Biology

May 16, 2026

Statistical model improves analysis of skin conductance

Credit: Sandya Subramanian/MIT Picower Institute Electrodermal activity - the sweat-induced fluctuations of skin conductance made famous in TV dramatizations of...

Promising breath-test for cancer

Potential for early warning of head, neck cancerCredit: Flinders University The global quest to use a person's breath analysis for...

Diagnosing COVID-19 in just 30 minutes

Credit: POSTECH The year 2020 can be summarized simply by one word - COVID-19 - as it was the culprit...

Underreported and overlooked: Study shows severity of childhood obesity in Guam

University of Guam research fills gap in Pacific Islander health collection dataCredit: University of Guam More than 27 percent of...

Wildlife conservation undermines the rights of indigenous people in India

A new EJAtlas map launched by the ICTA-UAB denounces that the current model puts growth and gains before human lives...

Groundbreaking research into solar energy technology develops through new EU-project

Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Johan Bodell/Chalmers University of Technology Over the last few years, a specially designed molecule and an energy system...

Method used to track Ebola’s trajectory being applied to COVID-19

Credit: University of South Florida What exactly happened in Asia that caused SARS-CoV-2 to rapidly spread across the region and...

Harvesting vegetation on riparian buffers barely reduces water-quality benefits

Credit: Rob Brooks/Penn State Allowing farmers to harvest vegetation from their riparian buffers will not significantly impede the ability of...

Personalized cancer therapy improves outcomes in advanced disease, says study

Credit: University of California San Diego Patients receiving care for advanced cancer at Moores Cancer Center at UC San Diego...

Future climate changes in nature reserves

Bayreuth research: Tropical nature reserves to be particularly affectedCredit: Photo: Samuel Hoffmann. The Earth's nature reserves are the basis for...

Lab grown tumour models could lead to improved ovarian cancer treatments

Credit: Alvaro Mata Scientists have created a three-dimensional (3D) tumour model in the laboratory for ovarian cancer that could lead...

Veterinary college receives $3.5 million NIH grant to develop Lyme disease vaccine

Credit: Virginia Tech Renowned tick immunobiologist Utpal Pal wants to ad apt the rabies vaccination platform to produce antibodies that...

Genetic tracing ‘barcode’ is rapidly revealing COVID-19’s journey and evolution

Drexel researchers' method helps uncover patterns in SARS-CoV-2's genetic mutationsCredit: Drexel University Drexel University researchers have reported a method to...

Hidden DNA fragment the ‘trigger switch’ for male development

Biology textbooks may need to be re-written, with scientists finding a new piece of DNA essential to forming male sex...

Tweaks to land-based conservation efforts would pay huge freshwater ecosystem dividends

Credit: Rede Amazo?nia Sustanta?vel (6) CORVALLIS, Ore. - Conservation projects aimed at protecting land-dwelling species could net major gains in...

A factor limiting recovery from bleaching in corals

Credit: NIBB Increases in seawater temperature can cause coral bleaching through the loss of symbiotic algae. Corals can recover from...

Potential new tool for frost screening in crops

Credit: University of Adelaide Agricultural scientists and engineers at the University of Adelaide have identified a potential new tool for...

Woodpeckers’ drumming: Conserved meaning despite different structure over the years

Credit: (Picture: Alain Blanc, ENES team) Animal acoustic signals are amazingly diverse. Researchers from the University of Zurich and the...

Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels

Credit: University of Plymouth Microscopic fibres created during the laundry cycle can cause damage to the gills, liver and DNA...

Invasion by non-native insects expected to increase 36 percent worldwide by 2050