Biology
National funds advance helping hands kitchen garden at the UT Gardens, Knoxville
Produce donated to local food banksCredit: Image by H. Jones, courtesy UTIA. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - The U.S. Botanic Garden and...
Two new species of parasite discovered in crabs — discovery will help prevent infection of other marine species
Credit: BlueFish Project/Swansea University Swansea University researchers have discovered two new species of parasite, previously unknown to science, in crabs...
New Mygatt-Moore quarry research leads to prehistoric climate finds
Local paleontologist and professor Dr. Julia McHugh authors new studyCredit: Brian Engh Top predators dinosaurs like the Allosaurus and Ceratosaurus...
Slow growth the key to long term cold sensing
Credit: JohnInnesCentre Plants have to interpret temperature fluctuations over timescales ranging from hours to months to align their growth and...
Invasive hedgehogs and ferrets habituate to and categorize smells
Understanding predator hunting behavior and strategies is key to protecting vulnerable native speciesCredit: Grant Norbury To catch a thief, the...
Bed bugs modify microbiome of homes they infest
Credit: Benoit Guenard Homes infested by bed bugs appear to have different bacterial communities - often referred to as microbiomes...
Bacteria with a metal diet discovered in dirty glassware
Finding ends a century-long search for microbes that live on manganeseCredit: Hang Yu/Caltech Caltech microbiologists have discovered bacteria that feed...
How flies flip around on take-off from an upside- down position
Credit: Anna Verbe Flies are able to right themselves very quickly when taking off from an upside-down position. Scientists from...
Danforth Center scientist receives $1.4M grant to develop smart farm technology
FieldDock system will autonomously deploy UAV's to accelerate crop improvement and reduce energy, water and fertilizer inputs with zero-carbon footprintCredit:...
How breast cancer cells sneak past local immune defenses
Credit: Xue-Yan He, Egeblad lab, CSHL. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Associate Professor Mikala Egeblad and her colleagues describe a...
Mystery about cause of genetic disease in horses
Research team led by Göttingen University questions link to warmblood fragile foal syndromeCredit: From the publication of the natural science...
New study shows how plants regulate their growth-inhibiting hormones to survive
Dimerization of OsGA2ox and OsDAO enhances its enzymatic activity. In a world with a consistently growing population and a climate...
Geoengineering’s benefits limited for apple crops in India
Abruptly ending climate intervention might backfire rapidlyCredit: Jyoti Singh Geoengineering - spraying sulfur dioxide into the atmosphere to combat global...
Invasive alien species may soon cause dramatic global biodiversity loss
Experts identify future tipping point due to rapid spread of non-native plants and animalsCredit: Photo: Tom Koerner/USFWS (CC BY 2.0)...
How much fluorine is too much fluorine?
Credit: James Hanly For most of us, our closest encounter with the element fluorine is likely to be our toothpaste...
COVID-19 and the heart: Searching for the location of the SARS-CoV-2 receptor
Single-nucleus sequencing to undercover cell types at risk of viral infection in the heartCredit: Masonic Medical Research Institute (MMRI) UTICA,...
What determines a warbler’s colors?
Researchers use hybrid birds to narrow genetic region underlying difference in color between blue-winged and golden-winged warblersCredit: David Toews, Penn...
Evolution after Chicxulub asteroid impact: Rapid response of life to end-cretaceous mass
New study published in GeologyCredit: Geology and Francisco J. Rodríguez-Tovar Boulder, Colo., USA: The impact event that formed the Chicxulub...
Messages sent by osteoblasts to osteoclasts are enclosed in an extracellular vesicle
Researchers led by Kanazawa University show that messages sent by osteoblasts via extracellular vesicles trigger the formation of mature osteoclasts...
More than one cognition: A call for change in the field of comparative psychology
Reviewing 40 years of research, a new paper challenges hypotheses and calls for a more biocentric understanding of cognitive evolutionCredit:...
