Enhancing memory network via brain stimulation
Study shows repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation is robust and reproducibleCredit: Michael Freedberg Magnetic stimulation of the posterior parietal cortex increases ...
Tag: Biology
Secrets to climate change adaptation uncovered in the European corn borer moth
Scientists find genetic variation that allows the moth to change its biological clock and adjust to shorter wintersCredit: Frank Peairs, ...
Researchers discover how chlamydia takes up new DNA from host
Credit: Hefty Lab LAWRENCE -- According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, chlamydia trachomatis is the most commonly ...
Plant death may reveal genetic mechanisms underlying cell self-destruction
Loss of protein homeostasis is involved in programmed cell death during hybrid lethality in plantsCredit: Tetsuya Yamada, TUAT Hybrid plants ...
Musical perception: nature or nurture?
This is the subject of the research by Juan Manuel Toro (ICREA) and Carlota Pagès Portabella, researchers at the Center ...
Placenta transit of an environmental estrogen
Researchers show path of zearalenone through the womb using new technologyCredit: © University of Vienna The human foetus is considered ...
MDI Biological Laboratory scientist receives federal grant to study aging
Award to Aric Rogers, Ph.D., could lead to therapies to extend healthy lifespanCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- ...
2019 Rosalind Franklin Young Investigator Award winners announced
Credit: (Photo courtesy of the University of Southern California) The Genetics Society of America (GSA) and The Gruber Foundation are ...
NSF award helps Kent State anthropologists expand international partnership
Credit: Kent State University A new federal grant will help Kent State University expand an international relationship and provide invaluable ...
BTI researchers unlocking hornworts’ secrets
Figuring out the genetic underpinnings of hornworts' weird biology could help researchers boost agricultural output, use less fertilizer, and gain ...
Reef fish caring for their young are taken advantage of by other fish
Biologists have reported the first evidence of brood parasitism in coral reef fish, finding unrelated young fish in groups of ...
Tuberculosis: New insights into the pathogen
Credit: Sebastian Geibel Tuberculosis is a highly contagious infectious disease that is typically spread through aerosols and mainly affects the ...
Threshold-dependent gene drives in wild populations
Credit: James Gathany The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. By altering the ...
Bioelectricity’s promise for therapeutic targets in cancer
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, October 8, 2019--Bioelectricity of Cancer, a special issue of the peer-reviewed ...
Hush, little baby: Mother right whales ‘whisper’ to calves
Credit: Photo by Dana Cusano, Syracuse University; NMFS Permit #775-1875 On June 20, a whale researchers had named Punctuation was ...
New mechanism fueling brain metastasis discovered at Wistar
The pro-metastatic effect of astrocytes is mediated by activation of the PPAR-gamma pathway in invaded cancer cells and uncovers new ...
Scientists find gender-distinct circuit for depression
Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Depression affects women nearly twice as much as men, but unraveling the brain's blueprint ...
Brain tissue kept alive for weeks on an artificial membrane
Credit: RIKEN Researchers at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research in Japan have developed a new system for keeping ...
Army bio-inspired theoretical research may make robots more effective on the future battlefield
Credit: US Army-Shutterstock In an effort to make robots more effective and versatile teammates for Soldiers in combat, Army researchers ...
Deep3DFly: the deep-learning way to design fly-like robots
Credit: P. Ramdya, EPFL "Just think about what a fly can do," says Professor Pavan Ramdya, whose lab at EPFL's ...
