Guilt by dissociation: Study sheds light on serotonin in autism
Leading FAU neuroscientist and collaborators help unravel neurotransmitter puzzleCredit: Randy D. Blakely, Ph.D. Recent estimates indicate a prevalence of autism ...
Tag: Biology
Eat more to grow more arms…if you’re a sea anemone
Credit: Anniek Stokkermans/EMBL Your genetic code determines that you will grow two arms and two legs. The same fate is ...
Climate change could increase rice yields
Credit: Rachel Schutte Rice is the most consumed staple food in the world. It is especially common in Asia, where ...
How to get the upper body of a burrowing frog
Credit: Gregory Jongsma GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- You might think the buffest frogs would be high jumpers, but if you want ...
Differing diets of bonobo groups may offer insights into how culture is created
New study focuses on neighboring bands of one of our closest relativesCredit: the Kokolopori Bonobo Research Project/Liran Samuni Human societies ...
Scientists shed new light on pollen tube growth in plants
New findings reveal the unexpected role of an enzyme called KATANIN in guiding the growth of pollen tubes in flowering ...
Scientists discover earliest fossil evidence of an insect lichen mimic
The discovery that a Jurassic moth lacewing mimicked a co-occurring fossil lichen to promote survival predates modern lichen-insect associations by ...
Awareness raising alone is not enough
Nature conservation policy too rarely succeeds in changing people's behaviourCredit: André Künzelmann/UFZ It is a well-known problem: too rarely do ...
NYUAD study finds gene targets to combat microorganisms binding to underwater surfaces
This study paves the way for the creation of new environmentally-friendly antifouling methodsCredit: NYUAD Abu Dhabi, UAE, September 1, 2020: ...
Misfiring brain cells may cause swallowing woes in children with developmental disorders
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists reveal molecular roots of swallowing disorderCredit: Xin Wang & Anastas Popratiloff/George Washington University Misfiring brain ...
How to weigh a dinosaur
Researchers from the University of New England and Royal Ontario Museum shed new light on long-debated topic of dinosaur weightCredit: ...
Red fox displaces Arctic fox thanks to littering
Trash draws scavengers to places they might not otherwise goCredit: NINA, game camera Animal species that are at home in ...
New Research Provides Solution for the ‘Dust Bowl Paradox’
Credit: Alan Knapp Almost 100 years ago, there was a strange, slow-motion takeover of the Great Plains. During the Dust ...
Scientists discover key regulator of neuron function and survival
Preclinical study in Cell Reports points to possible treatment for epileptic seizuresCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists studying neuronal energy ...
Detecting small amounts of virus in early infections
Device could preconcentrate samples from COVID-19 patients in asymptomatic stages of the disease, providing early detection capabilityCredit: Amy Drexelius WASHINGTON, ...
Clemson receives $2.5 million grant to study the mechanisms of ecosystem health
Researchers to identify microbes that relate to the health of ecosystemsCredit: College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - Clemson University ...
RethiNKing which immune cells are the best weapon against lung cancer
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute Immune cells called 'natural killer' (NK) cells could be a powerful weapon for fighting ...
Study: Portable, point-of-care COVID-19 test could bypass the lab
Credit: Photo courtesy of Bill King, University of Illinois CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- As COVID-19 continues to spread, bottlenecks in supplies ...
Consortium of Brazilian researchers completes sequencing of native stingless bee’s genome
Frieseomelitta varia is a docile species of economic interest as a pollinator; Its workers are sterile, and some of its ...
Dodder uses the flowering signal of its host plant to flower
The plant parasite eavesdrops on its host and uses the host's mobile floral stimulus for timing its own floweringCredit: Jingxiong ...
