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Ecology Apr 10, 2019

Tiny traces of neonicotinoid pesticides impair insects' ability to spot predators

Traces of neonicotinoid pesticides can impair a flying insect's ability to spot predators and avoid collisions with objects in their path, new research by the University of Saskatchewan (USask) shows.

Cell & Microbiology Apr 5, 2019

Tidying up: A new way to direct trash to autophagy

Marie Kondo herself couldn't do it any better.

Biochemistry Apr 4, 2019

Labeling proteins with ubiquitin paves new road to cell regulation research

Human cells have a sophisticated regulatory system that consists of labeling proteins with the small molecule ubiquitin. In a first, a team from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has succeeded in marking proteins with ...

Environment Mar 22, 2019

Dolphins poisoned by algae also showed signs of Alzheimer's-like brain disease

Toxins produced by blue-green algae that have increasingly polluted Florida waters have been found in dead dolphins that also showed signs of Alzheimer's-like brain disease, according to a new study led by University of Miami ...

Bio & Medicine Mar 19, 2019

Researchers develop sensor to detect brain disorders in seconds

Using nanotechnology, UCF researchers have developed the first rapid detector for dopamine, a chemical that is believed to play a role in various diseases such as Parkinson's, depression and some cancers.

Materials Science Mar 19, 2019

New technique for in-cell distance determination

In a joint paper, researchers from the University of Konstanz, Bielefeld University and ETH Zurich demonstrate for the first time that the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technique RIDME (relaxation-induced dipolar ...

Biochemistry Mar 7, 2019

'Undruggable' Parkinson's molecule spills its secrets

UC San Francisco researchers have for the first time developed a strategy for targeting a key molecule implicated in Parkinson's disease, opening up a potential new treatment strategy for the currently incurable movement ...

Materials Science Feb 21, 2019

Electric car batteries inspire safer, cheaper way to make compounds used in medicines

Recent advances in battery technology, from the engineering of their cases to the electrochemistry that takes place inside them, has enabled the rapid rise of Teslas, Leafs, Volts and other electric cars.

Cell & Microbiology Feb 21, 2019

New 'interspecies communication' strategy between gut bacteria and mammalian hosts uncovered

Bacteria in the gut do far more than help digest food in the stomachs of their hosts, they can also tell the genes in their mammalian hosts what to do.

Cell & Microbiology Feb 21, 2019

Pioneering study could offer protection to patients with rare genetic disease

Skin cells taken from patients with a rare genetic disorder are up to ten times more sensitive to damage from ultraviolet A (AVA) radiation in laboratory tests, than those from a healthy population, according to new research ...

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