Biology
A single-celled microbe is helping corals survive climate change, study finds
A Single-Celled Microbe is Helping Corals Survive Climate Change, Study FindsCredit: Parent Géry, via Wikipedia Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0...
Professor Yasmine Belkaid takes office as President of the Institut Pasteur
The Institut Pasteur is pleased to announce that Professor Yasmine Belkaid took office as its new President on January 2,...
Thermal vision shows endangered numbats feel the heat of warming climate
Curtin University research using thermal imaging of numbats in Western Australia has found that during hot weather the endangered animals...
Oldest known fossilized skin is 21 million years older than previous examples
Researchers have identified a 3D fragment of fossilized skin that is at least 21 million years than previously described skin...
Researchers develop prime editors using Cas12a and circular RNAs in human cells
In a study published in Nature Biotechnology, GAO Caixia's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the...
Artificial intelligence helps unlock advances in wireless communications
A new wave of communication technology is quickly approaching and researchers at UBC Okanagan are investigating ways to configure next-generation...
‘Carbon vault’ peat suffers greatly from drought
Peatlands are affected more by drought than expected. This is concerning, as these ecosystems are an important ally in the...
Exploring clonal hematopoiesis and its impact on aging, cancer, and patient care
“Understanding the influence of prior treatments on CH dynamics is crucial for comprehending the intricate interplay between therapy, aging, and...
The extinction of the giant ape: a long-standing mystery solved
Giants once roamed the karst plains of southern China, three-metre tall apes weighing in at 250 kilograms. These very distant...
Noninvasive test for embryo quality could streamline fertility treatment
In-vitro-fertilization (IVF), a fertility treatment that involves fertilizing eggs in the laboratory and later implanting them in the uterus, has...
New research sheds light on an old fossil solving an evolutionary mystery
New York, January 9, 2024 — A research paper published in Royal Society’s Biology Letters on January 10 has revealed...
Insilico Medicine Founder and CEO Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD presents on AI and Longevity at 54th Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
Alex Zhavoronkov, PhD, founder and co-CEO of clinical stage artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company Insilico Medicine will be attending...
Nine new snail species discovered in Papua New Guinea, a biodiversity hot spot at risk
Nine new species of carnivorous land snails have been found in the remote forests of Papua New Guinea, a biodiversity...
The world’s first prototype for real-time tracking of moving tumors using magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) during proton therapy goes into scientific application
On January 9th, 2024, a scientific prototype for MRI-guided proton therapy was inaugurated in Dresden. With this installation, experts from...
Vosshall named 22nd Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize recipient
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. – The UNC School of Medicine has awarded the esteemed 22nd Perl-UNC Neuroscience Prize to Leslie B. Vosshall,...
Improved cellular recycling could benefit patients with neurodegenerative conditions
For the first time, a research team at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has uncovered a way to potentially...
Severe MS predicted using machine learning
A combination of only 11 proteins can predict long-term disability outcomes in multiple sclerosis (MS) for different individuals. The identified...
Transformation-associated recombination (TAR) cloning and its applications
“TAR cloning is used to genetically engineer synthetic viruses with novel properties that may be used for the development of...
Use of habitat for agricultural purposes puts primate infants at risk
Frequent visits to oil palm plantations are leading to a sharp increase in mortality rates among infant southern pig-tailed macaques...
A new mathematical language for biological networks
A team of researchers around the Max Planck group leader and Berlin mathematics professor Michael Joswig is presenting a novel...
