Biology

October 13, 2025

Changing climate could have devastating impact on forest carbon storage

Credit: Fotolia New research from a multi-university team of biologists shows what could be a startling drop in the amount...

Nation’s beekeepers lost 33 percent of bees in 2016-17

Credit: University of Maryland/Bee Informed Partnership Beekeepers across the United States lost 33 percent of their honey bee colonies during...

Modeling invasive activity: Zebra mussels’ infiltration of North American rivers

The invasion of nonnative species has widespread and detrimental effects on both local and global ecosystems. These intruders often spread...

Why this IndyCar driver is outpacing diabetes

Loading video... Credit: Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - New Michigan State University research is the first to help...

In fruit fly and human genetics, timing is everything

Credit: McKay Lab (UNC-Chapel Hill) CHAPEL HILL, NC - Every animal starts as a clump of cells, which over time...

Sorting out HIV

Around 1% of patients with HIV - known as elite controllers - are able to survive without antiviral treatment, because...

New species of bus-sized fossil marine reptile unearthed in Russia

Credit: © Andrey Atuchin, 2017 A new species of a fossil pliosaur (large predatory marine reptile from the 'age of...

Researchers find crucial clue to manipulating reproduction in plants

Credit: L. Duka. RIVERSIDE, Calif. - A team of researchers, led by a plant cell biologist at the University of...

New hair growth mechanism discovered

Credit: Rosenblum lab/UCSF In experiments in mice, UC San Francisco researchers have discovered that regulatory T cells (Tregs; pronounced "tee-regs"),...

Georgia State receives $2.3 million renewal grant to study enzyme in diabetic vascular diseases

Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA -- Dr. Ming-Hui Zou, director of the Center for Molecular & Translational Medicine and a...

Water forms ‘spine of hydration’ around DNA, group finds

Credit: Credit: Poul Petersen, Cornell University Water is the Earth's most abundant natural resource, but it's also something of a...

LSTM and partners develop molecule that may lead to first synthetic one-dose antimalarial

Researchers at LSTM, working in partnership with the University of Liverpool and other colleagues, have developed a molecule which has...

L.A. lawns lose lots of water: 70 billion gallons a year

Credit: Elizaveta Litvak In summer 2010, Los Angeles was losing about 100 gallons of water per person per day to...

Special delivery: Macromolecules via spider’s ‘bite’

Credit: Kyoto University Kyoto, Japan -- Our cells are rich in proteins which are potential targets for therapy. But study...

To ensure constant food supply edible dormice rather give up their favorite food

Credit: Jessica Cornils/Vetmeduni Vienna The seeds of beech trees are an important source of energy for rodents like the edible...

$100M gift establishes Duchossois Family Institute to develop ‘new science of wellness’

A Chicago-area family with a deep commitment to supporting science and medicine is giving $100 million to establish The Duchossois...

Dartmouth-led study finds heavier precipitation in the northeast began in 1996

Over the past century, the Northeast has experienced an increase in the number of storms with extreme precipitation. A Dartmouth-led...

Newly published spinach genome will make more than Popeye stronger

"I'm strong to the finich, 'cause I eats me spinach!" said Popeye the Sailor Man. While you may not gulp...

Largest psoriasis meta-analysis to date yields new genetic clues

(Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan) The identification of 16 additional genetic markers will help researchers get closer to understanding...

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