Biology
Natural products with potential efficacy against lethal viruses
Review of the life histories of RNA viruses, their genetics, and the compounds that could disrupt them offers hope for...
Climate change caused mangrove collapse in Oman
Study points to sudden decrease of precipitation as causeCredit: © Valeska Decker/University of Bonn Most of the mangrove forests on...
Identifying Canada’s key conservation hot spots highlights problem
First of its kind mapping of most important places for freshwater, recreation and carbon storage provides tool for conservation decisionsCredit:...
New clues to prostate cancer
Why aggressive subtype can resist treatmentCredit: The Hospital Research Foundation Australian research has identified a new mechanism in which prostate...
Leaf fossils show severe end-Cretaceous plant extinction in southern Argentina
Credit: Elena Stiles The asteroid impact 66 million years ago that ushered in a mass extinction and ended the dinosaurs...
New bacterial culture methods could result in the discovery of new species
The culture-dependent study allowed to isolate a surprisingly large number of diverse and previously unreported bacterial strains from the Tabernas...
Novel method identifies areas most suitable for conservation of black lion tamarin
The researchers used modeling to show which areas are suitable in terms of forest cover and climate for occupation by...
Evolving the surgical microscope
The first comprehensive review of surgical microscopy details technical history and prospects for the evolving surgical microscopeCredit: D. Lee et...
Impurities boost performance of organic solar cells
Credit: © 2021 Yuanbao Lin Sunlight offers a potential solution in the search for an energy source that does not...
DeepTFactor predicts transcription factors
A deep learning-based tool predicts transcription factors using protein sequences as inputsCredit: KAIST A joint research team from KAIST and...
Integrator: A guardian of the human transcriptome
Credit: Søren Lykkke-Andersen In a joint collaboration, Danish and German researchers have characterized a cellular activity that protects our cells...
Eurasian eagle owl diet reveals new records of threatened giant bush-crickets
Credit: Dragan Chobanov Bird diets provide a real treasure for research into the distribution and conservation of their prey, such...
WVU mycologists receive National Geographic Explorers grant to study fungal diversity of millipedes
Credit: West Virginia University Millipedes represent some of the earliest known terrestrial animals and are highly understudied, but two West...
Pandas’ popularity not protecting neighbors
Credit: Fang Wang, Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability Forgive Asiatic black bear if they're not impressed...
Scientists discover how mother-of-pearl self-assembles into a perfect structure
Opposites attractCredit: © Igor Zlotnikov Mollusks build shells to protect their soft tissues from predators. Nacre, also known as the...
Comb of a lifetime: a new method for fluorescence microscopy
Scientists develop a fluorescence "lifetime" microscopy technique that uses frequency combs and no mechanical parts to observe dynamic biological phenomenaCredit:...
See live cells with 7 times greater sensitivity using new microscopy technique
Upgrade to quantitative phase imaging can increase image clarity by expanding dynamic rangeCredit: s-graphics.co.jp, CC BY-NC-ND Experts in optical physics...
Spontaneous robot dances highlight a new kind of order in active matter
Credit: Thomas A. Berrueta Predicting when and how collections of particles, robots, or animals become orderly remains a challenge across...
Asian tiger mosquito poses low risk for Zika virus outbreaks
Credit: Albin Fontaine and Céline Jourdan, 2020 (CCBY 2.0) The Asian tiger mosquito does not pose a major risk for...
Combined approach could boost breast cancer immunotherapy, study suggests
Credit: © 2020 Xu et al. Originally published in Journal of Experimental Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1084/jem.20200844 Activating an immune signaling pathway best...
