Toxic peptides disrupt membrane-less organelles in neurodegenerative disease
Credit: St. Jude Children's Research Hospital / Peipei Zhang Researchers at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have discovered the way toxic proteins linked to the...
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Biosensors will be inexpensive, do more, go everywhere
Credit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services When it comes to biometric sensors, human skin isn't an ally. It's an obstacle. The University of Cincinnati is...
Paleontologists solve pterosaur pelvis puzzle
Credit: Courtesy Greg Funston Following a discovery in 2015 in Alberta's Dinosaur Provincial Park, Greg Funston puzzled for two years over a mysterious bone trying...
Neural stem cells steered by electric fields in rat brain
Credit: Junfeng Feng Electric fields can be used to guide neural stem cells transplanted into the brain towards a specific location. The research, published July...
Researchers make flexible glass for tiny medical devices
Credit: Jaren Wilkey/BYU Photo Brigham Young University researchers have developed new glass technology that could add a new level of flexibility to the microscopic world...
Ten million tons of fish wasted every year despite declining fish…
Credit: UBC Public Affairs Industrial fishing fleets dump nearly 10 million tonnes of good fish back into the ocean every year, according to new research....
Crapemyrtle pest to be targeted by $3.3 million grant to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension
Credit: (Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service photo by Kathleen Phillips) COLLEGE STATION — The most popular flowering shrub in the U.S. has a new ally...
Lunatic fringe gene plays key role in the renewable brain
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine The discovery that the brain can generate new cells – about 700 new neurons each day – has triggered investigations...
New evidence for California Condors’ genetic bottleneck
Credit: J. D'Elia The existing genetic diversity of California Condors, all of which are descended from just 14 individuals, is strikingly low. But were condors...
Nano-SPEARs gently measure electrical signals in small animals
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON – (April 17, 2017) – Microscopic probes developed at Rice University have simplified the process of measuring electrical activity in...
An alternative hypothesis on the faunal colonization of the Himalayas?
Credit: Matthias Stöck Until now, the fauna of the Himalayas was considered to be an "immigration fauna", with species that have immigrated primarily from neighbouring...
Rice scientists’ study of human migration could help understand…
Credit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University What could cancer cells and drug-resistant bacteria possibly have in common with Stone Age settlers of the Americas? They're all migratory,...
WSU researchers develop alternative to wasteful methane flaring
Credit: NASA's Earth Observatory PULLMAN, Wash.–Jean-Sabin McEwen knocks out a web search for "North Dakota," "night sky" and "flaring," and quickly finds a picture from...
African bird shows signs of evil stepdad behavior
Credit: Martha Nelson-Flower An African desert-dwelling male bird favours his biological sons and alienates his stepsons, suggests research published today in Biological Letters. "Nepotism has...
Physical activity builds stronger bones, even in children with genetic risk
Exercise, particularly high-impact activity, builds stronger bones in children, even for those who carry genetic variants that predispose them to bone weakness, according to new...