Biology
A greener, more effective way to kill termites
UC Riverside scientists have discovered a highly effective, nontoxic, and less expensive way to lure hungry termites to their doom.Credit:...
Children’s visual experience may hold key to better computer vision training
UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. — A novel, human-inspired approach to training artificial intelligence (AI) systems to identify objects and navigate their...
Insilico Medicine President Alex Aliper, Ph.D. to present at Systems Aging Gordon Research Conference
Alex Aliper, PhD, president of global clinical stage artificial intelligence (AI)-powered drug discovery company Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”) will present at...
Syracuse University biologist calls for protection and more studies of natural time capsules of climate change
Packrats, also known as woodrats, are the original hoarders, collecting materials from their environment to make their nests, called middens. In...
New, modified CRISPR protein can fit inside virus used for gene therapy
Researchers have developed a novel version of a key CRISPR gene-editing protein that shows efficient editing activity and is small...
Cuckoos evolve to look like their hosts – and form new species in the process
The theory of coevolution says that when closely interacting species drive evolutionary changes in each other this can lead to...
Comprehensive transcriptional atlas of human adenomyosis deciphered by the integration of single-cell RNA-sequencing and spatial transcriptomics
Adenomyosis is a poorly understood gynecological disorder with limited treatment options. The study employed single-cell RNA sequencing and spatial transcriptomics...
Table set for October’s UN summit on achieving vital targets, goals of global biodiversity plan
Nairobi, 30 May 2024 – Addressing finance, high tech biology, Indigenous Peoples’ engagement and more, negotiators have set the table...
How did the zebrafish get its stripes? Researchers are one step closer to finding out
Although zebrafish are much smaller and less famous than their terrestrial namesakes, the tiny fish possess a unique ability: They...
Researchers expose new ‘origin’ theories, identify experimental systems for plant life
STARKVILLE, Miss.—A Mississippi State faculty member’s work on plant life symbiosis—a mutually beneficial relationship between living organisms—is pushing back against...
A new Hungarian method may aid protein research
In a paper recently published in Nature Communications, the HUN-REN-ELTE Protein Modeling Research Group (Institute of Chemistry) has laid the...
Slugs and snails love the city, unlike other animals
Most native species avoid more urbanized areas of Los Angeles, but slugs and snails may actually prefer these environments, according...
The sweat bee, H. rubicundus, is less sociable in Scotland than in Cornwall, but is genetically differentiated and genetically isolated too
The sweat bee, H. rubicundus, is less sociable in Scotland than in Cornwall, but is genetically differentiated and genetically isolated...
Reading from the light
Every year, medical diagnostics are getting better and better thanks to the tremendous development of new methods that enable the...
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