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Buzzing for Love: Fruit fly mating decisions can teach us about human motivation
NewsUnderstanding the mechanisms of insect choice could help scientists glean insights into and develop strategies for the treatment of human disorders where motivation goes awry
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Some Like it Hot - Including Tree Shrews!
NewsSpicy foods elicit a pungent or hot and painful sensation that repels most mammals. However, the tree shrew, a species closely related to primates, seems to violate this rule of thumb.
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Even Rats Commit to Bad Choices
NewsMice, rats, and humans all commit the sunk cost fallacy.
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Natural Product Could Lead to New Class of Commercial Herbicide
NewsBy looking for microorganism's protective shield, specifically the genes that can make it, a team discovered a new and potentially highly effective type of weed killer. This finding could lead to the first new class of commercial herbicides in more than 30 years.
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Land Genes in Algae Identified
News Jul 16, 2018500 million years ago, the first plants living in water took to land. The genetic adaptations associated with this transition can already be recognized in the genome of Chara braunii, a species of freshwater algae, reports a new study.
Nano and Micro Join Forces to Treat Osteoarthritis
News Jul 16, 2018There is currently no treatment for curing osteoarthritis, which affects 80% of the population over 75 years of age. But researchers who have been studying the problem have come up with a new treatment that delivers previously-identified active principles directly into the joint in the form of nanocrystals inserted into microparticles.
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Finding the Proteins That Unpack DNA
News Jul 16, 2018A new method allows researchers to systematically identify specialized proteins that unpack DNA inside the nucleus of a cell, making the usually dense DNA more accessible for gene expression and other functions.
Sex Differences Revealed: Heart Failure Death Rates
News Jul 16, 2018Death from heart failure in men and women compared in a study of over 90 000 patients
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Using Snail Mail to Deliver Tests Boost Colorectal Cancer Screening
News Jul 16, 2018By sending tests in the post, researchers boost colorectal cancer screening
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New Tool for Generating Mature Kidney Podocytes
News Jul 16, 2018New protocol produces large numbers of mature human podocytes, enabling further kidney disease research
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High-Stakes Cellular Process Critical to Small Intestine Development
News Jul 16, 2018Researchers visualize an intricate cellular dance which occurs during embryonic gut development
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Pfizer to Organize for Future Growth
News Jul 15, 2018Pfizer Inc. announced it will organize the company into three businesses.
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Tool Illuminates Immune Recovery in HIV Patients
News Jul 13, 2018Findings from an animal study suggest that a non-invasive imaging technique could, with further development, become a useful tool to assess immune system recovery in people receiving treatment for HIV infection.
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3D Structure of 1918 Influenza Recreated
News Jul 13, 2018Researchers who specialize in visualizing molecular structures developed a 3D model based on the 1918 H1 pandemic influenza virus. They aimed to increase knowledge on virus-like particles which show promise as vaccine platform.
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