FSU researchers receive $2.8 million to study fate of BP oil spill
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A team of research institutions led by Florida State University has been awarded a $2.8 million grant to expand our understanding of...
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Hunt is over for one of the ‘top 50 most-wanted fungi’
Credit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., Sept. 27, 2017--In a step toward bridging the gap between fungal taxonomy and molecular ecology, scientists from...
New clues from brain structures of mantis shrimp
Credit: Roy L. Caldwell, Department of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley, California Taking a close look at the neural systems of mantis shrimp, top...
Internists urge President Trump to ‘consider taking additional actions’ to provide relief
Internists Urge President Trump to 'Consider Taking Additional Actions' to Provide Relief in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands Letter offers solutions to prevent situation...
Breakdown of brain cells’ metabolic collaboration linked to Alzheimer’s disease
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Researchers have discovered that impairing a critical partnership between brain cells can lead to neurodegeneration. The study published in Cell...
Artificial muscles, tendons would make prosthetic limbs more lifelike
Credit: University of Houston An engineer from the University of Houston has received a $500,000 CAREER award from the National Science Foundation to develop artificial...
FSU researchers receive $2.8m to study fate of BP oil spill
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A team of research institutions led by Florida State University has been awarded a $2.8 million grant to expand our understanding of...
Scientists develop broad-spectrum inhibitors of influenza virus
Credit: Rameshwar U. Kadam (Ian Wilson's Lab) A team of researchers from The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) and Janssen Research & Development (Janssen) has devised...
UMD partners with Fraunhofer, Signature Science on DNA screening technologies
Credit: John T. Consoli/University of Maryland Computational biologists in the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS) are collaborating with other experts to...
New role for fragile X protein could offer clues for treatment
Credit: Credit: Korb et al./ Cell 2017 The protein behind fragile X syndrome acts as a genetic conductor, orchestrating a symphony of genes that help...
Stone Age child reveals that modern humans emerged more than 300,000 years ago
Credit: Photograph: Lyn Wadley, University of the Witwatersrand. South Africa is well-known for its hominin fossil record. But this time, results from a study of...
Uni works with Yorkshire Water on £300k project to reduce lead in water
(University of Huddersfield) One strand will focus on the 'particulate lead' that can be found in tap water as a result of corrosion in the...
Advancing a shared goal for farmers and conservation
Credit: ASA, CSSA, SSSA The Nature Conservancy and the American Society of Agronomy (ASA), Crop Science Society of America (CSSA), Soil Science Society of America...
Continental controls needed to maintain fightback against tree diseases
Tighter controls on timber and plant movements into Europe are necessary to prevent further disastrous effects of plant diseases, a new study of the ash-dieback...
Bed bugs attracted to dirty laundry, study finds
Bed bugs are huge problem for hotel and homeowners in some of the world's busiest cities Insects finding their way into clothing and luggage is...
