How migrating birds ‘run a marathon,’ burning muscles and organs in long flights
Credit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - Migrating birds complete long non-stop flights of many hours for songbirds and days for some shorebirds to reach breeding...
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Global warming could result in losses for the European wine industry
Credit: Taylor & Francis and Heatshield Slight increases in temperature in Mediterranean regions from global warming could potentially result in labor, productivity and economic losses...
Research raises antibiotic questions
A James Cook University scientist has warned about the side effects of overusing topical antibiotics, including concerns they're contributing to global antibiotic resistance. The ground-breaki..
Babies born big more likely to become obese as children, study finds
Credit: UVA Health System Infants born with a high birthweight are more likely to become obese as children, a new study from the University of...
Breathing in a new gene therapy to treat pulmonary hypertension
Mount Sinai has partnered with Theragene Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to advance a novel airway-delivered gene therapy for treating pulmonary hypertension (PH), a form of high blood...
Creating music by thought alone
Credit: Photo courtesy of the University of Washington. Neurologists have created a hands-free, thought-controlled musical instrument, which they've recently described in a report in Frontiers..
New analysis of rare Argentinian rat unlocks origin of the largest mammalian genome
Credit: McMaster University HAMILTON, July 12, 2017 -New biological information gleaned from the red vizcacha rat, a native species of Argentina, demonstrates how genomes can...
First aid kit in some living organisms helps fix DNA after lengthy sun exposure
New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 Sunburn in living organisms is caused by ultraviolet (UV) light from the sun damaging the DNA in the...
Between extinction and survival of endangered populations
New York | Heidelberg, 12 July 2017 - Populations of endangered species reach a critical point in their life where they either survive or evolve...
Insight into the immune system
Fundamental new insights into the functioning of the immune system and a new approach to treating autoimmune diseases: these are among the achievements of the...
DFG approves seven new research units and one new clinical research unit
At its summer session during the annual meeting of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) in Halle (Saale), the DFG Senate established seven new...
Shortcut method in drug development
In the latest issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a research group at Uppsala University presents a new, small-scale...
Evolution of a bacterial enzyme in green algae
A new jigsaw piece in the evolution of green algae has been identified by researchers at Ruhr-Universität Bochum together with colleagues from Max Planck Institute...
€3 billion in funding and 31,000 funded projects
(Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft) DFG presents 2016 Annual Report /-- 'Best knowledge-driven research -- supported by broad political and public trust' -- Annual meeting in Halle concluded.
Low oxygen in Chesapeake Bay
Credit: Jeremy Testa The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Each year, low oxygen levels, known as hypoxia,...
