Tornadoes, windstorms pave way for lasting plant invasions
Credit: Melissa Daniels URBANA, Ill. - When tornadoes touch down, we brace for news of property damage, injuries, and loss ...
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Carnegie Mellon research identifies new pathways for sensory learning in the brain
Automated, robotic training device developed by Carnegie Mellon undergraduate student advances neuroscience research We've all heard the saying that individuals ...
U of Guelph researchers learn how low oxygen builds a bigger, stronger alligator heart
Credit: University of Guelph Restricted oxygen during early life development might result in lasting heart damage for many creatures, but ...
A dynamic genetic code based on DNA shape
Codons and fliponsCredit: Alan Herbert DNA has many different forms. Normally the two strands of DNA wind around each other ...
The top five strangest poisons that can kill you (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, July 18, 2019 -- There are some crazy poisons in this world of ours, ...
UCF team discovers, names new frog species
Credit: UCF, Veronica Urgiles UCF student Veronica Urgiles has helped describe two new frog species discovered in Ecuador, and she ...
Coaching scientists to play well together
Free tool shows how to avoid fights over data and authorship conflicts 'You stole my idea' or 'I'm not getting ...
Lionfish ear-bones reveal a more mobile invasion
104th Annual Meeting: Bridging Communities and Ecosystems: Inclusion as an Ecological ImperativeCredit: Photo courtesy of Montana Airey Just as lions ...
Low doses of radiation promote cancer-capable cells
New research in mice helps to understand the risks around exposure to low doses of radiation, such as CT scans ...
How mammals’ brains evolved to distinguish odors is nothing to sniff at
Salk study finds that the relationship of 'distributed circuit' components scales across speciesCredit: Salk Institute The world is filled with ...
Waking up sleeping bacteria to fight infections
Researchers in the group of Jan Michiels (VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology) identified a mechanism of how sleepy bacteria wake ...
Scientists discover how mosquito brains integrate diverse sensory cues to find a host
Credit: Kiley Riffell For female mosquitoes, finding their next meal is all about smelling and seeing. Through behavioral experiments and ...
Algae-killing viruses spur nutrient recycling in oceans
Rutgers-led team confirms an important role for viruses that infect algae in marine watersCredit: Jeffrey Krause and Eric Lachenmyer Scientists ...
ASHG to launch Human Genetics and Genomics Advances, a new open access journal
ASHG's flagship publication The American Journal of Human Genetics reaffirms commitment to reflect full breadth and reach of field ROCKVILLE, ...
Identification of autophagy gene regulation mechanism related to dementia and Lou Gehrig’s disease
Credit: @ Korea brain Research Institute Korea Brain Research Institute (KBRI, President Seo Pan-ghill) announced on July 10 that the ...
Genetic differences between strains of Epstein-Barr virus can alter its activity
Genetic differences between the two main strains of the blood cancer-triggering virus have been shown to change the way the ...
Biochemistry: Versatile recycling in the cell
New insights into ribosome recycling with enzyme ABCE1Credit: T. Cordes, LMU Munich Ribosomes are molecular machines that produce proteins in ...
Species on the move
Social media posts help researchers to discover climate change is to blame for displacement of 55 species in UKCredit: (c) ...
New species of flying squirrel from Southwest China added to the rarest and ‘most wanted’
Credit: Kadoorie Farm & Botanic Garden Described in 1981, the genus Biswamoyopterus is regarded as the most mysterious and rarest ...
Researchers deploy a novel mobile lab for rapid, real-time pathogen testing in the field
Credit: University of Minnesota University of Minnesota researchers have refined testing methods for tick-borne diseases in the field by using ...
