Biology

May 20, 2026

Bargain-hunting for biodiversity

New tool pinpoints conservation targetsCredit: Nathan Bendik, City of Austin KNOXVILLE --The best bargains for conserving some of the world's...

Unraveling the puzzle of Madagascar’s forest cats

Credit: Michelle Sauther In her 30 years working as a researcher in Madagascar, CU Boulder Anthropology Professor Michelle Sauther has...

Against overfishing: save the oldies!

Harvest slots protect fish stocks without compromising fisheries yieldCredit: Philipp Czapla Measures against overfishing tend to protect young, immature fish...

Love rivals risk having offspring with a greater number of harmful mutations

Credit: Mareike Koppik Males that face tougher competition for females risk having offspring with a greater number of harmful mutations...

Scientists can now edit multiple genome fragments at a time

CHyMErA: a new tool for simultaneous editing of multple genes and genomic fragmentsCredit: Ernesto del Aguila III, National Human Genome...

Biophysicists blend incompatible components in one nanofiber

Credit: Elizaveta Pavlova et al./RSC Advances Russian researchers from the Federal Research Clinical Center of Physical-Chemical Medicine, the Moscow Institute...

Flexible ‘heroes’ save delicate proteins from stress

Disordered proteins preserve molecular order and reduce neurodegeneration in animal modelsCredit: Illustration by Kotaro Tsuboyama, CC BY 4.0 Protein aggregation...

A seven-gene-deleted African swine fever virus is safe and effective vaccine in pigs

Credit: ©Science China Press African swine fever (ASF) is a devastating infectious disease in swine and has been catastrophic for...

Highly efficient, low-cost method developed to reduce DNA errors

Credit: ZHANG Jia DNA only persists through replication - naturally or synthetically. While humans need the genetic material to be...

Ancient hornwort genomes could lead to crop improvement

Credit: Eftychis Frangedakis Some 500 million years ago - when our continents were connected in a single land mass and...

Ancient mantis-man petroglyph discovered in Iran

Credit: Dr. Mohammad Naserifard A unique rock carving found in the Teymareh rock art site (Khomein county) in Central Iran...

Study suggests LEGO bricks could survive in ocean for up to 1,300 years

Credit: Andrew Turner, University of Plymouth A LEGO brick could survive in the ocean for as many as 1,300 years,...

Can traumatic memories be erased?

March 14, 2020

Environmental light shown to affect retention of traumatic long-term memory in fliesCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from...

Human activity affects interactions between plants and seed-dispersing birds

Analysis of Atlantic Rainforest fragments shows how extinction of animal species, habitat loss and forest fragmentation affect networks of ecological...

UM professor helps Malaysia develop conservation areas, protect species

Credit: Jedediah Brodie MISSOULA - Jedediah Brodie has spent a career tromping around tropical rainforests, conducting on-the-ground research in some...

Receptors for the immune defence

Max Planck researchers investigate the function of immune genes in primitive mammalsCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics Adaptive immunity is...

First-time direct proof of chemical reactions in particulates

Credit: Paul Scherrer Institute/Mahir Dzambegovic Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have developed a new method to analyse particulate...

Hornwort genomes could lead to crop improvement

Researchers illuminate the dawn of land plants and discover genes that could help crops grow more efficiently with less synthetic...

Long-term analysis shows GM cotton no match for insects in India

Study: Changes in insecticides, fertilization drove productivity gains -- not Bt cotton adoptionCredit: Glenn Davis Stone/Washington University Genetically modified (GM)...

Blood stem cells boost immunity by keeping a record of previous infections