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23 hours ago | News
A seaweed considered a threat to the healthy growth of coral reefs in Hawaii may possess the ability to produce substances that could one day treat human diseases, a new study led by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at University of California, San Diego has revealed.
May 25 | News
University of Michigan researchers have proven that a special surface, free of biological contaminants, allows adult-derived stem cells to thrive and transform into multiple cell types. Their success brings stem cell therapies another step closer.
May 24 | News
Researchers in Germany have for years been studying fire beetles of the genus <i>Melanophila</i>
and their sophisticated infrared sensors, which these pyrophilous
insects use to detect forest fires. They have unraveled the functional
principle of this photomechanical sensor and have started to work on a
technical reconstruction.
May 24 | News
In
the course of its evolution, the architecture of the mouse brain may
have barely changed. In fact, researchers point to it as a “living
fossil” of brain development, preserving our ancestors’ neuronal
circuits’ architecture. Comparative analysis now shows where those
changes occurred after the extinction of dinosaurs and the growth of
mammals.
May 24 | News
The
highly pathogenic hantavirus causes a condition known as hantavirus
pulmonary syndrome (HPS), which has a case fatality rate of 35-40%. To
help the fight against a disease that has no vaccine, U.S. Army
scientists and industry collaborators have successfully protected
laboratory animals from lethal hantavirus disease using a novel approach
that combines DNA vaccines and duck eggs.
May 24 | News
Getting a shot at the doctor's office may become less painful in the not-too-distant future. Massachusetts Institute of Technology researchers have engineered a device that delivers a tiny, high-pressure jet of medicine through the skin without the use of a hypodermic needle. The device can be programmed to deliver a range of doses to various depths—an improvement over similar jet-injection systems that are now commercially available.
May 23 | News
A new collaboration between Oxford University
and the Lausanne Museum of Zoology will use the latest genetic
techniques to
investigate organic remains that some have claimed belong to the 'Yeti'
and
other 'lost' hominid species.
May 22 | News
In a new study, investigators from the University of California, Los Angeles describe how they synthesized polymers to attach to proteins in order to stabilize them during shipping, storage, and other activities. The study findings suggest that these polymers could be useful in stabilizing protein formulations.
May 21 | News
Catching
a crocodile or alligator to obtain a blood sample for testing is often
done at night by a boat or a canoe. A snout snare eases the process, but
it’s still a nerve-wracking experience. The samples are for the first
mapping project for crocodile and alligator genomes, and it’s also the
among the first such efforts to be done on a reptile species.
May 21 | News
Quantum physics and plant biology seem like two branches of science that could not be more different, but surprisingly they may in fact be intimately tied. Researchers at Argonne National Laboratory and the Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory at the University of Notre Dame used ultrafast spectroscopy to see what happens at the subatomic level during the very first stage of photosynthesis.
