Biology

May 21, 2026

Rice lab turns trash into valuable graphene in a flash

'Green' process promises pristine graphene in bulk using waste food, plastic and other materialsCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University HOUSTON - (Jan....

Tiny, ancient meteorites suggest early Earth’s atmosphere was rich in carbon dioxide

Credit: Donald Brownlee/University of Washington Very occasionally, Earth gets bombarded by a large meteorite. But every day, our planet gets...

White lupin: The genome of this legume has finally been sequenced

Credit: Benjamin Peret/CNRS White lupin is a particularly abstemious crop, requiring very little fertiliser and producing high-protein seeds of great...

Discovery of a new liquid-liquid interfacial deformation by partial miscibility

Creating a cross-disciplinary discipline of chemical thermodynamics and interfacial fluid dynamics and contributing to higher efficiency of oil recovery and...

Study connects marine heat wave with spike in whale entanglements

Entanglements of humpback whales in fishing gear along the US West Coast increased dramatically during the 2014 to 2016 marine...

Genomics experts dispute nine genes linked to congenital heart condition

NHGRI-funded ClinGen panel also validates three genes believed to be associated with long QT syndromeCredit: Darryl Leja, NHGRI Geneticists and...

‘Blob’ research shows ecological effects that halted fishing and hiked whale entanglements

Unprecedented environmental changes inspire new online tools to better spot them next timeCredit: John Calambokidis/Cascadia Research Collective An ecological pileup...

How Chinese opera masks compare to spider evolution

Biologist sees surprising parallels between dramatic art and natureCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative Services To better understand how animals like...

The skin of the earth is home to pac-man-like protists

Credit: STRI Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of...

High air pollution exposure in 1-year-olds linked to structural brain changes at age 12

Credit: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center CINCINNATI -- A new study suggests that significant early childhood exposure to traffic-related air...

Shaping the social networks of neurons

Identification of a protein complex that attracts or repels nerve cells during developmentCredit: Falconieri Visuals, LLC and del Toro et...

With a protein ‘delivery,’ parasite can suppress its host’s immune response

The parasite Toxoplasma gondii need not infect a host immune cell to alter its behavior, according to a new study...

Dance of the honey bee reveals fondness for strawberries

Research team led by the University of Göttingen investigates foraging behavior in agricultural landscapesCredit: Svenja Bänsch, University of Göttingen Bees...

The regulators active during iron deficiency

Botany: publication in Plant PhysiologyCredit: HHU / Birte Schwarz When a plant is lacking important nutrients, it cannot simply move...

Stanford researchers conduct census of cell surface proteins

Credit: Liqun Luo Stanford scientists have completed the first global census of diverse proteins sprouting tree-like from the outer membrane...

New species of Allosaurus discovered in Utah

Credit: Todd Marshall A remarkable new species of meat-eating dinosaur has been unveiled at the Natural History Museum of Utah....

Making ‘lemonade’: Chance observation leads to study of microbial bloom formation

Credit: Rhys Probyn WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A scientific discovery often starts with a chance observation made by open minds...

Wistar joins effort to expedite Coronavirus vaccine development for outbreak in China

Coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations supports DNA vaccine based on key Wistar technologyCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Jan. 23,...

Room for complexity? The many players in the coffee agroecosystem

Credit: Cornellier The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Agricultural areas are often...

Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures