Tag: Biology

A conflict between those working to conserve numbers of hen harriers and those maintaining commercial shooting of red grouse in ...

Salk's Xin Jin receives McKnight Memory and Cognitive Disorders Award

Salk scientist receives $300,000 for study of how brain learns and memorizes actions, processes which can go awry in diseases ...

DFG approves funding for 13 optical microscopes at German universities

Approximately €14.5 million as part of a thematically focused major instrumentation initiative The Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) has ...

Texas A&M scientists find Mexican endemic fish never identified in US

Conchos shiner found in US waters for the first timeCredit: Dr. Kevin Conway COLLEGE STATION - Texas A&M University's Dr. ...

New strains of hepatitis C found in Africa

Study could inform hepatitis C treatment and vaccine development worldwide The largest population study of hepatitis C in Africa has ...

Neuroscience-protein that divides the brain

Credit: Kanazawa University Boundaries between different regions of the brain are essential for the brain to function. Research to-date has ...

AIBS selects winners of 2018 Faces of Biology Photo Contest

Credit: Christopher Brown Three winners have been selected in the 2018 Faces of Biology Photo Contest, sponsored by the American ...

Protein police keep the immune system in check

Researchers learn how a key transcription factor helps regulate the immune system and could be critical to understanding autoimmune disease ...

New RNA sequencing strategy provides insight into microbiomes

Tools allow scientists to understand the activity of naturally occurring microbiomes in response to real-world conditions and dietCredit: National Institutes ...

The gene helping submerged plants

Credit: Stockholm University Climate change threatens plants as the risks of flooding increase. A new study from Stockholm University shows ...

Boston Harbor cleanup was economically justifiable, finds new study

The cleanup of America's filthiest harbor is now worth between $30 and $100 billion in ecosystem services A first-of-its-kind retrospective ...

Drones can detect protected nightjar nests

Thermal-sensing cameras mounted on drones may offer a safer and more cost-effective way to locate nests of the elusive European ...

Warmer winters threaten UK blackcurrant farming

Research highlights potential of breeding new blackcurrant varieties Warmer winters may not provide sufficient chilling for blackcurrants in the UK, ...

NJIT researchers shine new light on disease-spreading mosquitoes

Credit: NJIT When the West Nile virus (WNV) was initially isolated in two patients at a Queens, N.Y., hospital in ...

Janelle Ayres awarded $1.8 million by NOMIS Foundation for research on mechanisms to promote health

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(December 12, 2018) Associate Professor Janelle Ayres has been awarded $1.8 million over two years by ...

An integrated approach to finding new treatments for breast cancer

Credit: Baylor College of Medicine Unraveling the complexity of cancer biology can lead to the identification new molecules involved in ...

Exercise following weight loss may reduce colorectal cancer risk, study finds

Physical activity + weight reduction could lessen chances of tumor development Rockville, Md. (December 12, 2018)--New research suggests that exercise ...

Lung lavage as new test method improves tuberculosis diagnosis in rhinoceros

Credit: Jonathan Crackne Diseases and tuberculosis in particular can pose considerable challenges for wildlife. In order to avoid epidemics within ...

Buzz! Slap! Ow! Taking the virus out of a mosquito's bite

MU researchers are getting a deeper understanding how mosquito-borne viruses infect the mosquito -- an important step toward eliminating the ...

Novel mechanisms of dengue and Zika virus infections and link to microcephaly