Biology
Conservationists find birds in central African rain forest are facing major threats from bushmeat hunting
In a new study released this month, conservationists are sounding the alarm about a growing hunting crisis plaguing rainforests in...
Glaciers in Mongolia’s Gobi Desert actually shrank during the last ice age
Credit: Jigjidsurengiin Batbaatar/University of Washington The simple story says that during the last ice age, temperatures were colder and ice...
Green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon
Credit: (Photo: Lauren Jensen) MADISON - For many ecologists, fieldwork involves majestic mountains or rushing rivers or large tracts of...
UGA researchers develop new method to improve crops
Credit: UGA Athens, Ga. - A team of University of Georgia researchers has developed a new way to breed plants...
Determining the cause of difficult-to-control mitochondrial diseases
Credit: Associate Professor Wei Fan-Yan A Japanese research group has discovered that taurine is conjugated with mitochondrial transfer RNAs (tRNAs),...
Bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotic, missed by standard tests
Emory microbiologists have detected "heteroresistance" to colistin, a last-resort antibiotic, in already highly resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae, a bacterium that causes...
No fish story! Research finds marine reserves sustain broader fishing efforts
Credit: Florida Institute of Technology MELBOURNE, FLA. -- New research from Florida Institute of Technology finds that fish born in...
Strict eating schedule can lower Huntington disease protein in mice
New research from the University of British Columbia suggests that following a strict eating schedule can help clear away the...
Current deforestation pace will intensify global warming, study alerts
The global warming process may be even more intense than originally forecast unless deforestation can be halted, especially in the...
Producing handy gels from a protein found in human blood
Credit: Biomaterials Science / Royal Society of Chemistry From blood to the lab: the protein albumin is responsible for many...
Mammals share mechanisms controlling the heart with a 400-million-year-old fish
Credit: Gustavo M. Oda Primitive air-breathing fish, whose direct ancestors first appeared around 400 million years ago, show mechanisms controlling...
Genes for age-linked brain deterioration identified
Credit: Dr. Giuseppe Lupo The brain deteriorates with age because stem cells produce new brain cells more slowly Changes to...
Chaperones can hold protein in non-equilibrium states
After translation, proteins must fold to their functional 3D shape and keep it while under attack by various perturbations: external...
Mammals share mechanisms controlling the heart with a 400 million-year-old fish
Credit: Gustavo M. Oda Primitive air-breathing fish, whose direct ancestors first appeared around 400 million years ago, show mechanisms controlling...
Fish’ ‘super power’ may offer clues about biodiversity evolution
Credit: University of Central Florida A group of international scientists, including a University of Central Florida biologist, recently discovered that...
Weightlifting shows benefits for kidney disease patients
Credit: University of Leicester Lifting weights can provide significant health benefits to patients suffering from kidney disease. A new study...
Sustainable ocean development
Earth's vast and vital oceans are a critical source of economic productivity, but issues of space management, interindustry conflict and...
A leopard may not change its spots but venomous creatures change their venom recipe often
Credit: Jason Macrander, UNC Charlotte. Many animals use venom to protect themselves from predators and to catch prey. Some, like...
Babies who look like their father at birth are healthier one year later
Credit: Binghamton University, State University of New York BINGHAMTON, N.Y. - Infants who resemble their father at birth are more...
Arctic Ny Alesund sees rapid warming, but not the warmest
Credit: Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences The Arctic plays an important role in the global climate system,...
