Tag: Biology

Credit: ETH Zurich / Helma Wennemers In recent years, the number of targeted cancer drugs has continued to rise. However, ...

UTSA study: Stress in crops points to surprising benefits

Credit: Courtesy of UTSA Stress is known as the "killer disease" and in humans it can lead to an increased ...

'Old' sperm produces healthier offspring

Sperm that live for longer before fertilising an egg produce healthier offspring - according to new research from the University ...

Sea Grant & ASLO bring helping hands to Puerto Rico

Annual scientific meeting features community service projects SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -- Scientists from 52 countries will be providing hands-on ...

Virus promoting love and kindness created for Valentine's day

Credit: University City Science Center PHILADELPHIA--What if love and kindness could spread like a virus? As part of the University ...

Half-Earth preservation with Natura 2000

In recent years, calls to preserve greater swaths of the Earth's land- and seascapes have grown. In particular, numerous conservationists ...

Platelet 'decoys' outsmart both clots and cancer

Deactivated platelets offer a potential drug-free, reversible antiplatelet therapy Heart disease, stroke, sepsis, and cancer collectively cause the greatest number ...

Study shows endocrine-disrupting chemicals linked to equine metabolic syndrome

Credit: University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine Endocrine-disrupting chemicals (EDCs) in a horse's environment may play a role in ...

Mount Sinai research program awarded $12.5 million NIH grant to continue to study the role of hormones in menopause and aging biology

Researchers from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai have been awarded a $12.5 million grant from the National ...

In the squirrel world, prime real estate is determined by previous owner, study reveals

Researchers found male squirrels store more food than females, and if a young squirrel leaving the nest nabs a storage ...

Scientists look to past to help identify fish threatened with local extinction

Credit: Tim McClanahan/WCS NEW YORK (February 13, 2019)--Marine scientists from the University of Queensland, WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) and other ...

Decoding the human immune system

For the first time ever, researchers are comprehensively sequencing the human immune system, which is billions of times larger than ...

Ancient fossilized tracks suggest multicellular life far older than previously thought

Controversial discovery suggests early complex organisms may have originated 2.1 billion years ago--more than 1.5 billion years sooner than previous ...

Study yields new clues to predict tipping points for marsh survival

By analyzing hundreds of estuaries at multiple spatial scales, new research identifies factors that drive marsh loss but may be ...

FEFU scientists found persistent organic pollutants in animal fur

Researchers point out that at the global level, the environmental contamination by POPs compounds is increasingCredit: Photo by Tadeusz Lakota ...

New method uses fluorescence to identify disease-causing forms of proteins

Credit: Zhang Lab, Penn State A new method uses fluorescence to detect potentially disease-causing forms of proteins as they unravel ...

Exercise gives older men a better brain boost

Men have stronger positive correlation between fitness and brain function, study finds Rockville, Md. (February 13, 2019)--New research suggests that ...

Newly isolated human gut bacterium reveals possible connection to depression

Credit: Philip Strandwitz / Northeastern University Research team studies the compelling connection between one of NIH's "most wanted" bacteria and mental health. ...

Brain clock ticks differently in autism

Credit: RIKEN The neural 'time windows' in certain small brain areas contribute to the complex cognitive symptoms of autism, new ...

University of Konstanz gains new insights into development of the human immune system