As part of a National Science Foundation and UGA-funded study, researchers in the Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and the Odum School of…
In humans and animals alike, individuals differ in sets of traits that we usually refer to as personality. An important part of the individual difference in…
New research from the Monell Center reports that children's response to intense sweet taste is related to both a family history of alcoholism and the child's…
The scientists robotically “fired” 2,000 compounds into culture plates containing tumor cells to see if the compounds had any effect. When the robotic screener…
The finding suggests that eventually it might be possible to screen women with endometrial cancer to see if they have that mutation and use the drug as…
Bees prefer nectar with small amounts of nicotine and caffeine over nectar that does not comprise these substances at all, a study from the University of Haifa…
People with cystic fibrosis, an inherited disease that clogs airways with thick mucous, frequently have lung infections that defy treatment. While the life…
Researchers from U of G's Biodiversity Institute of Ontario (BIO) have discovered that mescal itself contains the DNA of the agave butterfly caterpillar — the…
Ion channels in the cell membrane enable cells to communicate with their environment and are therefore of vital importance. The researchers have developed a…
But now an expanded three-year study by some of those same researchers does not show a bone-sparing effect in postmenopausal women who ingested soy isoflavone…
The results were published online this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The senior author is Paul Doetsch, PhD, professor of…
Researchers have teased out the molecular process that can shut down a marauding, often deadly immune response that kills thousands each year who suffer…
In a paper published February 3 in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters, Gillis shows that toads, like humans, are capable of anticipating when and how…
“This is the first clinical trial that has focused on what is perhaps the most disabling aspect of the disease,” said University of Rochester Medical Center…
The collaborative study, involving scientists from 12 UK research institutions, universities and conservation organisations, is the most comprehensive and…
The rise of C4 grasses is not disputed. They dominate in hot, tropical climes and now make up to 20 percent of our planet's vegetational covering. Scientists…
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