International competition benchmarks metagenomics software
Credit: John T. Consoli, University of Maryland Communities of bacteria live everywhere: inside our bodies, on our bodies and all around us. The human gut...
NEWS INDEX
New surgical strategy offers hope for repairing spinal injuries
Credit: Thomas Carlstedt and Mårten Risling Scientists in the UK and Sweden previously developed a new surgical technique to reconnect sensory neurons to the spinal...
Spring comes sooner to urban heat islands, with potential consequences for wildlife
Credit: Samuel Zipper MADISON, Wis. — With spring now fully sprung, a new study by University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers shows that buds burst earlier in...
New biomaterial developed for injectable neuronal control
In the campy 1966 science fiction movie "Fantastic Voyage," scientists miniaturize a submarine with themselves inside and travel through the body of a colleague to...
Small gold mines in Senegal create high mercury contamination
Credit: Jacqueline Gerson, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. — A Duke University-led study has found dangerously high levels of mercury and its more toxic chemical cousin,...
UTHealth leads ACSM paper on safety recommendations for energy drinks
Credit: UTHealth Helpful guidance and warnings regarding the potential dangers that energy drinks present to at-risk populations, primarily children, were published in a paper led...
Trash-picking seagulls poop tons of nutrients
Credit: Scott Winton, Duke DURHAM, N.C. — At least 1.4 million seagulls feed at landfills across North America, which aside from the nuisance it might...
Higher manganese levels in children correlate with lower IQ scores, UC study finds
CINCINNATI–A study led by environmental health researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine finds that children in East Liverpool, Ohio with higher...
UTHealth leads ACSM paper on safety recommendations for energy drinks
Credit: UTHealth Helpful guidance and warnings regarding the potential dangers that energy drinks present to at-risk populations, primarily children, were published in a paper led...
Clean and green: A moss that removes lead (Pb) from water
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Sustainable Resource Science (CSRS) in Japan have demonstrated that that moss can be a green alternative for...
New stem cell method sheds light on a tell-tale sign of heart disease
Credit: Morgridge Institute for Research MADISON — While refining ways to grow arterial endothelial cells in the lab, a regenerative biology team at the Morgridge...
Crystal structure reveals new details of nonstandard RNA transcription
Credit: Murakami laboratory, Penn State University Out through the window: Crystal structure reveals details of nonstandard RNA transcription University Park, PA — High-resolution crystal structure...
Moving toward faster, more accurate detection of food- and water-borne bacteria
Credit: Charles S. Henry, Ph.D. Food poisoning is a scourge. Yet preventing it is far from foolproof. But in a new study in Analytical Chemistry,...
WPI Biologist Reeta Rao elected a fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology
Credit: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, Mass. – Reeta Rao, PhD, associate professor of biology and biotechnology at Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), has been elected...
Understudied racial minority groups show alarmingly high rates of obesity and diabetes
More than 78 million adult Americans are considered obese. Credit: Buclin/UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Some of the smallest and historically neglected racial groups in...
