Biology
The Alliance of World Scientists announces 2024 Planet Earth Award laureates
Corvallis, OR — The Alliance of World Scientists (AWS) is pleased to announce the six recipients of the 2024 Planet Earth Award:...
$5 million grant bets on computational biology, AI to change the future of cancer
SAN FRANCISCO—A multidisciplinary research team at Gladstone Institutes, led by Senior Investigator Katie Pollard, PhD, has received $5 million in funding through...
Low-cost versatile mesoscope makes brain imaging in rodents more accessible
The human/mammalian brain is arguably the most complex biological system known. Even after witnessing massive progress in neuroscience, we are...
Scientists propose ten key components to foster climate-smart marine spatial planning globally
New study identifies ten key components that will promote the development and implementation of sustainable, equitable, climate-smart ocean planning initiatives...
Range-shifting fishes are climate-change losers, according to new research
The warming of the Earth’s oceans due to climate change is affecting where the world’s fishes live, eat and spawn...
Gene flow in giraffes and what it means for their conservation
Giraffes are a beautiful and powerful example of what adaptive evolution can achieve. However, in recent years they have attained...
Barbara Engelhardt elected Fellow of the International Society for Computational Biology
Barbara Engelhardt, PhD, a senior investigator at Gladstone Institutes, has been elected as a fellow to the International Society for Computational...
Higher carnivorous dinosaur biodiversity of famous Kem Kem beds, Morocco
Joint press release Utrecht University and National History MuseumCredit: Artwork by Joschua Knüppe. Joint press release Utrecht University and National History...
A coral superhighway in the Indian Ocean
Despite being scattered across more than a million square kilometres, new research has revealed that remote coral reefs across the...
Rice paddy snake diversification was driven by geological and environmental factors in Thailand, molecular data suggests
LAWRENCE, KANSAS — A University of Kansas study of rice paddy snakes in Southeast Asia gives key details to their...
Muscaris grapes: molecular secret of lychee note revealed
A team of researchers from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich has succeeded...
Halloween toy among plastics swallowed by sea turtles
A Halloween toy was among hundreds of plastic items found in the guts of dead sea turtles in the Mediterranean,...
Microscopy plus deep learning to advance prostate cancer diagnosis
Prostate cancer stands as a prevalent threat to men's health, ranking second in cancer-related deaths in the United States. Each...
Flexible artificial intelligence optoelectronic sensors towards health monitoring
From creating images, generating text, and enabling self-driving cars, the potential uses of artificial intelligence (AI) are vast and transformative....
Anemonefish are better taxonomists than humans
Anemonefish form mutualistic relationships with the sea anemones they live in and these associations are not random: some species such...
New study reveals transgenerational effects of pesticide linuron on frogs
Grand-offspring of male frogs exposed to the pesticide linuron exhibited changes in their DNA that was linked to significant physiological...
Deciphering the tip of migrating neurons: Discovery of growth cone in migrating neurons involved in promoting neuronal migration and regeneration in the brain after injury
The structure and functions of the tip of migrating neurons remain elusive. Here, a research group led by Kazunobu Sawamoto,...
Harnessing the mechanisms of fungal bioluminescence to confer autonomous luminescence in plants and animal cells
In a striking new study published today in Science Advances, a team of synthetic biologists led by Karen Sarkisyan at...
Good news for coral reef restoration efforts: Study finds “full recovery” of reef growth within four years
While the majority of the world’s reefs are now under threat or even damaged potentially beyond repair, a new study...
Reptile roadkill reveals new threat to endangered lizard species
The chance sighting of a dead snake beside a sandy track in remote Western Australia, and the investigation of its...
