Urbanization and electricity are not to blame for sleep loss
In this study, researchers from the University of Surrey, in collaboration with groups in South Africa, Brazil, Colombia and the USA, examined the sleeping patterns...
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New hearing test to establish fitness-for-duty among military personnel
The current measure of 'auditory fitness-for-duty' used in British military medical examinations is 'pure-tone audiometry', which assesses the ability to hear individual tones of d..
The need to understand what works in social prescribing
Credit: University of Plymouth Social prescribing has the potential to address many of the factors that perpetuate illness, decrease quality of life and add to...
Collaboration of therapists and clients may improve family therapy
A new article addresses ongoing conversations about bridging the gap between practice and research within the field of family therapy. The authors advocate for what...
New insights into complex processes
Credit: Photo: team Gessler The blood-brain barrier is a crucial protection mechanism: It is a highly selective physical barrier that prevents pathogens and toxins in...
The Global Ant Genomics Alliance announces partnership with Novogene to advance the genomic study of ants around the world
July 18, 2017, Copenhagen, Denmark and Beijing, China - The Global Ant Genomics Alliance (GAGA; http://antgenomics.dk/), an international collaboration of researchers from a variety of...
Novogene will use Pacific Biosciences SMRT technology to build novo-disease SV genomes database
San Diego, July 18, 2017 -- Novogene announced today it plans to use Pacific Biosciences SMRT® technology to build a comprehensive Chinese genome database, Novo-Disease...
Evolution of the fungus that is devastating wheat crops
Wheat blast fungus is a pathogen that has been devastating wheat crops in South America since the mid-1980s and recently caused heavy yield losses in...
New research highlights optimal methods for administering children’s medications
New research published today, conducted by a research team from the University of Liverpool and Alder Hey Children's Hospital, aims to help solve the problem...
Parasite revealed: New insights into dicyemida
Credit: Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University (OIST) Revealing the origin and evolutionary history of the world's manifold life forms is one way...
‘Plant cinema’ shows the flow of energy
Credit: (c) Stephan Wagner Nothing works without fuel: plants also depend on fuel for growth and development. In living organisms, fuel comes as the universal...
Scientists ‘resurrect’ ancient proteins to provide clues about molecular innovation
Credit: ESRF/P. Jayet Enzyme activity is determined by the structure of a particular region of the protein called the active site. The generation of completely...
How blood vessels slow down and accelerate tumor growth
Cancer cells have an enormous need for oxygen and nutrients. Therefore, growing tumors rely on the simultaneous growth of capillaries, the fine branching blood vessels...
One amino acid, a whale of a difference
A single amino-acid variation in a key receptor in whales may help explain why some species of cetaceans evolved sleek, muscular bodies to hunt fish...
Study reveals ways in which cells feel their surroundings
Credit: Image courtesy of Ned Wingreen, Princeton University Cells push out tiny feelers to probe their physical surroundings, but how much can these tiny sensors...
