Biology

December 31, 2025

Lasers zap decontaminates from soil

Credit: AIP Publishing WASHINGTON, D.C., August 29, 2017 -- There might be a new and improved way to rid contaminated...

Obese people lack cells with satiety hormones

Credit: University of Basel Individuals with severe overweight have an inhibited sense of satiation - they release fewer satiety hormones...

Rise of male individuals in stingless bees colonies leads to queen’s death

Credit: Ayrton Vollet-Neto / University of São Paulo Queens of stingless bee species (Meliponini) face a reproductive dilemma. If they...

Bowel cancer study reveals impact of mutations on protein networks

For the first time, scientists have completed a detailed study of many of the proteins in bowel cancer cells. Scientists...

Tears in tiny bone cells called osteocytes appear an important step to better bones

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 29, 2017) - The force gravity and physical activity put...

Photosynthesis discovery could help design more efficient artificial solar cells

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--A natural process that occurs during photosynthesis could lead to the design of more efficient artificial...

Electrical nerve-block research aims at asthma, heart failure

Biomedical engineering researchers at Case Western Reserve University are refining more than 15 years of work on an electrical nerve-block...

NTU scientists use brewery waste to grow yeast needed for beer making

Credit: NTU Singapore Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have invented a new process to turn spent brewery...

Thorough analysis reveals immune system dynamics after immunotherapy

By combining new system-biological analyses and advanced data analysis, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have been able to monitor the maturation...

Researchers discover new immunotherapy combination effective at killing cancer cells

Credit: Photos provided by Doug Mahoney's lab Immunotherapy is an emerging field in the global fight against cancer, even though...

Federal preemption of taxes on state and local sugar-sweetened beverages is not warranted

Credit: (None required.) NEW YORK and BOSTON (Aug. 29, 2017)--Federal, state, and local governments each have a role to play...

Drought response in global crops may be as complex as day and night

Credit: David Hirsch Researchers have identified a set of genes that help control early drought response in a popular global...

Bahamian songbirds disappeared during last glacial-interglacial transition

Credit: UC Riverside RIVERSIDE, Calif. (http://www.ucr.edu) -- Two species of songbirds that once made a home in the Bahamas likely...

CLAMP’s dual duties may make it model for studies of protein function in context

Credit: Rieder, et. al. PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- New research on a crucial protein in fruit flies provides a clear model...

Undergraduates develop tools to diagnose Alzheimer’s disease before patients show symptoms

Credit: University of Maryland COLLEGE PARK, Md. - A team of seven University of Maryland A. James Clark School of...

Special Nature Conservation issue: Monitoring protected insects in the European Union

Credit: Massimiliano Tini With biodiversity loss well underway, conservation measures are urgent on a global scale and the European Union...

Nanoparticles pollution rises 30 percent when flex-fuel cars switch from bio to fossil

When ethanol prices at the pump rise for whatever reason, it becomes economically advantageous for drivers of dual-fuel vehicles to...

NJIT Oil spill expert assesses use of deep-sea dispersants in Deepwater Horizon cleanup

More than seven years after the Deepwater Horizon drilling rig exploded, sending up to 900,000 tons of oil and natural...

Study: After Hurricane Katrina, personal debt fell for those worst hit — but at a cost

Credit: CWRU After Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans a dozen years ago, there was a sharp and immediate drop in...

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