 2017–The increasingly popular cash-out feature in online sports betting is a game-changer, but instead...
