Biology
Engineered genetic machinery derived from E. coli delivers new amino acids to proteins
Credit: Cell Chemical Biology Chestnut Hill, Mass. (8/3/2018) - Proteins - the molecular machines that drive the processes underlying biology...
Study challenges evolution of how humans acquired language
Credit: Brenna Henn, UC Davis A gene implicated in affecting speech and language, FOXP2, is held up as a "textbook"...
Who owns the aquifer?
California's Coachella Valley may be ground zero for a new chapter in water rights for Native American tribes, according to...
Abandoned farmlands enrich bird communities
Credit: Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute and Hokkaido University Joint press release by Forestry and Forest Products Research Institute...
A new released Chinese soybean genome facilitates soybean elite cultivar improvement
Credit: ©Science China Press Soybean (Glycine max Merr.) is one of the most important crops, providing more than half of...
The fate of Arctic mosquitoes depends on habitat and access to blood meals
Credit: Robert Gill The future of Arctic mosquitoes (Aedes nigripes) in western Greenland depends on aquatic habitat and access to...
Pheromones in fight against pests
Nowadays, everybody is aware of the toxic effects of the conventional insecticides that are used to protect plants from pest...
Assembly of fluctuating molecules in artificial cell membrane
Credit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Lipids and membrane proteins existing in cell membranes, which locates...
Helmholtz International Fellow Award for Claudia Langenberg
(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) Dr. Claudia Langenberg of the University of Cambridge is one...
Rethinking ketchup packets: New approach to slippery packaging aims to cut food waste
Credit: Virginia Tech Almost everyone who eats fast food is familiar with the frustration of trying to squeeze every last...
The new tree of life of freshwater macroinvertebrates in the European continent
Credit: Núria Bonada (IRBio-UB) A study from the Faculty of Biology and the Biodiversity Research Institute of the University of...
New method refines cell sample analysis
Credit: UZH Researchers at the University of Zurich have developed a novel method for analyzing cells and their components called...
Role of cell group behavior in cancer target of $1.9 million award
Credit: Washington University in St. Louis Researchers have thought that cancer begins when a single cell goes rogue in the...
How plant-rotting bacteria steal iron to survive
Credit: Trevor Lithgow, ... In a new study, researchers identify important new insights into a survival mechanism of the bacteria...
Annual Reviews announces first review journal in the field of Biomedical Data Science
Credit: Annual Reviews Annual Reviews, the nonprofit publisher of scholarly review journals, today announced the publication of the inaugural volume...
Radar better than weather balloon for measuring boundary layer
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center Improving forecasting for a host of severe weather events may be possible thanks to...
Research on pine sawflies sheds light on the evolution of cooperation
Credit: Carita Lindstedt Pine sawflies terrify forest owners, but they help researchers understand the evolution of cooperation. A study conducted...
Genomic study ties insect evolution to the ability to detect airborne odors
Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A new study reveals that all insects use specialized odorant receptors...
Measuring climate impact of forests management — a groundbreaking approach
A JRC-led group of forestry research experts has developed a rigorous new fact-based carbon accounting system that reflects how forest...
UB researchers discover a disease threatening the most plentiful starfish in Antarctica
Credit: UB-IRBio A study led by experts from the University of Barcelona's Faculty of Biology and Institute for Research on...