FAU receives $3 million grant for dementia prevention initiative
Credit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University By 2050 about 16 million Americans and 60 million people worldwide will be affected ...
Tag: Biology
University of Utah biologists experimentally trigger adaptive radiation
Preening drives divergent camouflage in feather lice on both micro- and macro-evolutionary timescalesCredit: Adapted from Bush et. al. 2019. Evo ...
Rethinking old-growth forests using lichens as an indicator of conservation value
Credit: Donna Crossland Ottawa, Mar. 5, 2019 - Two Canadian biologists are proposing a better way to assess the conservation ...
TIGER mouse debuts as model for neurological ailments
Credit: David Feliciano / Victoria Neckles CLEMSON, South Carolina - New research published today in Scientific Reports has devised a ...
A faster, more accurate way to monitor drought
Thermal stress measurements sound the alarm about drought conditions soonerCredit: Duke Univ. DURHAM, N.C. -- More than 2 billion people ...
Researchers uncover new facets of HIV's 'arms race' with human defense system
Study could contribute to new therapies COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new study reveals details about the evolutionary contest between HIV ...
Study: Landlord disclosure of bedbugs cuts infestations, creates long-term savings
Credit: Photo by Stephen Ausmus, USDA Agricultural Research Service. AMES, Iowa - Policies requiring landlords to disclose a rental unit's ...
Research provides insight on survivability of rare Wyoming plant
Credit: Greg Nickerson A rare plant found only at two sites in central Wyoming has persisted, in part, because it ...
Renal reabsorption in living devices
3D bioprinted, vascularized proximal tubules mimic the human kidney's reabsorption functionsCredit: Wyss Institute at Harvard University (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) -- Every ...
Diabetes impairs multipotent stromal cell antibacterial activity
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 4, 2019-A new study reveals that the multipotent stromal cells ...
Red tide rolling: Harmful algae found to flourish in both high-, low-CO2 environments
Credit: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- The algae responsible for Florida's toxic red tides may be more ...
How megalodon’s teeth evolved into the ‘ultimate cutting tools’
Credit: Florida Museum photo by Kristen Grace GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Megalodon, the largest shark that ever lived, is known only ...
Texas Biomed scientists developing new vaccine strategy for tuberculosis
Experimental TB protection delivered through a spray instead of a shotCredit: Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (March 4, 2019) - ...
Bringing more human intelligence to AI, data science and digital automation
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 4, 2019-- The advent of data science, wireless connectivity and ...
Boyce Thompson Institute researchers uncover new structures at plant-fungal interface
New discovery could eventually help reduce the use of fertilizer in agricultureCredit: Jotham Austin II and R. Howard Berg For ...
Radiography of marine litter in Spanish waters
Credit: Santiago GarcÃa Rivera Marine litter is a growing problem in the Mediterranean Sea, but few studies have focused on ...
Biodiversity crisis: Technological advances in agriculture are not a sufficient response
Credit: HUTAN-KOCP Leipzig, Halle. Rapid population and economic growth are destroying biological diversity - especially in the tropics. This was ...
Checking DNA base editor’s mistakes and tricks to reduce them
IBS-developed Digenome-seq technique reveals the accuracy of CRISPR-based editing tool that changes DNA letter A to GCredit: IBS Researchers at ...
How new species arise in the sea
Study sheds new light on a fundamental question in evolutionary biologyCredit: Photo: Kosmas Hench/GEOMAR For a new species to evolve, ...
Using sleep disorder to predict Parkinson’s disease
Large international study will help select and categorize patients for better clinical trialsCredit: The Neuro A large multi-centre study of ...
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