Mutant ants provide insights into social interaction
Credit: NYU School of Medicine Ants genetically engineered to lack their "sense of smell" became unable to communicate, forage or compete to be a queen,...
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Researchers use CRISPR to manipulate social behavior in ants
Credit: Daniel Kronauer The Rockefeller University The gene-editing technology called CRISPR has revolutionized the way that the function of genes is studied. So far, CRISPR...
Chemists use electrochemistry to amp up drug manufacturing
Credit: Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Give your medicine a jolt. By using - electrochemistry - a technique that combines electricity and chemistry, future pharmaceuticals...
Crank the AC, cut in-car pollution
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis For many, the commute to and from work is a lengthy, stressful process. According to the U.S. Census Bureau,...
Four ORNL researchers receive DOE early career funding awards
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Aug. 10, 2017 - Four Oak Ridge National Laboratory researchers specializing in nuclear physics, fusion energy, advanced materials and environmental science are...
New measure of insulin-making cells could gauge diabetes progression, treatment
Credit: Reinier Hernandez et al UW-Madison, Diabetes, August, 2017. MADISON - Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have developed a new measurement for the volume...
Sleep biology discovery could lead to new insomnia treatments that don’t target the brain
Credit: Reed Hutchinson/UCLA UCLA scientists report the first evidence that a gene outside the brain controls the ability to rebound from sleep deprivation -- a...
First mutant ants shed light on evolution of social behavior
Credit: Laboratory of Social Evolution and Behavior at The Rockefeller University Ants run a tight ship. They organize themselves into groups with very specific tasks:...
Link between biological clock and aging revealed
Credit: IRB Barcelona Irvine, Calif. -- Scientists studying how aging affects the biological clock's control of metabolism have discovered that a low-calorie diet helps keep...
Mapping the brain, neuron by neuron
A Johns Hopkins University mathematician and computer scientist joined an international team of neuroscientists to create a complete map of the learning and memory center...
Researchers link genes and motor skills development
Genes for many may be widely associated with determining certain traits and characteristics. Now a study co-led by John H. Martin of The CUNY School...
Checkpoint inhibitors fire up different types of T cells to attack tumors
HOUSTON -- Cancer immunotherapies that block two different checkpoints on T cells launch immune attacks on cancer by expanding distinct types of T cell that...
Innovative way to understand nature of an entire tiny particle
Credit: Photo credit: Mark Townley/UNH UIC DURHAM, N.H. - New research from the University of New Hampshire has led to the development of a novel...
Lung cancer clinical trial elig criteria & requirements increased in number and complexity
DENVER -Eligibility criteria continue to increase in number and complexity for lung cancer clinical trials. Cancer clinical trials have complex requirements for design, study, and...
Gene-editing-induced changes in ant social communication
Credit: Image credit: Brigitte Baella PHILADELPHIA - Ants have proven themselves to be the newest (and brightest) animal model on the laboratory block. Nevertheless, "ants-as-animal-model"...
