Biology
Three-dimensional imaging provides valuable insight to immune responses
A new imaging technique is shining a light on immune responses and setting the scene for enhancing immune memory to...
A Red List of insect experts in Europe
New EC-funded project will identify trends in taxonomic expertise across Europe to identify gaps in expert knowledgeCredit: Denitza Peneva Insects...
Starving tumors by blocking glutamine uptake
Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute LA JOLLA, CALIF. - March 19, 2021 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys...
Chemical cocktail creates new avenues for generating muscle stem cells
The advance could lead to the development of stem cell-based therapies for muscle loss or damage due to injury, age...
Using conservation criminology to understand restaurant’s role in urban wild meat trade
Restaurants in Central African urban areas are key drivers in keeping protected wildlife on the menuCredit: WCS KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC...
Twice as much carbon flowing from land to ocean than previously thought
Credit: Eun Young Kwon Every year 600-900 million tons of carbon flow through rivers to the ocean either as particles...
Image methods tested on a SARS-CoV-2 protein improve the 3D reconstructions of macromolec
Credit: Javier Vargas An international study led by the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) proposed new computational image processing methods...
Declining caribou population victim of ecological chain reaction
Researchers examine landscape, food supply, predator-prey relationshipsCredit: Caribou Monitoring Unit A new study comparing decades of environmental monitoring records has...
Christmas Island reptile-killer identified
Bacterium responsible for deaths of critically endangered speciesCredit: Parks Australia. Native reptile populations on Christmas Island have been in severe...
A modified protein appears to trigger lung fibrosis after environmental exposure
Researchers find a role for citrullinated vimentin as a damage-associated molecular pattern molecule, or DAMP, that is generated by lung...
The side stream of malting could be better used in human nutrition
Credit: MostPhotos/Jochen Malting, the processing of cereal grains into malt, generates rootlets as a side-stream product, which is currently mostly...
Cellular Chinese whispers
How translation errors impact phenotypic variabilityCredit: Nivedita Mukherjee The immense diversity in the living world and how it came into...
Targeting a new antibody supersite key to COVID immunity
Antibodies from recovered patients recognize a lesser-known site on the pandemic coronavirus and block infection in lab studiesCredit: Vir Biotechnology...
Escape from mongoose: frog’s novel strategy
Invasive mongooses altered leg length and endurance of endangered island frogsCredit: Hirotaka Komine/ TUAT Biodiversity is increasingly ruined by humanity's...
A new study by Novateur Ventures provides global analysis of COVID-19 vaccines
Credit: Novateur Ventures A new study by Novateur Ventures provides a comparative analysis of twelve COVID-19 Vaccines that had initiated...
TU Graz researchers identify chemical processes as key to understanding landslides
Credit: © Kieffer - TU Graz/DCNA Mass movements such as landslides and hill-slope debris flows cause billions of euros in...
Modernizing the naval selection process
UH psychologist to develop virtual reality personality assessmentCredit: University of Houston Recruiting and selecting the proper sailors for specific tasks...
The trouble of being tall
Credit: Mogens Trolle The giraffe is a truly puzzling animal. With its exceptional anatomy and suite of evolutionary adaptations, the...
Arctic was once lush and green, could be again, new research shows
Credit: Zach Montes Orijin Media Imagine not a white, but a green Arctic, with woody shrubs as far north as...
Mitigating impact of artificial light at night in tropical forests
New findings have major conservation implications for critical insectsCredit: Sulema Castro/Smithsonian Artificial light at night (ALAN) is a major factor...
