Biology
Reindeer grazing protects tundra plant diversity in a warming climate
Credit: Elina Kaarlejärvi Climate warming reduces the number of plant species in the tundra, but plant-eating animals, such as reindeer...
Team gathers unprecedented data on atmosphere’s organic chemistry
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- For a few weeks over the summer in 2011, teams of scientists from around the world converged...
More ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ predicted for Southern Ocean seafloor animals
Credit: Cath Waller A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica reveals there will be...
New fluorescent dyes could advance biological imaging
Credit: Jonathan B. Grimm With a new technique to craft a spectrum of glowing dyes, chemists are no longer chasing...
Mysterious protein-folding molecule could trigger metabolic disorders
Credit: Illustration provided courtesy of Dr. Feng Hong of the Medical University of South Carolina. The cell's response to unfolded...
Researchers take a holistic approach to threats to humanity
What risks threaten the entire future of humanity within the next hundred years? And what should we do to protect...
Superfly flight simulator helps unravel navigation in the brain
Researchers at the RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan have identified two independent pathways in the fly brain that are...
Deadly parasite messaging tactic may help curb sleeping sickness
New insight into sleeping sickness suggests communication between parasites that cause infection could affect the severity and spread of the...
Schizophrenia and memory deficits: Solving the mystery behind a most stubborn symptom
Credit: Jeffrey Zaremba/Losonczy Lab/Columbia's Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK -- A team of Columbia scientists has found that disruptions to the...
International research project: How can breastfeeding be promoted in Germany?
The project "Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly" is being conducted at the initiative of the Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture (BMEL)...
Epileptic brain activity in widely used lab mice
Credit: Steinmetz et al., eNeuro (2017) Multiple laboratories have observed unusual neural activity resembling epilepsy in some lines of genetically...
Discovery of dynamic seasonal changes in color perception
Credit: NIBB In many areas, the environment fluctuates greatly depending on the season, and animals living in those areas must...
Mobile women were key to cultural exchange in Stone Age and Bronze Age Europe
Credit: Stadtarchäologie Augsburg At the end of the Stone Age and in the early Bronze Age, families were established in...
Like a revolving door: How shuttling proteins operate nuclear pores
Credit: Immanuel Wagner/imma.tv Nuclear pore complexes are tiny channels where the exchange of substances between the cell nucleus and the...
Heavy alcohol use alters brain functioning differently in young men and women
Scientists have found that brain functions in young men and women are changed by long-term alcohol use, but that these...
Scientists identify climatic risks for dengue disease outbreaks
The University of Liverpool is part of an international team of scientists that have identified the climatic risks for dengue...
Cleanliness is next to sexiness for golden-collared manakins in Panama
Credit: Ioana Chiver, STRI Imagine proposing in a dirty apartment or restaurant. Juvenile male golden-collared manakins who received extra testosterone...
Bacteria act as aphrodisiac for the closest relatives of animals
Credit: Arielle Woznica and Nicole King, UC Berkeley To the surprise of scientists, bacteria can act as an aphrodisiac for...
Study: Drug may curb female infertility from cancer treatments
Credit: Schimenti Lab, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - An existing drug may one day protect premenopausal women from life-altering infertility...
New book on The Biology of Exercise from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
Credit: Illustration created by Romain Barres, The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen. Cold Spring...
