Biology
Griffin Charitable Foundation donates $71,000 to the Masonic Medical Research Institute
UTICA, NY –A $71,000 donation by the Griffin Charitable Foundation, based in Rome, New York, was awarded to the Masonic...
Wt1 gene to be a key factor in the endothelial cell during the formation of new coronary vessels
How is the mammals’ heart formed? What role do endothelial cells play? Do the same pathways and genes involved in...
Paola Arlotta receives 2023 Gutenberg Research Award
Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) will be honoring biologist Professor Paola Arlotta of Harvard University by presenting her with the...
Yasin Dagdas elected to the OeAW’s Young Academy
Yasin Dagdas, group leader at the Gregor Mendel Institute of Molecular Plant Biology (GMI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences...
After spinal cord injury, kinesthetic sense helps restore movement, model suggests
For nearly 50 years, a jawless fish called the lamprey has interested scientists because of its remarkable ability to recover...
Ants took over the world by following flowering plants out of prehistoric forests
Ants are pretty much everywhere. There are more than 14,000 different species, spread over every continent except Antarctica, and researchers...
Fluid flow in the brain can be manipulated by sensory stimulation
Researchers at Boston University, USA report that the flow of cerebrospinal fluid in the brain is linked to waking brain...
Global breakthrough: Plants emit sounds!
Credit: Tel Aviv University The sounds emitted by plants are ultrasonic, beyond the hearing range of the human ear. Plant...
WPI-led team uncovers new details of SARS-COV-2 structure
Worcester, Mass. – March 30, 2023 – A new study led by Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) brings into sharper focus the structural...
Scientists of the University of Malaga found the origin of congenital coronary fistulae
Scientists of the Department of Animal Biology of the University of Malaga have discovered the cellular mechanism that originates coronary...
A key mechanism that controls human heart development discovered
In humans, a specialized mRNA translation circuit predetermines the competence for heart formation at an early stage of embryonic development,...
Study reveals that bats experience hearing loss in old age
Many mammals suffer hearing loss in old age, but bats were thought to be immune to this phenomenon because of...
Stressed plants emit airborne sounds that can be detected from over a meter away
What does a stressed plant sound like? A bit like bubble-wrap being popped. Researchers in Israel report in the journal...
Prestigious EU support to save species
The European Research Council (ERC) has awarded a prestigious Advanced Grant of EUR 2.5 million ($2.6 million) over 5 years...
Lynx reintroduction in Scotland? It’s complicated
Plans to reintroduce the lynx in Scotland provoke a complex range of opinions, new research shows.Credit: Peter Cairns/Northshots Plans to...
Rainbow trout subspecies newly named
The McCloud River redband trout, or O. mykiss calisulat, is newly identified as its own distinct subspecies of rainbow trout in...
Ancient giant amphibians swam like crocodiles 250 million years ago
Ancient 2m-long amphibians swam like crocodiles long before true crocodiles existed, according to a study published March 29, 2023 in...
CNIO researchers help to understand the functioning of the protein that makes DNA loops in the human genome
At the end of the 1990s, Ana Losada, a researcher at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), then at...
WVU researcher prototypes new equipment to improve head and neck cancer treatment
Head and neck cancer may not be as common as breast or prostate cancer, but it’s one of the most...
Scientists discover hidden crab diversity among coral reefs
The Indo-West Pacific is the largest, most biodiverse marine ecosystem on Earth, and many of the species it supports have...
