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Millions of years of evolutionary fine-tuning have made dolphins phenomenally good at using echolocation to orient themselves, find food and communicate with one another. But how do they actually do it? New research from Lund University in Sweden shows that they emit two intertwined ultrasound beam components at different frequencies – and with slightly different timing.

An antifungal medication, commonly prescribed for toenail infections, could help eliminate dormant cells within bowel tumours, according to new research funded by Cancer Research UK.

Scientists have created a tool that can predict the flow rate of Arctic rivers with a surprising degree of accuracy based on the makeup and abundance of bacteria in the water. Their successful approach is important because many Arctic rivers are remote and rugged, making deployment of flow meters to measure the water dangerous and expensive.

Biologists have programmed cells to self-organize into 3D-structures in a first step towards tissues that regrow and self-repair.

A set of three nearly identical genes found only in humans appear to play a critical role in the development of our large brains.The genes appeared between 3 and 4 million years ago, just before the period when fossils show a dramatic increase in the brain sizes of human ancestors.

A rare opportunity to use both blood and tissue samples from human transplant recipients has allowed researchers to pinpoint how an immunosuppressive drug works to prevent the production of antibodies against the transplanted tissue. This understanding may lead to improved ways of identifying transplant recipients at risk of rejection and treating autoimmune disease.

Green tea could hold the key to preventing deaths from heart attacks and strokes caused by atherosclerosis.

Researchers from Stevens Institute of Technology and University of Auckland, have developed an imaging technique that captures the brain in motion, in real time.

BellBrook Labs has been awarded a $1 million phase II SBIR grant by the National Institutes of General Medical Sciences to develop assays to detect cGAMP in biological samples.

Ingenza is pleased to announce a collaboration with the University of Dundee and Drochaid Research Services on a highly innovative project that aims to reduce the waste carbon dioxide generated by industrial biotech manufacturing applications.