Mosaic brain evolution in guppies helps to explain vertebrate cognitive evolution
Researchers at Stockholm University have provided the first experimental evidence that brain regions can evolve independently of each other during ...
Month: November 2021
Skin microbiome bacteria – and bacterial pathways – identified as associated with ageing skin
Skin microbiome bacteria - and bacterial pathways - identified as associated with ageing skinCredit: Alkema et al., 2021, PLOS ONE, ...
Rice tapped to develop 3D-printed ‘smart helmets’ for the military
HOUSTON – (Nov. 10, 2021) – Rice University researchers have received $1.3 million from the Office of Naval Research through ...
Can we produce organs and tissues?
"There is an urgent and growing need for human tissues and organs worldwide, many patients are waiting.” The words are ...
The future of face masks
Building better air filters could help head off the next pandemic. At the 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of ...
A newly discovered genetic link to non-alcoholic inflammatory liver disease
Tsukuba, Japan – Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the accumulation of fat in the liver unrelated to alcohol abuse ...
Tiny droplets offer glimpse of real life inside a living cell
The inside of a cell is a busy, crowded place – full of proteins and other molecules colliding as they ...
Needle free glucose monitoring a step closer for diabetics
A needle-free technology that would allow people with diabetes to measure blood sugar levels without having to stick a needle ...
Palmitic acid promotes cancer metastasis and leaves a more aggressive “memory” in tumour cells
Credit: IRB Barcelona Researchers at IRB Barcelona publish in the journal Nature the mechanism by which dietary palmitic ...
Chickpea genes catalogued in unprecedented detail to secure food supply despite climate warming
A new study in Nature by an international research team featuring Skoltech researchers has looked at the DNA of over 3,000 chickpea ...
Development of a curious robot to study coral reef ecosystems awarded $1.5 million by the National Science Foundation
Woods Hole, MA (Nov. 10, 2021) - A grant by the National Science Foundation to researchers at the Woods Hole ...
Asphyxia-associated neonatal mortality found to cluster in poorer parts of São Paulo state (Brazil)
Researchers who analyzed data for São Paulo state, Brazil, found the highest rates of newborn mortality from asphyxia in cities ...
Underbite regained: Species feared extinct is the only frog with true teeth on its lower jaw
In a new study, biologists laid to rest a century-old debate by confirming that a single species of frog, out ...
Rapidly evolving species more likely to go extinct, study suggests
Researchers at the University of Bristol have found that fast evolution can lead to nowhere.Credit: Dr Tom Stubbs Researchers at ...
Domestic cats drive spread of Toxoplasma parasite to wildlife
New UBC research suggests free-roaming cats are likely to blame in the spread of the potentially deadly Toxoplasma gondii parasite ...
Rising temperatures overcook bumblebees’ brunch
Bumblebees pollinate many of our favorite foods, but their own diet is being upset by climate change, according to a ...
Giant hornet attacks cause honeybee alarm buzz in hives
Like setting off alarms in a beehive, Asian honeybees use complex signals to alert nest mates about giant hornet attacks, ...
Robert G. Roeder receives the 2021 Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences: Commemorative Lecture on his 50-year journey into the expanding universe of factors and mechanisms to be released
Robert G. Roeder, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at The Rockefeller University, received the 2021 ...
Sounding the alarm: How honey bees alert their hive to attacks by giant “murder” hornets
For the first time, the unique sounds honey bees (Apis cerana) use to alert members of their hive when giant ...
Size matters for bee ‘superorganism’ colonies
Scientists have carefully studied the intricacies of how individual organisms live and act together in groups known as biological collectives. ...
