Using forest resources strengthens food security, study finds
Forests can reduce hunger in rural households while also capturing carbon and advancing sustainability goals for low- and middle-income countries, according to new research by...
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Astrophysicists uncover supermassive blackhole/dark matter connection in solving the ‘final parsec problem’
Researchers have found a link between some of the largest and smallest objects in the cosmos: supermassive black holes and dark matter particles.Credit: Credit: NASA's...
Less productive yet more stable
Grassland is one of the most important and most widespread ecosystems on earth. Such open landscapes with grasses and herbs not only cover more than...
Revealing the beauty of ciliated eukaryotes: A simple and versatile method for tubulin staining with outstanding performance
Ciliates, a group of single-celled ciliated eukaryotes, have been studied since the dawn of light microscopy, with over 10,000 species described. Cilia are the key...
Researchers develop ‘organ on a chip’ for better drug testing
Improving human quality of life with drug treatments is a complicated issue. Drug certification, including drug safety and reliability, entails a long series of tests...
Tropical plant species are as threatened by climate change as widely feared, study confirms
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Brown University biologists who set out to better understand the effects of climate change on plant species in tropical mountain regions found...
Can we predict who will develop migraine headaches?
A migraine is not just a bad headache. It is a much-dreaded part of a neurologic disorder that has an array of possible symptoms, including...
Virtual reality training for physicians aims to heal disparities in Black maternal health care
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — During a checkup with her obstetrician, Marilyn Hayes tells him about overwhelming exhaustion and possible symptoms of postpartum depression, such as feeling...
Not everything that tastes bitter is potentially harmful. But why? Study provides an explanation
A bitter taste is traditionally considered a warning sign of potentially toxic substances. But not all bitter substances are harmful. For example, some peptides and...
University of Houston flexes scientific muscle with breakthrough in skeletal muscle regeneration
Newly published research from the University of Houston College of Pharmacy identifies key mechanisms of skeletal muscle regeneration and growth of muscles following resistance exercise....
Argonne-led research working toward reducing electronic waste with biodegradable luminescent polymers
From your car’s navigation display to the screen you are reading this on, luminescent polymers — a class of flexible materials that contain light-emitting molecules — are...
Pusan National University researchers revolutionize environmental health with advanced explainable machine learning approach
Traditional environmental health research often focuses on the toxicity of single chemical exposures. However, in real-world situations, people are exposed to multiple pollutants simultaneously, which...
Taking steps for improving the biodiversity monitoring methods in support of the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
The EU-funded project MAMBO (Modern Approaches to the Monitoring of Biodiversity) announces the release of its first policy brief, which highlights MAMBO’s contribution to the development...
Postpartum depression could be screened at the source
One in eight new moms will experience sadness, hopelessness, and feelings of overwhelm in the first year after having a baby, a statistic that is...
It’s not just humans — bacteria have memory too
A recent study led by Dr. Ilana Kolodkin-Gal from the Scojen Institute for Synthetic Biology at Reichman University, which is headed by Prof. Yosi Sacham,...
