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Study shows why cold sugary foods have reduced sweetness

Individuals would have often wondered why a bite of warm cherry pie infuses their mouth with sweetness, but the same slice taken directly from the refrigerator is not as tempting as before?

27 Apr 2020

DNA may not be the 'blueprint' for life, just a scrambled list of ingredients

The common view of heredity is that all information passed down from one generation to the next is stored in an organism's DNA. But Antony Jose, associate professor of cell biology and molecular genetics at the University of Maryland, disagrees.

23 Apr 2020

Development Of A Sticker That Indicates Whether Cold-Chain Food Products Have Gone Bad

Can we tell with the naked eye if any cold-chain food products that we have received have gone bad?

10 Apr 2020

Study on butterfly breeding sheds light on the evolution of iridescent colors

At her Florida-based butterfly farm, Edith Smith bred a shinier and bluer Common Buckeye but it was Rachel Thayer, a graduate student at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) who described the genetic and physical variations that are fundamental to the newly acquired iridescence of the butterfly.

9 Apr 2020

Researchers gain insight into synthesis and functions of lipids found in tears

New understandings of how lipids function within tears could lead to better drugs for treating dry eye disease.

7 Apr 2020

Study could bolster understanding and treatment for rare, genetic eye disease

Nagano prefecture is home to a group of people effected with a rare genetic neurodegenerative disorder called familial amyloid polyneuropathies. This disease impacts the gene encoding protein transthyretin which is produced in the liver and also eyes.

6 Apr 2020

Coastal Pollution Reduces Genetic Diversity Of Corals

A new study by researchers found that human-induced environmental stressors have a large effect on the genetic composition of coral reef populations in Hawaii.

3 Apr 2020

Plant Disease Primarily Spreads Via Roadsides

An analysis based on mathematical statistics uncovered the reason why powdery mildew fungi on Åland are most abundant in roadsides and crossings.

2 Apr 2020

Ptychographic label-free microscopy platform developed for imaging

A new ptychographic label-free microscopy method has been developed to overcome the limitations of conventional optical microscopy methods.

24 Mar 2020

Hero proteins can prevent dangerous clumps linked with neurodegenerative diseases

At the University of Tokyo (UTokyo), scientists have identified a new group of proteins that have been hailed for their extraordinary shape and potential to defend against protein clumps linked with neurodegenerative diseases in laboratory experiments.

13 Mar 2020

New canine study can benefit diagnostics and treatment of retinitis pigmentosa

A study performed on canines at the University of Helsinki characterizes a gene variant in the regulatory region of the retina that causes abnormal functioning of retinal genes and, ultimately, leads to loss of vision in dogs.

11 Mar 2020