Biology
Turning X chromosome “off and on again” critical for oocyte development
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) in Barcelona have identified a potential new diagnostic marker that predicts the...
Research sheds light on crimean-congo hemorrhagic fever disease process
Army scientists determined that the body’s own natural immune response contributes to disease severity in mice infected with Crimean-Congo hemorrhagic...
Where do “Hawaiian box jellies” come from?
An insightful cross-disciplinary team of University of Hawai‘i (UH) at Mānoa researchers, working for over a decade, published a study...
Resolution time of COVID vaccine-related lymphadenopathy
Leesburg, VA, May 19, 2022—According to ARRS’ American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), axillary lymphadenopathy detected by breast ultrasound after COVID-19...
Killer T vs. memory – DNA isn’t destiny for T cells
(MEMPHIS, Tennessee – DATE, 2022) Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have solved an immunology puzzle. A CD8+ T...
Study links thalamus inhibition in adolescence to long-lasting cortical abnormalities
A team of Columbia University researchers has reported new evidence that cognitive abnormalities seen in neuropsychiatric disorders such as schizophrenia...
Learning more about bird diversity: What a museum collection in Romania can tell us
Containing specimens from different locations, sometimes spanning across centuries, museum collections can teach us a lot about how some animals...
Uncovering new details of the brain’s first line of defense
Fukuoka, Japan—Thanks to over a century of modern neuroscience, we have made significant strides in our understanding of the brain....
Snake trade in Indonesia is not sustainable enough — but it could be
Wildlife trade is a multi-million dollar industry. While some animals are traded legally, in compliance with legislation that aims to...
Dietary cholesterol worsens inflammation, sickness in mice with influenza
URBANA, Ill. – New research from the University of Illinois suggests high levels of dietary cholesterol make mice sicker when...
Bird flu is driven by ecologically diverse species, with wild ducks, gulls, geese, and poultry playing a role in global spread
Article URL: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010062 Credit: Wendy Puryear, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: http://journals.plos.org/plospathogens/article?id=10.1371/journal.ppat.1010062 Article Title: Ecological divergence of wild birds drives avian...
Avian influenza: How it’s spreading and what to know about this outbreak
When it comes to avian influenza, more commonly known as bird flu, all birds are not created equal. Credit: Alonso Nichols/Tufts...
Genetic predictability steadily erodes during evolution, new study shows
A critical goal in genetics and evolution is predicting the effects of mutations that may happen in the future and...
Discovery of ‘ghost’ fossils reveals plankton resilience to past global warming events
An international team of scientists from UCL (University College London), the Swedish Museum of Natural History, Natural History Museum (London)...
Paleontologists have discovered the jaws of a rare bear in Taurida Cave
A group of paleontologists, included researchers from the Ural Federal University (UrFU), discovered the jaws of an Etruscan bear from...
Male pheromones improve health of females’ eggs
Male pheromones just might be the fountain of youth for aging female animals’ eggs, according to a new Northwestern University...
Fly researchers find another layer to the code of life
DURHAM, N.C. -- A new examination of the way different tissues read information from genes has discovered that the brain...
Possible discovery of mechanism behind mysterious COVID-19 symptoms
In patients with serious and long-term COVID-19, disturbed blood coagulation has often been observed. Now, researchers at Linköping University (LiU),...
Fungus induces abnormal growth of cocoa trees and then feeds on dead tissue
The action mechanism of the fungus Moniliophthora perniciosa, which causes witch’s broom disease in cocoa trees, with major losses for Brazilian...
Watch dolphins line up to self-medicate skin ailments at coral “clinics”
If a human comes down with a rash, they might go to the doctor and come away with some ointment...
