Biology
Concordia student maps global primate habitat endangered by climate change
Brogan Stewart demonstrates how territory home to hundreds of species of monkeys, apes and prosimians is being lost due to...
Evolution in real-time: How bacteria adapt to their hosts
Some bacteria become increasingly infectious when they have to move from cell to cell in order to surviveCredit: © Patrick...
Species competition and cooperation influence vulnerability to climate change
Some species work together to maximise their fitness at suboptimal temperatures in the presence of competitors, making them especially vulnerable...
Native Hawaiian tiger cowries eat alien invasive species
Credit: Leon Weaver Researchers at the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa's Hawai?i Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) have just...
NUS-led study considers potential and constraints of reforestation for climate mitigation
Credit: Assistant Professor Janice Ser Huay Lee Reforestation is a promising nature-based climate solution. However, there are practical considerations beyond...
Shigella prevents infected cells from sacrificing themselves for the greater good
Credit: Department of Bacterial Pathogenesis,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Enteric pathogens, such as the bacterium Shigella, can cause severe intestinal disease...
Low-cost home air quality monitors prove useful for wildfire smoke
Berkeley Lab air quality scientists assess the performance of four consumer devicesCredit: Kelly J. Owen/Berkeley Lab Over the last few...
How protein protects against fatty liver
Credit: DIfE Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is the most common chronic liver disease in the world, with sometimes life-threatening consequences....
Novel method of heat conduction could be a game changer for server farms and aircraft
Credit: Virginia Tech Jonathan Boreyko, an associate professor in mechanical engineering, has developed an aircraft thermal management technology that stands...
Research brief: Bee neighborly — sharing bees helps more farmers
Credit: Eric Lonsdorf / Many farmers are used to sharing big equipment--like tractors and other costly machinery -- with neighboring...
Swans reserve aggression for each other
Credit: WWT Swans display more aggression to fellow swans than other birds, new research shows. The study examined three swan...
Findings refute idea of monarchs’ migration mortality as major cause of population decline
Credit: University of Kansas Marketing Communications LAWRENCE, KANSAS -- In a new study, Monarch Watch Director Chip Taylor and colleagues...
Penguins are Aussies. Or are they Kiwis?
First genome comparison gives insight into penguin origins, evolutionCredit: Photo courtesy of Juliana Vianna From the four-foot-tall emperor penguin to...
Study hopes to encourage use of new technology to reduce errors in DNA testing
New technology has been shown to reduce the chances of false associations and should be more widely usedCredit: The University...
Cashew shell compound appears to mend damaged nerves
Credit: Vanderbilt University Medical Center In laboratory experiments, a chemical compound found in the shell of the cashew nut promotes...
Where lions operate, grazers congregate … provided food is great
Study: Lion danger can foster mixed-species herds in Africa's SerengetiCredit: Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON -- (Aug. 17, 2020)...
Why young and female patients don’t respond as well to cancer immunotherapy
Tumor cells in younger and female patients accumulate cancer-causing mutations that are more poorly presented to the immune system, better...
Survival of the fit-ish
Credit: Stowers Institute for Medical Research KANSAS CITY, MO - It can be hard to dispute the common adage 'survival...
Merging global resources to support urban sustainability
UT-led effort to develop research network focused on food, energy, and water resourcesCredit: Image by D. Sager, courtesy Unsplash. KNOXVILLE,...
Does city life make bumblebees larger?
Credit: Wilhelm Osterman Does urbanisation drive bumblebee evolution? A new study by Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) and the German...
