Biology
Double trouble at chromosome ends
Double Trouble at Chromosome EndsCredit: Credit Sarah Cai Double Trouble at Chromosome Ends Half a century ago, scientists Jim Watson...
Nature’s sonar: Scientists reveal how Japanese horseshoe bats perceive moving objects
Unlike most animals that rely on visual senses, bats navigate and locate prey or obstacles through echolocation. By emitting sounds...
Counting rays: Aerial surveys reveal ample populations in Southeast Florida
The whitespotted eagle ray (Aetobatus narinari) and the giant manta ray (Mobula birostris) are rapidly declining globally. Both species are...
The anti-aging effect of vitamin D and vitamin D receptor in Drosophila midgut
“Our study demonstrated that the VitD/VDR pathway is required for intestinal homeostasis during normal differentiation and aging.”Credit: 2024 Park et...
Extinctions could result as fish change foraging behaviour in response to rising temperatures
Fish are changing how they search for and consume prey in warmer waters, with models suggesting extinctions become more likely...
Microbial comics: RNA as a common language, presented in extracellular speech-bubbles
Single-celled organisms, such as bacteria and archaea, have developed many ways to communicate with each other. For example, they might...
Binghamton University biologist named Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology
BINGHAMTON, N.Y. -- Binghamton University, State University of New York researcher Karin Sauer is among 65 scientists elected as Fellows...
Protecting fish doesn’t have to mean neglecting people, study concludes
BEAUFORT, N.C. –With fish stocks declining globally, more than 190 countries recently made a commitment to protect about a third...
Validation of PandaOmics, AI tool from Insilico Medicine for target identification and biomarker discovery
A new paper in the Journal of Chemical Information and Modeling provides definitive validation of PandaOmics, the cloud-based software platform...
Arterial connections improve treatment outcomes following stroke
Ischemic strokes are a major health burden. They occur when a blood vessel that supplies the brain becomes blocked, impairing...
Watch these predatory fish use rapid color changes to coordinate attacks
Striped marlin are some of the fastest animals on the planet and one of the ocean’s top predators. When hunting...
How did a tiny bee get to French Polynesia? Eight new species help solve a scientific mystery
In 1934, American entomologist Elwood Zimmerman, then an undergraduate student at Berkeley, participated in the ‘Mangarevan expedition’ to Polynesia. Among...
Neurobiology: How bats distinguish different sounds
FRANKFURT. Seba’s short-tailed bat (Carollia perspicillata) lives in the subtropical and tropical forests of Central and South America, where it...
Why is New Hampshire’s fisher population declining?
Fishers — also called fisher cats — are not cats, nor do they fish. But these members of the weasel...
Biomolecular condensates – regulatory hubs for plant iron supply
Iron is a micronutrient for plants. Biologists from the Institute of Botany at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) describe in...
Protein integral to sperm development and male fertility identified
Early in the development of sperm, a strange event happens: the X and Y chromosomes condense into tight packages and...
Enhanced 3D chemical imaging with phase-modulation
Understanding complex biological and biomedical systems is greatly aided by 3D imaging, which provides much more detailed information than traditional...
Korea University study explores a novel and precise mitochondrial gene editing method
Gene editing technology could revolutionize the treatment of genetic diseases, including those that affect the mitochondria—cell structures that generate the...
First brain-wide map shows how sex and intimacy rewire the brain
How does sex relate to lasting love? To answer that question, scientists have long studied a small Midwestern rodent called...
LIST commercially launches magSIMS – an award-winning nano-imaging instrument and signs licensing agreement with German manufacturer Raith
The Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST) announced the commercial launch of magSIMS (a Magnetic Sector Secondary Ion Mass...
