Cell model of the brain provides new knowledge on developmental disease
By reprogramming skin cells into nerve cells, researchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden are creating cell models of the human brain. In a new study...
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Sushi’s sublime secrets (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Sept. 19, 2017 -- Sushi is sublime. Just fresh fish and seasoned rice in its simplest form served one...
$20M NSF award to fund research into the role of microorganisms in plant, soil, water
Credit: Walter Dodds, Kansas State University LAWRENCE - The University of Kansas will partner with four other Kansas universities on a new project funded by...
Emerging disease further jeopardizes North American frogs
Credit: William Barichivich, USGS A deadly amphibian disease called severe Perkinsea infections, or SPI, is the cause of many large-scale frog die-offs in the United...
Scientists explore biology’s boundaries at Allen Discovery Center at Tufts first symposium
MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. (Sept. 19, 2017) - Eight researchers in the vanguard of biological science gathered at the inaugural symposium of the new Allen Discovery Center...
What web browsers and proteins have in common
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Researchers in the United States and Germany have just discovered a previously overlooked part of protein molecules that could be key to...
Groundbreaking investigative effort identifies gonorrhea vaccine candidates
CORVALLIS, Ore. - Researchers at Oregon State University have identified a pair of proteins that show promise as the basis for a gonorrhea vaccine. The...
What’s the latest on gut microbiota?
How many undergraduate classes in microbiology -- or any scientific field, for that matter -- can say they're published in a peer-reviewed journal? "It's very...
A study switches from genetic to metabolic analysis to reconstitute evolutionary process
Credit: Frederico Padilla With 72 species currently identified, Espeletia is a plant genus endemic to the paramo, a moist alpine biome unique to the northern...
Method to estimate abundance, trends in North Atlantic right whales confirms decline
NOAA Fisheries researchers and colleagues at the New England Aquarium have developed a new model to improve estimates of abundance and population trends of endangered...
Science denial not limited to political right
Credit: Nick Youngson In the wake of Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, many claims have been made that science denial, particularly as it relates to climate...
Research redefines proteins’ role in the development of spinal sensory cells
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center/eLife A recent study led by Samantha Butler at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and...
Scientists find way to convert bad body fat into good fat
Credit: Irfan J. Lodhi There's good fat and bad fat in our bodies. The good fat helps burn calories, while the bad fat hoards calories,...
CUHK sets out to reveal impact of Arctic amplification on East Asian winter climate
An ongoing research project aims to identify and explain teleconnections and future changes in the East Asian Winter Monsoon under Arctic Amplification. The project is...
An interconnection between the nervous and immune system
Credit: Harald Prüss A newly-discovered reflex arc mediates a process which leads to a disruption in the hormones secreted by the adrenal glands which, in...