Biology
Cellular calpain proteases can cleave the enteroviral polyprotein
Research highlights the potential of calpain inhibitor as an antiviral against enterovirusesCredit: The University of Jyvaskyla, Finland Despite their prevalence,...
Konstanz scientists among the world’s most influential
Credit: Gabriel Miller and Tobit Dehnen Two collective behaviour researchers, Professor Iain Couzin and Dr Damien Farine, have been named...
New species of seaweed uncovered by genetic analyses
Credit: Kobe University Genetic analyses have revealed remarkably higher species diversity in common red seaweed than previously assumed. It was...
Exoplanet axis study boosts hopes of complex life, just not next door
Credit: NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope "They're out there," goes a saying about extraterrestrials. It would seem more likely to be...
Potato virus Y is the most serious threat to potato — some strains more than others
Credit: Alexander Karasev Potato virus Y (PVY) is the most serious problem facing the potato industry in the United States...
A century later, plant biodiversity struggles in wake of agricultural abandonment
Credit: Credit: Forest Isbell. Decades after farmland was abandoned, plant biodiversity and productivity struggle to recover, according to new University...
New finding on origin of avian predentary in Mesozoic birds
Credit: IVPP The predentary bone is one of the most enigmatic skeletal elements in avian evolution. Located at the tip...
Mantis shrimp vs. disco clams: Colorful sea creatures do more than dazzle
Credit: Lindsey Dougherty When Lindsey Dougherty was an undergraduate student at CU Boulder in 2011, she got the chance to...
New findings on the largest natural sulfur source in the atmosphere
Laboratory results question current knowledge on the degradation of dimethyl sulfide within the sulfur cycleCredit: Torsten Berndt, TROPOS Leipzig. An...
How gene expression noise shapes cell fate
Max Planck researcher develops a method for measuring gene expression noise across single cells in complex tissueCredit: MPI of Immunobiology...
Moss: a bio-monitor of atmospheric nitrogen deposition in the Yangtze River Delta
Credit: Tao Huang Atmospheric reactive nitrogen (N) deposition has more than doubled over the past century. It is very important...
King’s College AI-Longevity Hub launched via support of Biogerontology Research Foundation
The UK's first AI for Longevity hub -- the Longevity AI Consortium -- is launched at King's College London with...
Possible new treatment strategy against progeria
Credit: Daniel Whisenant Progeria is a very rare disease that affects about one in 18 million children and results in...
The little duck that could: Study finds endangered Hawaiian duck endures
Credit: Christopher Malachowski, Oregon State University The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main...