The benefits — and potential pitfalls — of urban green spaces
With the rapid expansion of the urban landscape, successfully managing ecosystems in built areas has never been more important. However, our understanding of urban ecology...
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Too near, or too far? What fruit flies teach us about personal space
Credit: Anne F. Simon, Western University, Canada Most of us have had the experience of backing away when someone has stepped inside the bounds of...
New 13-million-year-old infant skull sheds light on ape ancestry
Credit: Paul Tafforeau / ESRF The discovery in Kenya of a remarkably complete fossil ape skull reveals what the common ancestor of all living apes...
Mapping the brain
Credit: University of Konstanz In the past several years, and in close cooperation with the Janelia Research Campus of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute in...
Defining standards for genomes from uncultivated microorganisms
During the Industrial Revolution, factories began relying on machines rather than people for mass production. Amidst the societal changes, standardization crept in, from ensuring nuts...
Researchers create biomaterial that delivers both a powerful drug and gene silencers
BROOKLYN, New York - Clinicians today have an arsenal of more than 200 drugs at their disposal for treating a range of cancers -- 68...
Insight into learning via ‘friend of fragile X’ gene
Credit: Ken Moberg. We can learn a lot about somebody from the friends they hang out with. This applies to people and also to genes...
Decommissioning Platform Holly
When the Colorado-based oil company Venoco, Inc. -- founded in Carpinteria, California, more than two decades ago -- declared bankruptcy last spring and ceded its...
Family break-ups lead to domestic violence in fruit fly relationships
Credit: Amy Hong Male fruit flies with strong family ties are less likely to become abusive during mating than others, according to new Oxford research....
Scientists unearth cell ‘checkpoint’ that stops allergic diseases
Scientists from Trinity College Dublin have made a significant breakthrough in understanding the regulation of immune cells that play a pivotal role in allergic diseases...
Sensing technology takes a quantum leap with RIT photonics research
Credit: J. Adam Fenster and Prof. A. N. Vamivakas, University of Rochester Research underway at RIT advances a new kind of sensing technology that captures...
2017 Massry Prize honors microbiome research pioneers
Credit: UC San Diego Health Microbiome researchers Rob Knight, PhD, University of California San Diego, Jeffrey Gordon, MD, Washington University School of Medicine in St....
Reversing a genetic mutation to restore your smile
Credit: University of Utah Health Inherited genetic mutations can rob up to 7 percent of the population of their smile. Several genes are important for...
Salk neuroscientist receives new NSF award to model the brain
Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--As part of the National Science Foundation's funding for new multidisciplinary approaches to neuroscience, Salk Professor Terrence Sejnowski together with the...
Biochar shows benefits as manure lagoon cover
Credit: Brian Dougherty Manure is a reality in raising farm animals. Manure can be a useful fertilizer, returning valued nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium to the...
