Biology
COVID-causing coronavirus following predictable mutational footsteps
Similarities in locations, types of mutations could inform responses to future SARS-CoV-2 strainsCredit: Scott Schrage, University of Nebraska-Lincoln New research...
Dartmouth Engineering professor selected to direct new Brazilian biofuels lab
Credit: John Sherman/Dartmouth Engineering Lee Lynd, the Queneau Distinguished Professor of Engineering at Dartmouth, will be the founding director of...
Global study reveals effectiveness of protected area
Certain countries perform significantly better than their neighbors in the effectiveness of their protected areas, finds new study.Credit: Pixabay Researchers...
Project Air View maps ultrafine particles, soot and other substances in Amsterdam air
Credit: Google Maps & Utrecht University Over the past two years, the municipality of Amsterdam, Utrecht University and Google have...
Stopping illegal trade of Aussie lizards
Credit: Photo supplied by Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Western Australia. Australian reptiles face serious conservation threats from illegal...
DNA reveals the evolutionary history of museum specimens
An international team, led by UNIGE and MHN, has optimized a method for analyzing the genomes of specimens from natural...
Restless nights: Shelter housed dogs need days to adapt to new surroundings
Nocturnal activity of dogs as an indicator of adaptabilityCredit: Janneke van der Laan Every year, thousands of dogs end up...
Study shows forests play greater role in depositing toxic mercury across the globe
UMass Lowell-led research conducted in Mass., MaineCredit: Photo courtesy of Daniel Obrist. LOWELL, Mass. - Researchers led by a UMass...
Emotions and culture are most important for acceptance of carnivore management strategies
Credit: Photo: Oliver Höner/Leibniz-IZW Emotions towards and cultural importance of large carnivores are better predictors of the acceptance of management...
Crystal clear: Lepidopterans have many ways of being transparent
Credit: Nipam Patel Butterflies and moths have beautiful wings: the bright flare of an orange monarch, the vivid stripes of...
The fine nose of storks
Smell leads storks to freshly mown meadowsCredit: MPI of Animal Behavior/ C. Ziegler The sharp eyes of an eagle, the...
HKU ecologists develop a novel forensic tool for detecting laundering of critically endangered cockatoos
Credit: Photo courtesy: Astrid Andersson Ecologists from the Conservation Forensics Laboratory of the Research Division for Ecology and Biodiversity at...
Naturally abundant venom peptide from ants can activate a pseudo allergic pathway unravelling a novel immunomodulatory pathway of MRGPRX2
Credit: The University of Hong Kong Ants are omnipresent, and we often get blisters after an ant bite. But do...
MaxDIA — taking proteomics to the next level
A new software improves data-independent acquisition proteomics by providing a computational workflow that permits highly sensitive and accurate data analysisCredit:...
Human environmental genome recovered in the absence of skeletal remains
Credit: © Anna Belfer-Cohen The cave of Satsurblia was inhabited by humans in different periods of the Paleolithic: Up to...
Standigm secures SI investment for expanding its AI-drug development capacity
SK Chemicals-Standigm will collaborate for the development of Standigm's AI-driven drug candidateCredit: Standigm Standigm Inc. ("Standigm"), a leading workflow artificial...
Huge volcanic eruption disrupted climate but not human evolution
Credit: Steve Self, UC Berkeley New Brunswick, N.J. (July 9, 2021) -- A massive volcanic eruption in Indonesia about 74,000...
Neonatal meningitis: the immaturity of microbiota and epithelial barriers implicated
Credit: Biology of Infection Unit, Institut Pasteur Meningitis is associated with high mortality and frequently causes severe sequelae. Newborn infants...
Dying cells protect their neighbors to maintain tissue integrity
Cells undergoing cell death protect their neighbors to maintain tissue integrityCredit: © Institut Pasteur / Le?o Valon et Romain Levayer...
To splice or not to splice…
Credit: Elisabeth Paymal To splice or not to splice... In an article published in the journal RNA, Karan Bedi, a...
