Faulty cell signaling derails cerebral cortex development, could it lead to autism?
Credit: Anton Lab, UNC School of Medicine CHAPEL HILL, NC - As the embryonic brain develops, an incredibly complex cascade of cellular events occur, starting...
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Imagining a world without species
Credit: CC Even Charles Darwin, the author of "The Origin of Species", had a problem with species. "I was much struck how entirely vague and...
Gender-open science
Credit: Foto: Peter Mesenholl Gender perspectives in mathematics, information sciences, natural sciences and technology: The Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) has granted the...
Smokers who quit have metabolite levels that resemble those of nonsmokers
Even after years of smoking, the body has a remarkable ability to repair itself. Now in a study appearing in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research,...
$11.5 million program project aims to combat malaria drug resistance
Credit: courtesy of Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (Sept. 20, 2017) - Texas Biomedical Research Institute researchers, Dr. Tim Anderson and Dr. Ian Cheeseman, have...
Research provides clues to treat depression, autism and other neuropsychiatric disorders
Credit: Florida Atlantic University Alterations in a naturally occurring chemical in the brain called serotonin have been linked to a number of neuropsychiatric disorders including...
Using AI, citizen science and disaster response to help victims of Hurricane Irma
A highly unusual collaboration between information engineers at Oxford, the Zooniverse citizen science platform and international disaster response organization Rescue Global is enabling a rapid...
Sandia Labs wins 5 regional technology transfer awards
Credit: Sandia National Laboratories/Randy Wong ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Sandia National Laboratories won five awards from the 2017 Federal Laboratory Consortium for its work to develop...
Scientists find cellular backup plan for keeping iron levels just right
Iron is essential for cells to function, but excess iron can damage cells. Accordingly, cells have sophisticated molecular mechanisms to constantly sense and adjust iron...
Real or fake? Creating fingers to protect identities
Credit: Michigan State University Do you know how safe it is to use your finger as a security login? And have you wondered how your...
EU life science research institutes want a more balanced Framework Programme 9
Credit: VIB EU-LIFE, the alliance of 13 leading Life Science Research Institutes in Europe announced their key priorities for the next Framework Programme for Research...
Researchers discover unique property of critical methane-producing enzyme
An unexpected discovery has given scientists a greater understanding of an important methane-producing enzyme. A team of researchers at the Carl R. Woese Institute for...
$2.375 million federal award to study epigenetic control systems, inform drug discovery
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute September 20, 2017 (Grand Rapids, Michigan)--Van Andel Research Institute scientist Scott Rothbart, Ph.D., has been awarded a five-year,...
Animal acoustic activity decline shows forest fire pollution wreaks havoc on wildlife
Credit: Benjamin Lee Forest fires in Southeast Asia during the El Niño droughts of 2015 caused considerable disruption to the biodiversity of the region due...
Dinosaur evolution: Lumbering giants had agile ancestors
Credit: Source: Rodolfo Nogueira The best known sauropod dinosaurs were huge herbivorous creatures, whose brain structures were markedly different from those of their evolutionary predecessors,...