Biology

April 4, 2026

Beyond broke bones, CTs also detect frailty and predict survival

Credit: Copyright UC Regents 2017 Using computed tomography (CT) to evaluate muscle health may help identify optimal treatments for older...

Mice exposed to prenatal stress are predisposed to eating disorders later in life

Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Stress affects the body and can trigger illness -- from psychiatric disorders to heart disease....

A better dye job for roots — in plants

Credit: Elke Barbez/Gregor Mendel Institute LA JOLLA--(June 1, 2017) Once we start coloring our hair, we may be surprised to...

Gene finding to eradicate severe blistering disorder of the skin found in dogs

Credit: Hannes Lohi research group Researchers at the University of Helsinki have identified a novel gene defect that causes a...

The Spanish plant that was classified by mistake

Credit: Manuel Becerra Surprisingly, there are still plant species waiting to be discovered in the Iberian Peninsula. Some are detected...

Religious individuals regret having casual sex only slightly more

The cultural differences between the United States and Norway are relatively small, but the cultures differ significantly from one another...

Dual role of fruit fly protein in connecting chromosome copies

Credit: Tomoko Nishiyama Nagoya, Japan - A sister chromatid is one half of an identical pair of chromatids formed by...

Subsidies promote overfishing and hurt small-scale fishers worldwide

Large-scale fisheries receive about four times more subsidies than their small-scale counterparts, with up to 60 per cent of those...

Radar reveals steep declines in Kauai’s seabird populations

Credit: A. Raine The island of Kauai is home to two endangered seabirds, the Hawaiian Petrel and the Newell's Shearwater....

New human studies show multiple health benefits from consuming mangos

Orlando, FL (June 1, 2017) - Emerging human studies on mango consumption have found potential health benefits associated with the...

Public confused by climate change messages

Experts, charities, the media and government confuse the public by speaking "different languages" on climate change, a new study says....

New details on nest preferences of declining sparrow

Credit: J. Carpenter Theory says that birds should choose nest sites that minimize their risk of predation, but studies often...

Acidified ocean water widespread along North American West Coast

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - A three-year survey of the California Current System along the West Coast of...

Handheld scanner reveals vascularization in psoriasis patients

(Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health) A newly developed tissue scanner allows looking under the skin...

Paleobiologists make intriguing new discoveries about dinosaurs’ ancestors

An international group of researchers has discovered that the most ancient dinosaurs' ancestors were quadrupedal. Andrey Sennikov, employee of the...

With $58M grant, University of Michigan researchers will push health research forward with community’s help

Credit: University of Michigan ANN ARBOR, Mich. - The next big idea to help people with cancer, heart disease, diabetes,...

The fairer — The greener

Researchers at universities in Freiburg, Kiel and Berlin have discovered that the economic value of nature for a society is...

Critical molecular determinants for activation of calcium flux into cells revealed

Triggered by decreases in ER Ca2+ level, conformational changes of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) luminal domain in STIM1 would switch...

Bed bugs: Proactive pest management critical in multi-unit housing

Annapolis, MD; May 24, 2017--Amid the persistent threat of bed bug infestations in multi-unit housing, the best advice for property...

In Galapagos Islands, doctoral student researches the role of soil microbes in plant invasions