Biology

May 21, 2026

Helping plant nurseries reduce runoff

Credit: Jake Shreckhise You may have heard how excess nutrients, such as phosphorus, can run off of crop fields. This...

Multi-species grassland mixtures increase yield stability, even under drought conditions

Credit: John Finn The benefits of multispecies mixtures were so strong that yields from a mixture of four species under...

School citizen science project dramatically improves children’s knowledge of UK mammals

Participation in citizen science camera trap project dramatically increased school children's knowledge of UK mammalsCredit: Samantha Mason Prior to starting...

Invest in pollinator monitoring for long-term gain

New research shows that for every £1 invested in pollinator monitoring schemes, at least £1.50 can be saved, from otherwise...

Grapevine red blotch disease threatens US Grape industry

$3 million grant awarded to study causes, impact of grapevine virusCredit: Raul Girardello/UC Davis University of California, Davis, scientists will...

Lily and Yuh-Nung Jan named 20th Perl-UNC neuroscience prize recipients

The husband-and-wife scientists from UC San Francisco will be honored at a spring event at UNC-Chapel Hill for their seminal...

UNH sails into the next generation of ocean mapping with NOAA grant

Credit: Credit: Saildrone, Inc. DURHAM, N.H.-- Researchers at the University of New Hampshire have been awarded a three-year grant from...

Prellis Biologics launches TissueWorkshop to accelerate human tissue engineering research

TissueWorkshop™ makes complex tissue engineering simple for all researchers by generating complex 3D scaffolds that can be printed with any...

Images of discovery

AIBS selects 2019 Faces of Biology Photo Contest winnersCredit: Michelle Jewell Three winners have been selected in the 2019 Faces...

UW scientist to lead upcoming NASA field study of East Coast snowstorms

Credit: NASA Snowstorms can wreak havoc across the United States, but especially on the East Coast. Snow is the least-understood...

Scientists discover a novel method to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

A team of scientists from the Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), and the Unilever R&D department...

Modifier gene may explain why some with cystic fibrosis are less prone to infection

Credit: UC San Diego Health Sciences Cystic fibrosis is caused by an inherited mutation in the cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance...

Portsmouth professor to share in 600 million funding to Europe’s top researchers

Credit: University of Portsmouth Professor Bridget Waller from the University of Portsmouth has been named today (10 December 2019) as...

Natural ecosystems protect against climate change

Research led by Göttingen University studies carbon sinks and land-use in a mangrove-fringed lagoon in JavaCredit: K Anggi Hapsari The...

Technologies and scientific advances needed to track methane levels in atmosphere

Credit: Matt Rigby, University of Bristol Understanding what influences the amount of methane in the atmosphere has been identified by...

Potentially toxic chemicals from LCDs in nearly half of household dust samples tested

Credit: Daniel Hallen/USask SASKATOON - Chemicals commonly used in smartphone, television, and computer displays were found to be potentially toxic...

Key to helping southern sea otter is in repopulating estuaries such as San Francisco Bay

California could more than triple its population of southern sea otters -- and see the marine mammals removed from the...

Oxygen shaped the evolution of the eye

Convergent origins of new mechanisms to supply oxygen to the retina were directly linked to concurrent enhancements in the functional...

Muscle weakness after sepsis linked to mitochondrial dysfunction

New findings may explain why humans experience muscle weakness after sepsis recovery, and suggest the need for novel treatments to...

Could dark carbon be hiding the true scale of ocean ‘dead zones’?