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- Researchers find immune component to rare neurodegenerative disease
- New study confirms relationship between toxic pollution, climate risks to human health
- Kids eat more fruit and vegetables with longer seated lunch time
- Why weren't New World rabbits domesticated?
- Unexpected proteome plasticity in response to persistent temperature rise
- Chromosomes separation under focus
- Genome editing meets marsupials
- Breakthrough in detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant in wastewater
- Who eats the invaders?
- Residential proximity to oil and gas drilling linked to lower birthweights in newborns
- Fully booked at the bottom of the sea: There seems no room for new bacteria on sand grains
- Blocking how the malaria parasite suppresses the immune response
- Tiny organisms shed big light on ocean nutrients
- How managing building energy demand can aid the clean energy transition
- New tool differentiates endangered salt marsh harvest mouse from abundant look-alike
| Researchers find immune component to rare neurodegenerative disease Posted: 21 Jul 2021 02:27 PM PDT Researchers have identified an immune protein tied to the rare neurodegenerative condition known as Niemann-Pick disease type C. The finding, made in mouse models, could offer a powerful new therapeutic target for Niemann-Pick disease type C, a condition that was identified more than a century ago but still lacks effective treatments. |
| New study confirms relationship between toxic pollution, climate risks to human health Posted: 21 Jul 2021 02:27 PM PDT In a new study that combines assessments of the risks of toxic emissions, nontoxic emissions and people's vulnerability to them, researchers found a strong and statistically significant relationship between the spatial distribution of global climate risk and toxic pollution. |
| Kids eat more fruit and vegetables with longer seated lunch time Posted: 21 Jul 2021 11:19 AM PDT When kids sit down to eat lunch at school, fruits and vegetables may not be their first choice. But with more time at the lunch table, they are more likely to pick up those healthy foods. If we want to improve children's nutrition and health, ensuring longer school lunch breaks can help achieve those goals, according to new research. |
| Why weren't New World rabbits domesticated? Posted: 21 Jul 2021 11:19 AM PDT Rabbits were raised for over a thousand years in Mexico without becoming domesticated. A new study finds that their solitary lifestyle and greater species diversity made domestication unlikely. |
| Unexpected proteome plasticity in response to persistent temperature rise Posted: 21 Jul 2021 11:19 AM PDT Common yeast are able to adapt and thrive in response to a long-term rise in temperature by changing the shape, location and function of some of their proteins. The surprising findings demonstrate the unappreciated plasticity in the molecular and conformational level of proteins and bring the power of molecular biology to the organismal response to climate change. |
| Chromosomes separation under focus Posted: 21 Jul 2021 11:19 AM PDT During cell division, chromosomes are duplicated and separated so that one copy of each chromosome is inherited by each of the two emerging daughter cells. Correct distribution of chromosomes requires high accuracy and defects in this process can cause aberrant distribution of chromosomes and facilitate cancer development. By analyzing the structure of the protein responsible for chromosome separation, a team has shed light on the mechanisms controlling this essential player in cell division. |
| Genome editing meets marsupials Posted: 21 Jul 2021 11:19 AM PDT Researchers at RIKEN, Japan have succeeded in creating the first genetically engineered marsupial. This study will contribute to deciphering the genetic background of unique characteristics observed only in marsupials. |
| Breakthrough in detection of SARS-CoV-2 variant in wastewater Posted: 21 Jul 2021 09:07 AM PDT Researchers have developed an innovative method to detect and quantify the more transmissible B.1.1.7 (Alpha) variant of concern via wastewater epidemiology. |
| Posted: 21 Jul 2021 07:24 AM PDT A landmark study documenting instances where native Mediterranean species have preyed upon two highly invasive marine fish -- the Pacific red lionfish and the silver-cheeked toadfish -- has just been published. |
| Residential proximity to oil and gas drilling linked to lower birthweights in newborns Posted: 21 Jul 2021 07:23 AM PDT A new study has found that infants born within three kilometers of oil and natural gas drilling facilities in Texas had slightly lower birthweights than those born before drilling began in their vicinity. |
| Fully booked at the bottom of the sea: There seems no room for new bacteria on sand grains Posted: 21 Jul 2021 07:23 AM PDT Whether summer or winter, midnight sun or polar night, the sand on the ocean floor is always inhabited by the same bacteria. Although the microbial communities differ between different ocean regions, they do not change between the seasons. Presumably, there is simply no room for change. Researchers now describe this phenomenon in a new study. |
| Blocking how the malaria parasite suppresses the immune response Posted: 21 Jul 2021 07:23 AM PDT The parasites that cause severe malaria are well-known for the sinister ways they infect humans, but new research may lead to drugs that could block one of their most reliable weapons: interference with the immune response. |
| Tiny organisms shed big light on ocean nutrients Posted: 21 Jul 2021 07:23 AM PDT Sweeping changes in marine nutrients may seem to be a likely consequence of increasing global temperatures; however, new research suggests that processes below the ocean surface could play a larger role than previously thought. |
| How managing building energy demand can aid the clean energy transition Posted: 21 Jul 2021 07:23 AM PDT A comprehensive new study quantifies what can be done to make buildings more energy efficient and flexible in granular detail by both time (including time of day and year) and space (looking at regions across the U.S.). The research team found that maximizing the deployment of building demand management technologies could avoid the need for up to one-third of coal- or gas-fired power generation. |
| New tool differentiates endangered salt marsh harvest mouse from abundant look-alike Posted: 21 Jul 2021 07:23 AM PDT Scientists have developed a tool that is able to differentiate the endangered salt marsh harvest mouse from its non-endangered doppelgänger with up to 99% accuracy. |
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