Biology

May 21, 2026

Researchers identify gene with functional role in aging of eye

In mouse studies, a 'methylation clock' on the ELOVL2 gene ticks toward impaired vision, but when gene expression was boosted,...

Glimpses of fatherhood found in non-pair-bonding chimps

Credit: Aaron Sandel, UT Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- Although they have no way of identifying their biological fathers, male chimpanzees...

NASA, NOAA analyses reveal 2019 second warmest year on record

Credit: NASA GISS/Gavin Schmidt According to independent analyses by NASA and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Earth's global...

US HUPO honors OU researcher with New Investigator Award

Credit: The University of Oklahoma NORMAN, OKLA. - University of Oklahoma researcher Si Wu has been selected as a winner...

Dresden biologists make living sperm glow

Credit: Cornelia Wetzker How do female insects manage to keep the sperm fresh for months after mating? This is a...

The mysterious movement of water molecules

Credit: © Tamtögl Water is a mysterious substance. Understanding how it behaves at the atomic level is still a challenge...

Nitrogen-fixing genes could help grow more food using fewer resources

Credit: WSU Scientists have transferred a collection of genes into plant-colonizing bacteria that let them draw nitrogen from the air...

Are sinking soils in the Everglades related to climate change?

Credit: Andres Rodriguez Characterized by alligators, airboats and catfish, the Everglades is a region of swampy wetlands in southern Florida....

HIV ‘hotspots’ not necessarily major drivers of new infections

Credit: Kate Grabowski Areas of high HIV prevalence, known as 'hotspots', do not necessarily fuel the epidemic in the wider...

UC Davis scientists provide novel strategies for parasitic weed control

Credit: Yaxin Wang, Daniel Steele, Maylin Murdock, Seigmund Lai, and John Yoder Parasitic weeds are among the world's most economically...

Including irregular time intervals improves animal movement studies

Credit: bighorn sheep, Lori Iverson - USFWS/flickr; cheetah - Bernard DuPont/flicker; black carpenter ants - Hughes Lab, Penn State; blue...

UTEP receives $1M to increase number of students who pursue graduate engineering studies

Credit: JR Hernandez / UTEP Communications, The University of Texas at El Paso's Electrical and Computer Engineering Department was awarded...

From smoke going round the world to aerosol levels, NASA observes Australia’s bushfires

Credit: Credits: NASA/Colin Seftor NASA scientists using data from its NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite, has traced the movement of the...

Study weighs deep-sea mining’s impact on microbes

Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The essential roles that microbes play in deep-sea ecosystems are at risk from the potential...

New parasitoid wasp species discovered in the Amazon — can manipulate host’s behavior

Credit: Kari Kaunisto A research group from the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku studies the diversity of parasitoid...

Scientists hope to defeat infections after discovering bacterial espionage

Credit: Copyright: Kristjan Teedema/Postimees/Scanpix University of Tartu scientists hope create a solution for chronic infections that do not respond to...

New E. coli-infecting bacteriophage introduced in PHAGE

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, January 14, 2020--A new coliphage - a bacteriophage that infects and...

Neither fishing tales nor sailor’s yarn

Collectively, environmental stakeholders are just as smart as scientific expertsCredit: Photo: Florian Moellers How can the complex relationships between wildlife,...

Scientists seek urgent action on impacts of climate change on reptiles and amphibians

Credit: University of Otago World leaders in reptile and amphibian research say there is an urgent international need to acknowledge...

Professor exploring greener chemical manufacturing wins NSF award for young researchers