Biology

April 6, 2026

Variable speed limits could reduce crashes, ease congestion in highway work zones

Credit: Steve Schar COLUMBIA, Mo. - As the summer months approach, most people turn to thoughts of sunshine, outdoor barbecues...

New data for old bones: How the famous Cleveland-Lloyd dinosaur bone bed came to be

Credit: Wikipedia The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is the densest collection of Jurassic dinosaur fossils. Unlike typical Jurassic bone beds, it...

Living long and living well: Is it possible to do both?

Credit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE - Exactly when does old age begin? Which health markers best predict who...

Genetic study shakes up the elephant family tree

Credit: Graphic by Asier Larramendi Eskorza and Julie McMahon CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- New research reveals that a species of giant...

Hiding in plain sight: New species of flying squirrel discovered

Credit: Nick Kerhoulas. For hundreds of years, a species of flying squirrel was hiding right under (actually, above) our noses....

NIST upgrades widely used database of molecular ‘fingerprints’

Credit: NIST When scientists need to identify an unknown compound, they do what a police detective might do. They get...

Chemistry life hacks: Food edition (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 6, 2017 -- Reactions is back with another round of chemistry life hacks....

Brain State Technologies: Successful clinical trial shows reduction of insomnia symptoms

June 7, 2017

This figure shows brain electrical activity at the temporal lobes before and after HIRREM® sessions. Brain State Technologies: Successful Clinical...

Citizen scientists help infectious bacteria researchers

A team of UK based researchers, known as the ENIGMA Project, has developed a novel method for assessing human/virus interactions...

Decomposing leaves are a surprising source of greenhouse gases

Credit: Courtesy of Michigan State University EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists have pinpointed a new source of...

First long-term study of Murray-Darling Basin wetlands reveals severe impact of dams

Credit: UNSW A landmark 30-year-long UNSW Sydney study of wetlands in eastern Australia has found that construction of dams and...

Injectable solution may provide weeks of glucose control

Credit: Ashutosh Chilkoti, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Biomedical engineers at Duke University have created a technology that might provide...

Staphyloccus ribosome structure researched by KFU Structural Biology Lab

The results were published in Nucleic Acids Research. This paper was announced as the best of May 2017 by FSBMB....

Symposium to honor microbiologist Sol Spiegelman, present new work in biological sciences

In honor of University of Illinois microbiologist Sol Spiegelman and his work in recombinant DNA technology, the Carl R. Woese...

Artificial fluorescent membrane lipid shows active role in living cells

Anticipation helps pathological gamblers hold out for larger-but-later rewards

Triggering pathological gamblers to envision a future personal experience reduces their preference for an immediate reward over a larger, delayed...

White noise after loud noise prevents hearing deficits in mice

Mild hearing loss from exposure to less than one hour of loud noise leads to a reorganization of circuits in...

ASA continues dialogue on significance, P values with new symposium on inference

In 2016, the ASA released an historic statement on statistical significance and p values in an effort to improve the...

What caused the most toxic algal bloom ever observed in Monterey Bay?

Electrocatalyst nanostructures key to improved fuel cells, electrolyzers