Biology
Carnivores living near people feast on human food, threatening ecosystems
Credit: Phil Manlick. Photo credits (Left to Right): Flickr/Tambako the Jaguar/Renee Grayson and Wikimedia Commons/United States National Park Service/United States...
To protect nature’s benefits, focus on people
Credit: Luis Del Rio/Pexels To calculate the true value of a forest, we need to know how people benefit from...
Fuels, not fire weather, control carbon emissions in boreal forest
Credit: Victor Leshyk, Center for Ecosystem Science and Society As climate warming stokes longer fire seasons and more severe fires...
Dueling proteins give shape to plants
Research led by University of Pennsylvania biologists reveals an antagonistic relationship behind flower developmentCredit: Wagner laboratory In an elegant choreography,...
Ancient tiny teeth reveal first mammals lived more like reptiles
Credit: Graphics: Nuria Melisa Morales Garcia. Morganucodon based on Bob Nicholls/ Palaeocreations 2018 model Pioneering analysis of 200 million-year-old teeth...
Engineers print wearable sensors directly on skin without heat
An international team of researchers developed a novel technique to produce precise, high-performing biometric sensorsCredit: Ling Zhang, Penn State/Cheng Lab...
Cnew research on SARS-CoV-2 virus ‘survivability’
Credit: CSIRO Researchers at CSIRO, Australia's national science agency, have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus responsible for COVID-19, can survive...
Planting parasites: Unveiling common molecular mechanisms of parasitism and grafting
β-1,4-glucanase, a cell wall degrading enzyme, is integral for plant parasitism and cross-species grafting in the plant family Orobanchaceae.Credit: Michitaka...
Study shows how climate impacts food webs, poses socioeconomic threat in Eastern Africa
Climate impacts on Lake Tanganyika are a bellwether for global change worldwide, team saysCredit: Michael McGlue, University of Kentucky LEXINGTON,...
The choroid plexus: A conduit for prenatal inflammation?
These tiny fronds of tissue protect the developing brain -- but may also pass on inflammation from the motherCredit: Shipley...
Climate patterns linked in Amazon, North and South America, study shows
A tree-ring chronology developed by U of A researchers established a connection between precipitation in the Amazon and the AmericasCredit:...
Oldest monkey fossils outside of Africa found
Credit: Mauricio Antón Three fossils found in a lignite mine in southeastern Yunan Province, China, are about 6.4 million years...
Scientists suggest global guidelines for sustainable use of non-native trees
A team of international scientists have collaborated to propose a series of global guidelines for the sustainable use of non-native...
RUDN University ecologists developed new models to identify environmental pollution sources
Credit: RUDN Univerisity According to a team of ecologists from RUDN University, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can be used as...
The NIH funds a $9.3 million Center for Precision Animal Modeling at UAB
Precision disease modeling involves creation of patient-specific disease models that mimic the molecular character of a condition present in a...
Identification of a viral factor that impairs immune responses in COVID-19 patients
Credit: ©Kei Sato As of October 2020, SARS-CoV-2 causes an ongoing pandemic, with more than 35 million reported cases and...
Genomes offer new insights into fig-wasp symbiotic system
Credit: WANG Gang Banyan trees are fig trees that begin their life as an epiphyte. The most noticeable feature of...
New research provides fresh hope for children suffering from rare muscle diseases
Credit: Taylor & Francis Results of an international study published today in Autophagy and led by researchers from Monash University,...
Future ocean conditions could cause significant physical changes in marine mussels
Credit: University of Plymouth The increased temperature and acidification of our oceans over the next century have been argued to...
Droughts are threatening global wetlands: new study
Credit: Luke Mosley University of Adelaide scientists have shown how droughts are threatening the health of wetlands globally. Published in...
