Biology

September 5, 2025

Study casts doubt about link between eczema, cardiovascular disease

PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- For the roughly 7 percent of adults who live with atopic dermatitis, a common form of eczema,...

EMBO welcomes 65 new members

Heidelberg, June 16, 2017 - EMBO announces today that 65 outstanding life scientists have been elected to its membership, joining...

Biologists have explored how testate amoebae survive in peat fires

Credit: Yuri Mazei An International team from China University of Geosciences, University of York and Lomonosov Moscow State University have...

Increase in ciguatera fish poisoning cases in Europe

The substance ciguatoxin is only found in fish from tropical and subtropical seas. For some years now, cases of ciguatera...

Researchers use light to manipulate mosquitoes

Credit: University of Notre Dame Scientists at the University of Notre Dame have found that exposure to just 10 minutes...

New approach to unlock the genetic potential of plant cell wall

Researchers from the University of York and the Quadram Institute have unlocked the genetic secrets of plant cell walls, which...

Scientists solve 30-year old mystery on how resistance genes spread

Credit: DTU/DTU Biosustain To win the war against antibiotic resistant super bugs, scientists seek to find the origin of resistance...

Genes and the environment? Factors, patterns that lead to childhood obesity risk

URBANA, Ill. - In the preschool years, children begin to learn from their environment about self-regulation--both in regards to food...

Building a better alligator: Researchers develop advanced 3-D models of bite data

Credit: Casey Holliday COLUMBIA, Mo. - The skulls of alligators protect their brains, eyes and sense organs while producing some...

Novel approach may improve valve function in some patients

WASHINGTON (June 16, 2017) -- Pulsed cavitation ultrasound can be used to remotely soften human degenerative calcified biosprosthetic valves and...

Antibiotics promote resistance on experimental croplands

Washington, DC - June 16, 2017 - Canadian researchers have generated both novel and existing antibiotic resistance mechanisms on experimental...

Penn/CHOP team gains insights into cause of infant and treatment-related leukemias

Certain pediatric leukemias share a common underlying cause with treatment-related secondary leukemias. Both diseases involve translocations in the KMT2A gene,...

Drill holes in fossil shells point to bigger predators picking on small prey

The drill holes left in fossil shells by hunters such as snails and slugs show marine predators have grown steadily...

VHA initiative significantly reduces MRSA in veterans living centers

Portland, Ore., June 15, 2017 - An initiative led by the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) reduced Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA)...

Secret of why jewel scarab beetles look like pure gold, explained by physicists

The secrets of why central-American jewel scarab beetles look like they are made from pure gold, has been uncovered by...

Animal evolution: Hot start, followed by cold shock

The initial phases of animal evolution proceeded faster than hitherto supposed: New analyses suggest that the first animal phyla emerged...

More brain activity is not always better when it comes to memory and attention

Credit: the University of Nottingham Potential new ways of understanding the cause of cognitive impairments, such as problems with memory...

An alternative hypothesis on the faunal colonization of the Himalayas?

Credit: Matthias Stöck Until now, the fauna of the Himalayas was considered to be an "immigration fauna", with species that...

Penn engineers show key feature for modeling how cells spread in fibrous environments

Credit: University of Pennsylvania One area of research within mechanobiology, the study of how physical forces influence biological processes, is...

First few millimeters of the leaf margin identify palm species in a new key to Syagrus