NASA sees System 91P coming together east of Queensland
Credit: Credits: NASA/NOAA The area of tropical low pressure designated System 91P appears to be organizing in NASA satellite imagery on March 24. Visible imagery...
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Clock stars: Astrocytes keep time for brain, behavior
Credit: Herzog Lab. Until recently, work on biological clocks that dictate daily fluctuations in most body functions, including core body temperature and alertness, focused on...
Study confirms prescription weight-loss medication helps with opiate addiction recovery
Credit: The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston GALVESTON, Texas - Researchers from The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston have confirmed that...
Schizophrenia-associated gene research funded by $3.1 million NIH grant
A research team at Emory University is embarking on a multipronged study of 3q29 deletion syndrome, a genetic mutation associated with a 40-fold increased risk...
UTA quantifying coral species’ disease susceptibility by examining immune traits
Credit: Photo courtesy of Laura Mydlarz A biologist from The University of Texas at Arlington is leading a new study aimed at quantifying how susceptible...
Fingerprint’ technique spots frog populations at risk from pollution
Credit: Lancaster University Researchers at Lancaster University have found a way to detect subtle early warning signs that reveal a frog population is at risk...
The world’s largest diamond foil
Material researchers of Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg (FAU) have come a step closer to their goal of providing large diamond foils for practical applications. In...
Microwave-induced bismuth salts-mediated synthesis of molecules of medicinal interests
Bismuth salts are used as medicinally active ingredients for the past many years due to their minimum toxicity and side effects. It is important to...
Astronomers identify purest, most massive brown dwarf
Credit: John Pinfield An international team of astronomers has identified a record breaking brown dwarf (a star too small for nuclear fusion) with the 'purest'...
Big data approach to predict protein structure
Credit: (Photo: KIT) Nothing works without proteins in the body, they are the molecular all-rounders in our cells. If they do not work properly, severe...
Evolutionary advantage of the common periwinkle
A special kind of small sulfur-rich proteins, the metallothioneins, have an extraordinarily large capability for binding heavy metals. An international team of scientists has now...
Survivors of childhood brain tumors have increased body fat
Hamilton, ON (Mar. 22, 2016) - McMaster University researchers have discovered that while survivors of childhood brain tumours have a similar Body Mass Index (BMI)...
‘Jumonji’ protein key to Ewing’s sarcoma rampage
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center By the time Ewing's Sarcoma is diagnosed, primarily in teens and young adults, it has often spread from its...
Predatory lizard enters Brazil clandestinely
Credit: Ivan Prates It all began with a photograph of a lizard posted on Facebook in August 2015 by the Brazilian Herpetology group. It was...
Spread of ages is key to impact of disease, animal study finds
How a disease outbreak affects a group of animals depends on the breakdown of ages in the population, research has shown. The findings could help...