CUNY med school, TechnoVax report COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough
Credit: City College of New York The CUNY School of Medicine at The City College of New York and TechnoVax, ...
Tag: Physiology
Research story tip: Down syndrome mice open door to better understanding of the disorder
Credit: Johns Hopkins Medicine Scientists across the globe often use mouse models in the study of human conditions to advance ...
Enzyme cocktail developed in Brazil powers production of second-generation ethanol
Brazilian researchers used genetic engineering to develop a low-cost platform for the production of enzymes that break down sugarcane trash ...
Green apple e-cigarette flavorant triggers reward-related behavior in the brain
Credit: Lead Author Skylar Cooper, PhD candidate, Marshall University HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - A common green apple vape flavor enhances nicotine ...
A bright idea — Genetically engineered proteins for studying neurons using light
New mutant light-sensitive ion channels may become an effective and highly functional tool in fundamental neuroscience researchCredit: 2020 Okayama University ...
Is turning back the clock in aging fat cells a remedy for lifestyle diseases?
Researchers led by Osaka University find that reversing age-related changes in fat cells may prevent the development of lifestyle diseases ...
Smartphones can tell when you’re drunk by analyzing your walk
Credit: Rutgers Center of Alcohol & Substance Use Studies/Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs PISCATAWAY, NJ - Your smartphone ...
Watching changes in plant metabolism — live
Researchers use a new method of in vivo biosensor technologyCredit: Plant Energy Biology Lab/Janina Steinbeck Almost all life on Earth, ...
When you’re smiling, the whole world really does smile with you
New insights for mental healthCredit: Unsplash From Sinatra to Katy Perry, celebrities have long sung about the power of a ...
The larynx has evolved more rapidly in primates
Credit: Bowling et al, 2020 The larynx is larger, more variable in size, and has undergone faster rates of evolution ...
Bird and reptile tears aren’t so different from human tears
Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird and reptile tears aren't so unlike our own, shows a new study in Frontiers in ...
Zeroing out their own zap
Time-shifted inhibition helps electric fish ignore their own signalsCredit: Matasaburo Fukutomi/Tsunehiko Kohashi Electric fish generate electric pulses to communicate with ...
Human milk based fortifiers improve health outcomes for the smallest premature babies
Researchers compare traditional cows milk based fortifiers with human milk based alternativeCredit: MU Sinclair School of Nursing COLUMBIA, Mo. - ...
Secretion of sugar polymers modulates multicellularity in the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus
Fundamental research in bacterial physiologyCredit: Salim Timo Islam Research by INRS (Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique) Professor Salim Timo ...
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