WASHINGTON - Given the possible security vulnerabilities related to developments in synthetic biology - a field that uses technologies to modify or create organisms or...
Washington, D.C. -- August 21, 2017 -- A first-of-its kind collaborative project is underway to find a non-animal test method to replace the rabbit vaginal...
Breast cancer cells with defects in the DNA damage repair-genes BRCA1 and BRCA2 have a mutational signature (a pattern of base swaps -- e.g., Ts...
Credit: A*STAR's Genome Institute of Singapore Singapore - New research has discovered a potential means to trigger damaged heart cells to self-heal. The discovery could...
Credit: DGIST A new, electronic skin microsystem tracks heart rate, respiration, muscle movement and other health data, and wirelessly transmits it to a smartphone. The...
Credit: Diego Cotterle By 2100 some Southern Hemisphere whale species will not have reached half their pre-whaling numbers, while other species are expected to recover...
Credit: Ulf Ahlgren, Umeå University Researchers from Umeå University in Sweden describe a new method to study biochemical changes that occur in the pancreas during...
Credit: Arima Y., et al. eLife. August 15, 2017. New research reveals the mechanisms behind the effects of chronic stress and tiny inflammations in the...
The new cold-tolerant hybrid strains developed by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland enable fermentation at lower and higher temperatures than before. Production at lower...
(Lund University) Decades of research has shown that apes, in spite of their proverbial aping abilities, are rather poor imitators, especially when compared to human...
Credit: Penn Medicine PHILADELPHIA - Researchers from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania have received two highly competitive post-doctoral Institutional Training...
Credit: Alex Papadopolous In a paper published today in Scientific Reports (Nature Publishing Group), researchers at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, detail for the first...
Credit: Professor Scott Armbruster Nectar, the high-energy 'honey' produced by flowers, might be a brilliant distraction technique to help protect a flower's reproductive parts, accord..
Credit: Barbara Cramer/Zack Eagles, Vanderbilt University Mother's milk, which consists of a complex and continually changing blend of proteins, fats and sugars, helps protect babies...
Credit: Staci Amburgey, Penn State As conditions warm, fish and wildlife living at the southern edge of their species' ranges are most at risk, according...
