Biology
Y chromosomes of Neandertals and Denisovans now sequenced
Neandertals have adopted male sex chromosome from modern humansCredit: MPI f. Evolutionary Anthropology In 1997, the very first Neandertal DNA...
Stirling experts lead research into impact of climate change on rainforest elephants
Stirling and Gabonese experts lead research into impact of climate change on rainforest elephantsCredit: University of Stirling Experts from the...
Scientists trace severe COVID-19 to faulty genes and an autoimmune condition
Credit: The Rockefeller University More than 10 percent of young and healthy people who develop severe COVID-19 have misguided antibodies...
Caribbean islands face loss of protection and biodiversity as seagrass loses terrain
Credit: Rebecca James Tropical islands have an important ally when it comes to battling storms and sea-level rise: seagrass. During...
Scientists discover why tarantulas come in vivid blues and greens
Researchers from Yale-NUS College and Carnegie Mellon University have discovered that tarantulas have the ability to see in colour, contrary...
Penicillium camemberti: a history of domestication on cheese
Credit: © Tatiana Giraud, CNRS researcher at the Ecology, Systematics and Evolution Laboratory (CNRS/Université Paris-Saclay/AgroParisTech), CNRS Silver Medal 2015 The...
Searching together: A lesson from rats
Concentrate on your own task but also pay attention to others -- this is the key rule for success, at...
Donor-conceived adults have higher incidence of immunology diseases
Adults conceived through sperm donation reported higher frequencies of allergies, type 1 diabetes and other autoimmune conditions in a world-first...
UTEP-led team aiming to understand impacts of hybridization awarded $1 million NSF grant
Credit: Courtesy of Philip Lavretsky. EL PASO, Texas - A team of researchers from multiple institutions led by Philip Lavretsky,...
Driven by climate, more frequent, severe wildfires in Cascade Range reshape forests
Credit: Courtesy of Sebastian Busby | Portland State University In recent years -- and 2020 is no exception -- parts...
Opening an autophagy window as the apoptosis door starts to close
Credit: Department of Organic Biomaterials,TMDU Tokyo - Many people across the globe are working hard to get the better of...
Camera traps show impact of recreational activity on wildlife
Credit: Robin Naidoo The COVID-19 pandemic has fired up interest in outdoor activities in our parks and forests. Now a...
5G wireless may lead to inaccurate weather forecasts
Rutgers study is the first to model impact of 5G radiation "leakage" on forecastingCredit: Mohammad Yousefvand Upcoming 5G wireless networks...
Genome of Alexander Fleming’s original penicillin-producing mould sequenced
Credit: CABI Researchers have sequenced the genome of Alexander Fleming's penicillin mould for the first time and compared it to...
A new strategy of cell entry for some types of parvoviruses
Researchers at INRS uncover a new parvovirus strategy for reaching the cell nucleusCredit: INRS Researchers at the Institut national de...
Sweet success: Heavy consumption of sugary beverages declined in the US from 2003 to 2016
The percentage of heavy sugar-sweetened beverage drinkers trended downwards in most demographic categories, but attention should be paid to several...
Broad beans versus soybeans as feedstuff for dual-purpose chickens
University of Göttingen research team investigates influence on meat qualityCredit: Juliane Fellner, University of Göttingen Current practices of the poultry...
Amazonia racing toward tipping point, fueled by unregulated fires
Invaluable rainforests could become become savannaCredit: Florida Institute of Technology Amazonia is closer to a catastrophic ecological tipping point than...
Feeding indoor cats just once a day could improve health
Credit: University of Guelph Got a cat that always seems hungry? New University of Guelph research suggests you might want...
Genome duplications as evolutionary adaptation strategy
Researchers study relationship of morphological variation and biological diversity in plantsCredit: Photo: Marcus Koch Genome duplications play a major role...
