Individuality drives collective behavior of schooling fish
Credit: Jolle W. Jolles New research sheds light on how "animal personalities" - inter-individual differences in animal behaviour - can drive the collective behaviour and...
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Antibody-biogel partnership can be stronger defense than previously thought, study proves
(Chapel Hill, N.C. -- Sept. 7, 2017) -- Strong molecular bonds between antibodies and biological gels, like mucus, aren't necessary to catch pathogens as was...
Researchers develop 3-D-printed biomaterials that degrade on demand
Credit: Wong Lab / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Brown University engineers have demonstrated a technique for making 3-D-printed biomaterials that can degrade on demand,...
Healthy aging: New EU project on the human liver
Credit: Photo: Bielefeld University The goal is to find out how medical drugs affect the liver and how the organ changes with advancing age. The...
Using antidepressants during pregnancy may affect your child’s mental health
Credit: Lise Balsby The use of antidepressants has been on the rise for many years. Between 2 and 8% of pregnant women are on antidepressants....
Chinese FDA and IIVS re-affirm their collaboration for non-animal tests
GAITHERSBURG, MD - Sept. 7, 2017 - Bo Li, Director General Director of the CFDA's National Institute for Food and Drug Control (NIFDC) and Erin...
New method for producing malaria treatment at large scales
Compared to smallpox or typhoid, malaria is proving one of the most challenging human diseases to eradicate - and so remains a real and constant...
Beyond herbicides in the agricultural landscape
Weed control in agricultural landscapes has been dominated by herbicides for over 75 years. Like the advent of antibiotics, herbicides were well-regarded tools in the...
Ebola: Early immune response provides insight into vaccination
The latest outbreaks of emerging, dangerous pathogens, such as Ebola, MERS-CoV or Zika, emphasise the importance of the rapid development of effective vaccines. However, being...
Hidden Inca treasure: Remarkable new tree genus discovered in the Andes
Credit: Wake Forest University Hidden in plain sight - that's how researchers describe their discovery of a new genus of large forest tree commonly found,...
Paint by numbers
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Researchers at the Helmholtz Zentrum München have developed a new method for reconstructing continuous biological...
New research disputes claims that climate change helped spark the Syrian civil war
A new study, published today in the journal Political Geography, shows that there is no sound evidence that global climate change was a factor in...
Australian Magpie ‘dunks’ its food before eating, researchers find
Scientists at the University of York, in collaboration with researchers at Western Sydney University, have shown that the Australian Magpie may 'dunk' its food in...
Researchers break through the wall in bacterial membrane vesicle research
Credit: University of Tsukuba Tsukuba, Japan--Many bacteria release membrane vesicles, which are nanoscale spheres consisting of a cellular membrane containing various biomolecules. Membrane vesicle..
What role do genome variations play in tuberculosis?
Tuberculosis is caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis. In 2016, this was the most common causative pathogen for death by infectious diseases. Therefore, investigating the biology of...
