Tiny cellular antennae key to fat formation in muscle
Credit: Daniel Kopinke Like it or not, as we age, our muscle cells are slowly exchanged, one by one, for fat cells. This process quickens...
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Targeted conservation could protect more of Earth’s biodiversity
Credit: Yale University/University of Grenoble New Haven, Conn. – A new study finds that major gains in global biodiversity can be achieved if an additional...
Food webs entangle humans in complex relationships with animals, crops and the environment
Credit: Stefani Crabtree, Penn State Reconstructed food webs from the Ancestral Puebloan southwestern United States show the complexity and interconnectedness of humans, other animals, crops...
Unveiling the biology behind nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
Credit: Sokrates Stein/EPFL EPFL scientists have discovered a new biological mechanism behind nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease covers a range of diseases...
FOXI3 gene is involved in dental cusp formation
Credit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology Hairless dog breeds differ from other dogs not only by lacking a coat, but also in the number and nature...
T cells join the fight against Zika
Credit: Courtesy of the Shresta lab at La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. LA JOLLA, CA–The worst of the global Zika virus outbreak may...
UT Southwestern finds protein function that could lead to ways to prevent stroke damage
Credit: UT Southwestern Medical Center DALLAS – Oct. 6, 2016 – One particular protein is the final executioner of events that result in the death...
Sound waves create whirlpools to round up tiny signs of disease
Credit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a tiny whirlpool that can concentrate nanoparticles using nothing but sound. The...
Alzheimer’s disease might be a ‘whole body’ problem
Credit: University of British Columbia Alzheimer's disease, the leading cause of dementia, has long been assumed to originate in the brain. But research from the...
Allergens widespread in largest study of US homes
Credit: NIEHS Allergens are widespread, but highly variable in U.S. homes, according to the nation's largest indoor allergen study to date. Researchers from the National...
Sticking sugar to protein
Credit: Julia Kowal / ETH Zurich Whenever cells receive signals, interact with other cells or identify viruses and bacteria, the process involves not only proteins...
Sniffing out a mate with precision
Credit: Nishino H. et al., Current Biology, February 8, 2018 Male cockroaches can "see" the spatial distribution of female pheromones to locate a sexual mate,...
Save the bees? There’s an app for that
Credit: UVM Let's say a farmer wanted to plant wildflowers to nurture the bumble bees that pollinate her crops. Currently, she would have to walk...
Scripps Florida scientists develop drug discovery approach to predict…
Credit: The Scripps Research Institute JUPITER, FL – December 29, 2016 – Breast cancer researchers from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI)...
Black bear links real objects to computer images
Credit: Roy Lewis American black bears may be able to recognize things they know in real life, such as pieces of food or humans, when...
