Biology
UMD discovers a new role for a well-known molecule as a plant hormone
Findings have implications for seed production and crop yield and could help rewrite textbooks, translating to practical applications for plant...
Busting Up the Infection Cycle of Hepatitis B
Researchers at UD use supercomputer to gain insights into virus's genetic blueprintCredit: Photo courtesy of Jodi Hadden-Perilla Researchers at the...
Reconstructing global climate through Earth’s history
Credit: Syracuse University A key component when forecasting what the Earth's climate might look like in the future is the...
Researchers assemble first comprehensive list of Panama’s trees with geographic ranges
Innovative method quantitatively assesses conservation risk with limited field dataCredit: © The Morton Arboretum Lisle, Ill. (August 13) -- Central...
The behavior of therapeutic antibodies in immunotherapy
Credit: © Nicolas Reyes Since the late 1990s, immunotherapy has been the frontline treatment against lymphomas where synthetic antibodies are...
Restoration helps forests recover faster
Credit: Michael O'Brien / SEARRP The rainforests of Southeast Asia are among the fastest declining tropical ecosystems worldwide. Researchers from...
Contaminants from Mount Polley tailings spill continue to affect Quesnel lake
A tailings spill in 2014 may still be affecting the British Columbian lake, as contaminated sediment is mixed into the...
‘Madsen’ wheat as source of disease resistance
Credit: courtesy of Arron Carter A plant breeder's goal is to release cultivars that are commercially economical and environmentally sustainable....
Some dinosaurs could fly before they were birds
Updated evolutionary tree and biomechanical estimates of feathered dinosaurs and early birds show powered flight may have evolved in these...
Zeroing out their own zap
Time-shifted inhibition helps electric fish ignore their own signalsCredit: Matasaburo Fukutomi/Tsunehiko Kohashi Electric fish generate electric pulses to communicate with...
Searching the ancient depths of a reptilian genome yields insight into all vertebrates
Credit: Nicola Nelson AMES, Iowa - Scientists searching the most ancient corners of the genome of a reptile native to...
Improving treatment of spinal cord injuries
Osmotic therapy device reduces swelling to prevent secondary injuries in ratsCredit: Victor Rodgers/UC Riverside When injured, the spinal cord swells,...
Warming threat to tropical forests risks release of carbon from soil
Credit: Geetha Iyer Billions of tonnes of carbon dioxide risk being lost into the atmosphere due to tropical forest soils...
First in Human Study with Novel Antisense Oligonucleotide
Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, August 11, 2020--A single intravenous dose of MRG-110, an anti-microRNA drug,...
Australian Indigenous banana cultivation found to go back over 2,000 years
Findings help dispel the view that Australia's first peoples were 'only hunter gatherers'Credit: ANU Archaeologists at The Australian National University...
Collaboration is key to rebuilding coral reefs
Credit: Corales de Paz The most successful and cost-effective ways to restore coral reefs have been identified by an international...
A phylogenetic analysis reveals the evolution of the mitochondrial calcium transporter
Credit: IRB Barcelona The system that regulates cellular calcium levels duplicated, generating two non-equivalent systems, some one billion years ago...
Forest geneticist receives $810,000 grant to study disease resistance in sugar pines
Amanda De La Torre is studying the genome of sugar pines to find out what makes some trees resistant to...
Japanese biologists discover new species of sea worm in the southern ocean
Credit: Naoto Jimi, National Institute of Polar Research, Japan Earlier this year, a team from Japan's National Institute of Polar...
Seafood study finds plastic in all samples
Credit: University of Queensland A study of five different seafoods has found traces of plastic in every sample tested. Researchers...
