Biology
African BioGenome Project (AfricaBP) Open Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics Workshop 2023
WHAT IS IT ABOUTCredit: AfricaBP Open Institute for Genomics and Bioinformatics and Southern Africa workshop partners and sponsors WHAT IS...
Weather anomalies are keeping insects active longer
As Earth’s climate continues to warm due to the emission of greenhouse gasses, extreme and anomalous weather events are becoming...
Scientists expand understanding of limb evolution in earliest birds
The assembly of the volant bird body plan from the ancestral bulky dinosaurian condition is an enduring topic of evolutionary...
Plants allocate enough carbon to underground mycorrhizal fungi equivalent to roughly one-third of carbon emitted yearly by fossil fuels
Mycorrhizal fungi have been supporting life on land for at least 450 million years by helping to supply plants with...
BRAIN LOGISTICS: Missing link explains mRNA delivery in brain cells
Faraway, so close!Credit: Schuhmacher et al. (2023) / MPI-CBG Faraway, so close! “These publications provide a major advancement to elucidate...
Genomes of 233 primate species sequenced
Researchers from 24 countries have analyzed the genomes of 809 individuals from 233 primate species, generating the most complete catalog...
New grasshopper species from central Texas honor Willie Nelson and Jerry Jeff Walker
The central region of Texas is a known hotspot of biological wonders. For the last five years, Dr. JoVonn Hill,...
Ancient viruses discovered in coral symbionts’ DNA
HOUSTON – (June 1, 2023) – An international team of marine biologists has discovered the remnants of ancient RNA viruses...
Bremen researchers cultivate archaea that break down crude oil in novel ways
Microbial communities are especially active near hydrothermal seeps like those in the Guaymas Basin in the Gulf of California. The...
Biologists to create ‘toolbox’ for understanding complex genetic traits
Driven by a lifelong curiosity about the natural world and the diversity of life, Elizabeth King, associate professor in the...
The Primate Genome Project unlocks hidden secrets of primate evolution
Co-led by Guojie Zhang from Centre for Evolutionary & Organismal Biology at Zhejiang University, Dong-Dong Wu at Kunming Institute of...
Primates’ DNA highlights applications for human health
A new investigation led by Tomàs Marquès-Bonet, an ICREA researcher at the IBE (CSIC-UPF) and a professor of Genetics at...
High resolution X-ray microscopy with exceptionally low X-ray dose
A team led by X-ray imaging pioneers at DESY has managed to produce high-resolution images of biological structures at very...
Researchers describe the life cycle of four species of the world’s most venomous caterpillars, genus Lonomia Walker, and discover new parasitoids and host plants
Researchers describe the life cycle of four species of the world's most venomous caterpillars, genus Lonomia Walker, and discover new...