Study of circular DNA comes full circle with use of old technique
Credit: University of Texas at Dallas A 50-year-old lab technique is helping researchers better understand circular DNA, a lesser-known and poorly understood cousin of the...
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Airline industry could fly thousands of miles on biofuel from a new promising feedstock
Credit: Claire Benjamin/University of Illinois A Boeing 747 burns one gallon of jet fuel each second. A recent analysis from researchers at the University of...
UAlberta chemist creates next generation of neuroscience tools
UAlberta chemistry professor Robert Campbell is developing new ways to see and manipulate the activity of neurons in the brain, which could revolutionize the way...
These mutations could be key to understanding how some harmful conditions develop
A team of researchers led by a bioinformatician at the University of California San Diego has developed a method to help determine whether certain hard-to-study...
As athletes collide in arenas this fall, NJIT concussion experts look to assess and heal
Credit: NJIT Amid the adrenaline rush and dreams of glory in sports arenas large and small this fall, there will be some hard knocks as...
The evolutionary origin of the gut
Credit: Sabrina Kaul-Strehlow, Patrick Steinmetz How did the gut, the skin and musculature evolve? This question concerns scientists for more than a century. Through the...
Muscle nuclei: May the force be with you
Credit: Image and video: William Roman, Edgar Gomes Lab Concept and animation: Ana de Barros, iMM Lisboa A group of researchers at Instituto de Medicina...
Cold region ‘tipping point’ now inevitable
Credit: Juha Aalto The decline of cold regions called periglacial zones is now inevitable due to climate change, researchers say. Periglacial zones, where there is...
Livestock production, a much smaller challenge to global food security than often reported
Credit: GLEAM 2.0 Philadelphia, PA, September 11, 2017 - Humans face mounting challenges when it comes to finding ways to sustainably feed an exploding population....
Half-a-billion-year-old fossils shed light animal evolution on earth
Credit: University of Bristol Scientists have discovered traces of life more than half-a-billion years old that could change the way we think about how all...
Biodiversity just as powerful as climate change for healthy ecosystems
Credit: Emmett Duffy/Smithsonian Environmental Research Center Biodiversity is proving to be one of humanity's best defenses against extreme weather and rising temperatures. In past experiments..
Northeastern biophysics study makes exciting advancements for the future of DNA sequencing
Credit: Image courtesy of Ella Maru Studio A Northeastern research team has developed new technology that optimizes DNA sequencing using nanophysics and electric currents. In...
Springer Nature pioneers charitable incentive system for peer reviewers
Peer reviewers are enabling people in developing countries to access safe drinking water as the result of a collaboration between Springer's journal Environmental Earth Sciences...
Crapemyrtle pest to be targeted by $3.3 million grant to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION -- The most popular flowering shrub in the U.S. has a new ally...
How liver cancer develops
Credit: USZ Liver cancer is the second-leading cause of cancer-related death and represents the fastest rising cancer worldwide. In most cases, the tumor develops in...
