Biology
Solving the jigsaw puzzle of regional carbon budgets
Credit: ©Science China Press Accurate regional carbon budgets are critical for informing land-based mitigation policy and tracking mitigation progress. For...
Ocean features and changes in the past are explored to anticipate future climate
A study by the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) provides a detailed description of the climate changes taking place...
Young dolphins pick their friends wisely
Dolphins choose childhood friends that set them up for success as adultsCredit: Photo by Madison Miketa, PhD, Shark Bay Dolphin...
Study identifies spread of bee disease via flowers
Credit: Paige Muñiz ITHACA, N.Y. - One in 11 flowers carries disease-causing parasites known to contribute to bee declines, according...
New native Hawaiian land snail species discovered, first in 60 years
Credit: Kenneth Hayes and Norine Yeung GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Scientists have described a new native Hawaiian land snail species, sounding...
FSU biologists shed light on how cells move resources
Credit: Courtesy of Scott Stagg Florida State University researchers have new insight into the tiny packages that cells use to...
PolyA-miner assesses the effect of alternative polyadenylation on gene expression
Credit: HK Yalamanchili/Liu lab/Nucleic Acids Research, 2020. Researchers with an interest in unraveling gene regulation in human health and disease...
Where are arctic mosquitoes most abundant in Greenland and why?
Examining the population dynamics during the larval life stage of these pestsCredit: Photo by Melissa DeSiervo. Bzz! It's mosquito season...
Battling harmful algae blooms
UD researcher part of international effort to understand genetics of marine algaeCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson Throughout the world's...
Coral reefs show resilience to rising temperatures
Credit: David A. Paz-García Rising ocean temperatures have devastated coral reefs all over the world, but a recent study in...
COVID-19 vaccine innovation could dramatically speed up worldwide production
Credit: University of Texas at Austin. Responding to a need to quickly develop billions of doses of lifesaving COVID-19 vaccines,...
Correct dosage of methane-inhibiting additive in dairy cow feed shown in study
Credit: DSM The optimum amount of a methane-inhibiting supplement in dairy cattle feed has been determined by an international team...
The genetic basis of bats’ superpowers revealed
First six reference-quality bat genomes released and analysedCredit: Olivier Farcy For the first time, the raw genetic material that codes...
Wide awake: Light pollution keeps magpies and pigeons tossing and turning
Study first to measure neurological responses to light pollution in wildlifeCredit: Photographer Doug Gimesy Researchers are urging city-dwellers to switch...
Lightning strikes more than 100 million times per year in the tropics
Credit: Credit: Evan Gora Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Panama have published dramatic maps showing the...
Shifts seen in breeding times and duration for 73 boreal bird species over 40 years
UMass Amherst ecologist, part of Finnish team, used 820,000 nesting recordsCredit: Finnish Museum of Natural History/Aleksi Lehikoinen AMHERST, Mass. -...
How does cooperation evolve?
Researchers unravel why organisms frequently help each otherCredit: Department of Ecology at the Osnabrueck University OSNABRUECK / JENA.- In nature,...
Research breakthrough in fight against chytrid fungus
Genes responsible for protecting frogs may play role in death from global diseaseCredit: Photo credit: Veronica Urgiles, University of Central...
Meet Cosmo, a bull calf designed to produce 75% male offspring
Scientists use CRISPR technology to insert sex-determining geneCredit: Alison Van Eenennaam/UC Davis Scientists at the University of California, Davis, have...
Researcher receives $5M grant to further cancer studies
The grant from the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas will support Dr. Tanmay Lele's research on cancer and...
