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You Are What You Eat -- Even the Littlest Bites: Dietary Influences Tied to Changes in Gene Expression
March 28, 2013 — Sometimes you just can't resist a tiny piece of chocolate cake. Even the most health-conscious eaters find themselves indulging in junk foods from time to time. New research raises the striking ... > full story -
Opposites Attract: How Cells and Cell Fragments Move in Electric Fields
March 28, 2013 — Like tiny crawling compass needles, whole living cells and cell fragments orient and move in response to electric fields -- but in opposite directions, scientists have found. Their results could ... > full story -
In Solving Social Dilemmas, Vervet Monkeys Get by With a Little Patience
March 28, 2013 — People could learn a lot from vervet monkeys. When vervets need to work together, they don't tell each other what to do or punish uncooperative behavior. But according to new evidence, they do get ... > full story -
Large Robotic Jellyfish Could One Day Patrol Oceans
March 28, 2013 — Researchers have unveiled Cyro, a life-like, autonomous robotic jellyfish the size and weight of a grown man, 5 foot 7 inches in length and weighing 170 ... > full story -
Getting Under the Shell of the Turtle Genome
March 28, 2013 — The genome of the western painted turtle, one of the most widespread, abundant and well-studied turtles in the world, has been sequenced. The data show that, like turtles themselves, the rate of ... > full storyMore: -
Insect Pests More Plentiful in Hotter Parts of City Than in Cooler Areas
March 27, 2013 — Higher temperatures in cities can be a key driver of insect pest outbreaks on trees in urban areas, according to new ... > full story -
Poultry Probiotic Cuts Its Coat to Beat Bad Bacteria
March 27, 2013 — A strain of probiotic bacteria that can fight harmful bacterial infections in poultry has the ability to change its coat, according to new findings. The probiotic is currently being taken forward ... > full story -
New Bone Survey Method Could Aid Long-Term Survival of Arctic Caribou
March 27, 2013 — A study adds critical new data for understanding caribou calving grounds in an area under consideration for oil exploration in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife ... > full story -
Cancer Biologists Find DNA-Damaging Toxins in Common Plant-Based Foods
March 27, 2013 — In a laboratory study pairing food chemistry and cancer biology, scientists tested the potentially harmful effect of foods and flavorings on the DNA of cells. They found that liquid smoke flavoring, ... > full story -
How Microbes Survive at Bare Minimum: Archaea Eat Protein
March 27, 2013 — Beneath the ocean floor is a desolate place with no oxygen and sunlight. Yet microbes have thrived in this environment for millions of years. Scientists have puzzled over how these microbes survive, ... > full story
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