Martindale awarded NSF CAREER Grant for paleontological research and education
Credit: University of Texas at Austin Jackson School of Geosciences The National Science Foundation has awarded a CAREER grant to ...
Tag: Biology
The secret of mushroom colors
Mushrooms: Darker fruiting bodies in cold climates The fly agaric with its red hat is perhaps the most evocative of ...
Remote but remarkable: Illuminating the smallest inhabitants of the largest ocean desert
Scientists make an inventory of microbial life in the world's most remote ocean region, the South Pacific GyreCredit: Tim Ferdelman ...
Parasitology — On filaments and fountains
Microbiologists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich have shown that Toxoplasma gondii, the parasite that is responsible for toxoplasmosis, utilizes at ...
HIV eliminated from the genomes of living animals
Temple, UNMC collaborate on study detailed in Nature CommunicationsCredit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University In a major ...
DNA from tooth in Florida man’s foot solves 25-year-old shark bite mystery
Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- When Jeff Weakley tweezed open a blister-like bulge on his ...
Gut microbes protect against flu virus infection in mice
Credit: Bradley and Finsterbusch et al./Cell Reports Commensal gut microbes stimulate antiviral signals in non-immune lung cells to protect against ...
New study challenges claim that exogenous RNA is essential for sperm function
Scientists from the University of Bath are challenging the claims of two high profile papers from 2018 which reported that ...
Proteins trapped in glass could yield new medicinal advances
Credit: Small: Volume 15, Issue 24, Atom Probe Tomography for 3D Structural and Chemical Analysis of Individual Proteins Gustav Sundell, ...
Novel computer model supports cancer therapy
Researchers from the Life Sciences Research Unit (LSRU) of the University of Luxembourg have developed a computer model that simulates ...
Carbohydrate in the heart seems to help regulate blood pressure
New research suggests that a particular type of carbohydrate plays an important role in regulating the blood pressure in the ...
Bench to beside study of a targetable enzyme controlling aggressive prostate cancer
PHILADELPHIA -- Prostate cancer represents a major health challenge and there is currently no effective treatment once it has advanced ...
BioImage Archive — A new hub for biological images
EMBL-EBI announces the launch of the BioImage Archive, a large-scale, centralized data resource to host reference imaging dataCredit: EMBL-EBI EMBL's ...
Scientists discover processes to lower methane emissions from animals
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago scientists are part of an international research collaboration which has made an important ...
Millet farmers adopted barley agriculture and permanently settled the Tibetan Plateau
The permanent human occupation on the Tibetan Plateau was facilitated by the introduction of cold-tolerant barley around 3600 years before ...
Using a common anticonvulsant to counteract inflammation
Breakthrough and unique research helps scientists reposition papaverine as a novel drug to treat inflammation that is implicated in sepsis ...
Regenerating human retinal ganglion cells in the dish to inform glaucoma treatment
The capacity of the human central nervous system to regenerate after injury or illness is limited, and the resulting functional ...
Genetic variation linked to response to anxiety could inform personalised therapies
A new study in marmoset monkeys suggests that individual variation in genes alters our ability to regulate emotions, providing new ...
Copper compound shows further potential as therapy for slowing ALS
CORVALLIS, Ore. - A compound with potential as a treatment for ALS has gained further promise in a new study ...
Perceived threats to family increases women’s willingness to sacrifice during war
Researchers at the Universities of Turku and Helsinki found that women were more likely to volunteer for all-female paramilitary organizations ...
