Knowing one’s place in a social hierarchy
When you start a new job, it's normal to spend the first day working out who's who in the pecking order, information that will come...
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Disruption of the body’s internal clock causes disruption of metabolic processes
Chronobiologists from Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin have shown that the body's carbon monoxide metabolism is closely linked to the body's circadian (internal) clock. Carbon monoxide,...
TET proteins drive early neurogenesis
Credit: Courtesy of Dr. Xiang Li, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology. LA JOLLA, CA--The fate of stem cells is determined by series of...
Could a seawater battery help end our dependence on lithium?
Scientists have developed a battery that uses seawater as the catholyte. Click for a high-resolution image.... view more Credit: American Chemical Society With the ubiquity...
New studies take a second look at coral bleaching culprit
Credit: Illustration by Eric Taylor, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Scientists have called superoxide out as the main culprit behind coral bleaching: The idea is that...
Ecologists publish research on soil’s potential to increase the Earth’s CO2
Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Soil, an important part of the carbon cycle, might compound the world's carbon dioxide problem, according to a...
Researchers combine MERS and rabies viruses to create innovative 2-for-1 vaccine
In a new study, researchers have modified a rabies virus, so that it has a protein from the MERS virus; this altered virus works as...
Evolution Letters — A new open access journal set to launch in 2017
Hoboken, NJ - December 7, 2016 - John Wiley and Sons, Inc. (NYSE: JWa and JWb), the European Society of Evolutionary Biology (ESEB), and The...
Why keep the raw data?
Credit: Kroon-Batenburg et al. The increasingly popular subject of raw diffraction data deposition is examined in a Topical Review in IUCrJ [Kroon-Batenburg, Helliwell, McMahon &...
Two genetic mutations discovered in subset of acute myeloid leukemia
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Two genetic mutations known to play a role in many solid cancers might also help explain why a subset of acute myeloid...
Partnership at a distance: Deep-frozen helium molecules
Credit: Peter Evers FRANKFURT. Helium atoms are loners. Only if they are cooled down to an extremely low temperature do they form a very weakly...
Uncovering the secrets of water and ice as materials
WASHINGTON, D.C., December 7, 2016 -- Water is vital to life on Earth and its importance simply can't be overstated -- it's also deeply rooted...
Novel test enables earlier detection of Merkel cell carcinoma, Fred Hutch scientists say
Scientists have found a way to detect earlier if a deadly cancer, Merkel cell carcinoma (MCC), is recurring in patients, according to a paper to...
Story tips from the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, December 2016
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Closing the carbon loop
Credit: Karl Johnson PITTSBURGH (December 7, 2016) ... Research at the University of Pittsburgh's Swanson School of Engineering focused on developing a new catalyst that...
