This microbe, nitrospira inopinata, could hold the answers for rectifying Earth’s nitrogen problem.
Credit: Dimitri Kits
New research from University of Alberta and University of Vienna microbiologists provides unparalleled insight into the Earth's nitrogen cycle, identifying and characterizing the...
An approved drug normally used to treat fungal infections could also do the job of a protein channel that is missing in the lungs of people with cystic fibrosis, operating as a prosthesis on the molecular scale, says new...
Reversal cohort -- ACE2 administration reverses the increase of infiltrating inflammatory cells in diabetic mice. Retinas from nondiabetic (top panels) or diabetic (bottom panels) animals that received either AAV-ACE2 injection (right panels) or AAV alone (control). Inflammatory macrophage/microglial cells,...
Scientists at the Salk Institute found that mice lacking the biological clocks thought to be necessary for a healthy metabolism could still be protected against obesity and metabolic diseases by having their daily access to food restricted to a...
The world needs to keep global temperatures in check by meeting the goals set out in the Paris Agreement, or more people could die because of extreme temperatures, say authors of a new study in the letters section of...
Bioengineers have cleared a major hurdle on the path to 3D printing replacement organs with a breakthrough technique for bioprinting tissues.
The new innovation allows scientists to create exquisitely entangled vascular networks that mimic the body's natural passageways for blood,...
Outfitted with a joystick and special glasses, Assistant Professor Alex DaSilva examines 3D images of the brain to better understand brain chemical fluctuations during a migraine headache. DaSilva is in the Michigan Immersive Digital Experience Nexus, or MIDEN, on...
A new University of Pennsylvania study found that placental cells are rich with lncRHOXF1 (red), which appears to offer the developing embryo protection from viruses. Credit: University of Pennsylvania
The human placenta is an organ unlike any other. During the...
This visual abstract depicts the findings of Cheng et al., who show a short-term diet that mimics periodic fasting modulates b-cell number and promotes insulin secretion and glucose homeostasis with implications for both type 1 and type 2 diabetes....
The green-labelled cells show a basal cell carcinoma in mouse tail epidermis derived from a single mutant stem cell and expanding out of the normal epidermis stained in red. Credit: Adriana Sánchez-Danés
Scientists have identified for the first time the...
Depression.
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New research shows a quarter of girls (24%) and one in 10 boys (9%) are depressed at age 14.
Researchers from the University of Liverpool and University College London analysed information on more...
