Biology
Boston researcher Ramachandran selected to be inaugural dean of The University of Texas School of Public Health San Antonio
SAN ANTONIO — Vasan Ramachandran, MD, a distinguished public health researcher at Boston University and principal investigator of the Framingham Heart...
Ant colonies behave like neural networks when making decisions
Temperatures are rising, and one colony of ants will soon have to make a collective decision. Each ant feels the...
How the intestine replaces and repairs itself
To act as a robust barrier against pathogens while also absorbing needed nutrients, the lining of the intestines must regenerate...
Venomous! New pit viper discovered in Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, China
Jiuzhaigou National Nature Reserve, a World Heritage Site, lies in the transition zone from the eastern edge of the Qinghai-Tibet...
Scientists expand entomological research using genome editing
Genome sequencing, where scientists use laboratory methods to determine a specific organism’s genetic makeup, is becoming a common practice in...
Anti-amyloid drugs and Alzheimer’s disease
An estimated 50 million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease (AD), and perhaps twice that number are unknowingly “incubating”...
Researchers chart advances in ancient DNA technology
Over the past 10 years, researchers led by FU Qiaomei from the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology (IVPP) of...
An anti-bacterial liaison
Macrophages are key cells of our innate immune response. By populating almost all tissues in our body, these cells have...
Sick animals struggle to problem solve and adapt to changing environments
Even common infections can come with acute or lingering cognitive symptoms; one of the best-known examples is “COVID fog.” In...
At the water’s edge: Self-assembling 2D materials at a liquid–liquid interface
The past few decades have witnessed a great amount of research in the field of two-dimensional (2D) materials. As the...
Focused ultrasound foundation and children’s tumor foundation partner on neurofibromatosis study
The Focused Ultrasound Foundation and the Children’s Tumor Foundation (CTF) have established a partnership to advance innovative, noninvasive treatments in...
Post-COVID lung disease shares origins with other scarring lung disorders
While most people recover from COVID-19 within a week or two, up to one-third of survivors experience persistent or new...
Six new species of miniature frog discovered
Eric Smith, a professor of biology at The University of Texas at Arlington, and a team of international researchers have...
Putting the brakes on “budding” viruses
LA JOLLA, CA — Paramyxoviruses have the potential to trigger a devastating pandemic. This family of viruses includes measles, Nipah...
Higher rates of preterm birth in women infected with COVID-19 in late pregnancy
SARS-CoV-2 infection is associated with an increased risk of preterm birth, but only for women infected in their final trimester,...
Idea of ice age ‘species pump’ in the Philippines boosted by new way of drawing evolutionary trees
LAWRENCE — Does the Philippines’ astonishing biodiversity result in part from rising and falling seas during the ice ages?Credit: Rafe...
Going against the flow: Scientists reveal garden eels’ unique way of feeding
Garden eels are the ultimate homebodies. Instead of swimming freely in the ocean, these eels anchor themselves into burrows in...
Mammals were not the first to be warm-blooded
Endothermy, or warm-bloodedness, is the ability of mammals and birds to produce their own body heat and control their body...
Human eggs remain healthy for decades by putting ‘batteries on standby mode’
Immature human egg cells skip a fundamental metabolic reaction thought to be essential for generating energy, according to the findings...
New fossil shows four-legged fishapod that returned to the water while Tiktaalik ventured onto land
A meme has been circulating online during the pandemic featuring Tiktaalik roseae, the iconic, four-legged “fishapod” that first made the...
