Deep Sea Worms Eat Archaea, May Play a Role in Greenhouse Gas Cycle
Scientists may have just found another step in the greenhouse gas cycle as they discovered the first animal known to consume Archaea, which is a…
Scientists may have just found another step in the greenhouse gas cycle as they discovered the first animal known to consume Archaea, which is a…
Scientists from the University of Virginia and University of North Carolina have discovered a previously unidentified type of circular DNA molecule occurring outside the chromosomes…
A new imaging technique is giving scientists their first three-dimensional view of the human genome and how DNA is packed inside cells. Research has shown…
A new published report from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry shows how different chaperones cooperate during the folding process. The scientists found that the…
Deep-sea dives around the Galapagos Islands have uncovered a new species of catshark, about 1.3 feet (40 centimeters) long. Bythaelurus giddingsi was discovered by scientists…
Zelboraf, which targets the mutated BRAF gene, is used to treat melanoma, but it isn’t always successful due to melanoma’s ability to sometimes get around…
It appears that deafness penetrates much more rapidly and deeply into the brain than previously thought. While studying songbirds, neurologists discovered that when their hearing…
Ötzi’s DNA has finally been sequenced. An international team published the almost complete DNA of the Iceman Ötzi from the Tyrolean Alps in the journal…
New research published today in the journal Cell Metabolism indicates that endocannabinoids might enable organisms to stay thin without the need for exercise or diets….
Neurologists just took another step forward in the fight against Alzheimer’s disease. While studying mice, they discovered that the antibodies that block the function of…
The Middle Cambrian Pikaia gracilens, from 505 million years ago, was a fish-like worm, which has the possible dubious distinction of being one of humanity’s…
It’s been reported that fruit bats in Guatemala are hosting a new type of the influenza A virus, according to a new study published in…
The male zebra finch has some 2,000 genes in a region of the brain known as “Area X” that are significantly linked to singing and…
Bottlenose dolphins can understand the meaning and order of words, which can be conveyed through human hand gestures. It appears that now humans are also…
A new study identified the protein phosphatase SHP2 as an important player in the signaling cascades governing tumor-initiating cells. The scientists found that SHP2 plays…
A computational epigenetics research group at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics in Saarbrücken is using software programs to rummage through the genomes of cancer…
Researchers at UCLA have found a way to prevent a protein called α-synuclein from forming “clumps,” which become toxic and kill the brain’s neurons in…
By measuring how well blood samples flow through a microfluidic device, researchers at Harvard University, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and Brigham and Women’s Hospital have…