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General Research - eBioNews

Animal Sciences

New boulder frog discovered

Near-extinct Philippine eagle shot dead

Rare albino alligator goes on show in US

Among insects, 'chivalry' isn't dead

Penis size does matter if you are a bank vole

Distribution atlas of butterflies in Europe

What gets turned on when a female gets 'turned on'?

Culling can't save the Tasmanian devil

Long bone shape: A family affair

Found in New York at long last: nine-spotted ladybugs

>> More in: Animal Sciences

Biochemistry & Biophysics

Envelope for an Artificial Cell

Penn scientists pioneer new method for watching proteins fold

Body’s fat switch discovered

Nighttime images help track disease from the sky

New Columbia engineering technique diagnoses non-periodic arrhythmias in a single heartbeat

A 'wild card' in your genes

Eating Green Veggies Improves Immune Defenses

Super-Sized Muscle Made Twin-Horned Dinosaur a Speedster

Skin's Immune Peacekeepers Discovered

Scientists Demonstrate the Power of Optical Forces in Blood Cell Identification

>> More in: Biochemistry & Biophysics

Biotechnology

Boston University researchers develop novel drug delivery system

Silk microneedles deliver controlled-release drugs painlessly

New American Chemical Society podcast: Genetically-engineered spider silk for gene therapy

New 'smart' material could help tap medical potential of tissue-penetrating light

A more flexible window into the brain

Major finding: novel technique switches “triple-negative” breast cancer cells to more treatable, hormone-receptor positive cells

Bioengineered protein shows preliminary promise as new therapy for hemophilia

Biologists Describe Key Mechanism in Early Embryo Development

Technology Targets Genetic Disorders Linked To X Chromosome

How Hemp Got High: Canadian Scientists Map The Cannabis Genome

>> More in: Biotechnology

Ecology

Yellowstone transformed 15 years after the return of wolves

Climate Sensitivity to Carbon Dioxide More Limited Than Extreme Projections, Research Shows

Air pollution a culprit in worsening drought and flooding

Erratic, extreme day-to-day weather puts climate change in new light

Polar bears ill from accumulated environmental toxins

'Iron' fist proposed for Miami's giant snail problem

Fungus could wipe out Philippine bananas: growers

Foreign insects, diseases got into US

Rare seahorses found in Thames

Market transactions and economics in general affect biological invasions

>> More in: Ecology

Evolution

They call it 'guppy love': UCLA biologists solve an evolution mystery

The clock, the spool, and the snake

T. Rex Was Bigger and Grew Faster Than Previously Thought, Computational Analysis Reveals

100,000-Year-Old Ochre Toolkit and Workshop Discovered in South Africa

Worms Among First Animals to Surface After K-T Extinction Event, Study Finds

'Ghostwriting' the Torah? New Algorithm Distinguishes Contributors to the Old Testament With High Accuracy

Early Celtic 'Stonehenge' Discovered in Germany's Black Forest

Most Vertebrates -- Including Humans -- Descended from Ancestor With Sixth Sense

Sexual Selection by Sugar Molecule Helped Determine Human Origins, Researchers Say

Oldest Fossil Rodents in South America Discovered; Find Is 10 Million Years Older and Confirms Animals from Africa

>> More in: Evolution

Food Sciences

Decaffeinated coffee preserves memory function by improving brain energy metabolism

Similar effects of beer and wine on the risk of cardiovascular disease

Link Between Alcohol and Harm Is Stronger in Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and Sweden Than in Italy, Study Suggests

Alcohol Consumption Greatly Increases Serious Injury Risk for Heavy and Moderate Drinkers

Genetically Influenced Responses to Alcohol Affect Brain Activation Both With and Without Alcohol

Heavy Drinking Undergraduates Who Are Impulsive, Aggressive May Be at High Risk for Alcohol Problems

Certain Dietary Supplements Associated With Increased Risk of Death in Older Women, Study Suggests

Health Benefits of Broccoli Require the Whole Food, Not Supplements

Oranges and Mandarins Are Inspected Using Artificial Vision

Macroeconomic Conditions and Alcohol Consumption: When the Economy Is Down, Alcohol Consumption Goes Up

>> More in: Food Sciences

Medical Sciences

Risks of pregnancy via egg donation similar for women over age 50 as for younger women

Mass. General researchers find novel way to prevent drug-induced liver injury

Towards more effective treatment for multiple myeloma

Insulin therapy may help repair atherosclerotic lesions in diabetic patients

Viagra against heart failure: Researchers at the RUB and from Rochester throw light on the mechanism

A new way of approaching the early detection of Alzheimer's disease

Researcher contends multiple sclerosis is not a disease of the immune system

Balancing the womb

NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia surgeons perform first 'ex vivo' lung transplants in New York

Penn researchers repair immune system in leukemia patients following chemotherapy

>> More in: Medical Sciences

Microbiology

Polar growth at the bacterial scale reveals potential new targets for antibiotic therapy

Exploiting Trichoderma: From food security to biotechnology

Purdue scientists reveal how bacteria build homes inside healthy cells

Researchers reveal SBP8a configurations

Timing is everything: Bacterial attachment mimics the just-in-time industrial delivery model

West Nile Virus Transmission Linked to Land Use Patterns and 'Super-Spreaders'

Human Norovirus in Groundwater Remains Infective After Two Months

New Evidence for the Oldest Oxygen-Breathing Life On Land

Viruses Coaxed to Form Synthetics With Microstructures Akin to Those of Corneas, Teeth and Skin

Research Could Lead to New Treatments for Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Viral Infections

>> More in: Microbiology

Plant Sciences

New tool offers unprecedented access for root studies

Work sheds new light on medicinal benefits of plants

Salt-tolerant crops show higher capacity for carbon fixation

Plant growth affected by tea seed powder

How drought-tolerant grasses came to be

Humans Can Unwittingly Bring Alien Plant Species to Svalbard

Herbicide may affect plants thought to be resistant

Dramatic diversity of columbine flowers explained by a simple change in cell shape

Forests not keeping pace with climate change

Strawberries Protect the Stomach from Alcohol, Rat Experiments Suggest

>> More in: Plant Sciences

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