Biology

January 10, 2026

How does a cell maintain its identity during replication?

Credit: The lab of Ken Zaret, PhD, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania PHILADELPHIA - Prior to cell division,...

People of color exposed to more pollution from cars, trucks, power plants over 10 years

Credit: Abby VanMuijen/University of Washington A new nationwide study finds that the U.S. made little progress from 2000 to 2010...

Google Glass app helps autistic children with social interactions

A prototype software application, to be used with the optical head-mounted display Google Glass, has been designed as a social-skills...

Chimera viruses can help the fight against lymphomas

Credit: Pedro Simas Lab, iMM Lisboa Researchers from Instituto de Medicina Molecular (iMM) Lisboa have created a chimera virus that...

Temple researchers uncover mechanism behind calorie restriction and lengthened lifespan

Credit: Temple Health (Philadelphia, PA) - Almost a century ago, scientists discovered that cutting calorie intake could dramatically extend lifespan...

Prellis Biologics receives funding to create human organs with 3-D printing

Credit: Prellis Biologics San Francisco, CA--September 14, 2017--Wait lists for human organ transplants could be entirely eliminated through patent-pending technologies...

Study offers scientific explanation for why spurned males abandon courtship attempts

Credit: Adams lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - Unsuccessful courtship attempts by males create aversive memories that can reduce their...

MD Anderson and Daiichi Sankyo enter research collaboration to accelerate development of acute myeloid leukemia therapies

HOUSTON AND BASKING RIDGE, N.J. - The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Daiichi Sankyo Company, Limited today...

Could interstellar ice provide the answer to birth of DNA?

Researchers at the University of York have shown that molecules brought to earth in meteorite strikes could potentially be converted...

$1.6M from NSF to UC Davis to study water, land use in disadvantaged communities

Credit: Joe Proudman/UC Davis The National Science Foundation has awarded $1.6M to the University of California, Davis to analyze the...

New research suggests bird songs isolate species

Credit: University of British Columbia Two birds that look the same, but have songs so different they can't recognize each...

Startup develops animal detection system to prevent roadkill

Credit: Fernanda Delborgo Abra / ViaFauna Wildlife roadkill not only makes endangered species more vulnerable, these accidents also put the...

Researchers develop spectroscopic ‘science camera’ system for smartphones

Credit: Micro and Nanotechnology Lab, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The latest versions of most smartphones contain at least two...

Study clears important hurdle towards developing an HIV vaccine

An international team of researchers has demonstrated a way of overcoming one of the major stumbling blocks that has prevented...

CU Boulder to create digital archive of 1.7 million Rocky Mountain botanical specimens

University of Colorado Boulder researchers and collaborating institutions have been awarded $2.9 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to...

Gonorrhoea strains across Europe becoming more susceptible to main treatment options

Credit: ECDC According to test results from the annual European Gonococcal Antimicrobial Surveillance Programme (Euro-GASP), resistance levels to the main...

Scientists reveal distinct substrate-binding mode in o-succinylbenzoyl-CoA synthetase

Credit: Department of Chemistry, HKUST o-Succinylbenzoyl-CoA (OSB-CoA) synthetase (MenE) is an essential enzyme in bacterial vitamin K biosynthesis and an...

The evolution of ‘true frogs’ defies long-held expectations of science

Credit: Courtesy of Rafe Brown LAWRENCE -- Evolutionary biologists long have supposed that when species colonize new geographic regions they...

Asthma drug from the garden center

Credit: © Photo: Raphael Reher/Daniela Wenzel/Uni Bonn The coralberry could offer new hope for asthmatics: researchers at the University of...

Researchers develop technology enabling standard cameras to produce hyperspectral images