A new estimate of biodiversity on Earth
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New mini tool has massive implications
Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Brigham Young University researchers have created a miniaturized, portable version of a tool now capable of analyzing Mars' atmosphere -- and that's...
Faulty DNA repair depresses neural development
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) DNA is the computer code that programs every event in the body. Despite the importance of DNA fidelity, as the...
Using DNA to predict schizophrenia and autism
Credit: Osaka University (Osaka, Japan) Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis, and muscular dystrophy are all diseases that can be traced to a single mutation. Diagnosis in...
Say hello to the 3-D Obama ant
Credit: Zookeys Journal Biologists at the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) have named three new, rare ant species in Africa after...
Study highlights new link between gene fusion and bladder and brain cancer
Credit: University of Warwick Previously overlooked section of fusion found to worsen cancer cells Scientists finds section acts like a vacuum cleaner 'hoovering up' healthy...
Otters learn by copying each other
Credit: University of Exeter Otters can learn how to solve puzzles by watching and copying each other, new research shows. Scientists created a series of...
Scientists map genomic atlas of your inner fish gut
Credit: Colin Lickwar DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have discovered a network of genes and genetic regulatory elements in the lining of the intestines that has...
Weightlessness affects health of cosmonauts at molecular level
Credit: MIPT's Press Office A team of scientists from Russia and Canada has analyzed the effect of space conditions on the protein composition in blood...
Bahamian songbirds disappeared during last glacial-interglacial transition
Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Two species of songbirds that once made a home in the Bahamas likely became extinct on the islands...
Researchers discover new immunotherapy combination effective at killing cancer cells
Credit: Photos provided by Doug Mahoney's lab Immunotherapy is an emerging field in the global fight against cancer, even though scientists and clinicians have been...
Electrical nerve-block research aims at asthma, heart failure
Biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University are refining more than 15 years of work on an electrical nerve-block implant, focusing their next step...
Bowel cancer study reveals impact of mutations on protein networks
For the first time, scientists have completed a detailed study of many of the proteins in bowel cancer cells. Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Sanger...
Lasers zap decontaminates from soil
Credit: AIP Publishing WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 2017 -- There might be a new and improved way to rid contaminated soil of toxins and pollutants:...
Sense of smell is key factor in bird navigation, new study shows
How do birds navigate over long distances? This complex question has been the subject of debate and controversy among scientists for decades, with Earth's magnetic...
