How cytoplasm ‘feels’ to a cell’s components
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Under a microscope, a cell's cytoplasm can resemble a tiny underwater version of New York's Times Square: Thousands of proteins swarm through...
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Hormonal tug-of-war helps plant roots navigate their journey through the soil
Credit: John Innes Centre A sophisticated mechanism that allows plant roots to quickly respond to changes in soil conditions has been identified by an international...
Study finds that gravity, ‘mechanical loading’ are key to cartilage development
Credit: Aerospace Medicine and Human Performance. Mechanical loading, or forces that stimulate cellular growth for development, is required for creating cartilage that is then turned...
How humans and their gut microbes may respond to plant hormones
Credit: Chanclud and Lacombe A bowl of salad contains more than vitamins and minerals. Plant matter also includes remnants of the hormones plants produce to...
Scientists find RNA with special role in nerve healing process
Credit: Tapinos et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Scientists may have identified a new opening to intervene in the process of healing peripheral nerve damage with...
Yoga and meditation improve mind-body health and stress resilience
Many people report positive health effects from practicing yoga and meditation, and experience both mental and physical benefits from these practices. However, we still have...
What’s the annual value of trees? $500 million per megacity, study says
Credit: ESF In the megacities that are home to nearly 10 percent of the world's 7.5 billion people, trees provide each city with more than...
Wealth disparity and family income impact the brain development of female youth
Credit: Provided by Baycrest Health Sciences Female teenagers living in neighbourhoods with wide salary gaps and a low-income household show changes to their brain maturation...
Where do heart cells come from?
Credit: James Short La Jolla, Calif., August 22, 2017 - Researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP), the Cardiovascular Institute at Stanford University...
Orange is the new green: How orange peels revived a Costa Rican forest
Credit: Photos courtesy of Daniel Janzen and Winnie Hallwachs PRINCETON, N.J.--In the mid-1990s, 1,000 truckloads of orange peels and orange pulp were purposefully unloaded onto...
Oropouche virus could emerge and cause a public health problem
After the Zika epidemic, which began in 2015, and the outbreak of yellow fever early in 2017, Brazil runs a serious risk of being afflicted...
Study links fish stress hormones to whether they take the bait
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Take a fish out of water and its stress hormones will go up. Adrenaline and noradrenaline,...
Getting hold of quantum dot biosensors
WASHINGTON - Quantum dots (QDs) have found so many applications in recent years, they can now be purchased with a variety of composite structures and...
Technique speeds chemical screening to prioritize toxicity testing
Credit: NC State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a high-throughput technique that can determine if a chemical has the potential to...
Hoping to be seen as powerful, consumers prefer wider faces on watches, cars, study finds
Credit: Journal of Consumer Research LAWRENCE -- People are typically averse to wider human faces because they elicit fears of being dominated. However, consumers might...
