Biology

May 21, 2026

The landscape market has a category for any activity level

Consumers are evaluated on an active/passive continuumCredit: B.J. Pine and J.H. Gilmore. The Experience Economy: Work Is Theatre & Every...

Pollinator friendliness can extend beyond early spring

Keeping lawns pretty and pollinators happyCredit: Michelle Wisdom A study out of the University of Arkansas investigated whether bulbs can...

In the war on emerging crop diseases, scientists develop new ‘War Room’ simulations

Credit: Paul Rachkara Farmers rely on seed systems for access to high-quality, disease-free planting material at the start of the...

Magnesium deprivation stops pathogen growth

Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum When pathogens invade the cells, our body combats them using various methods. Researchers at the...

Building better bacteriophage to combat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 21, 2019-Researchers are pursuing engineered bacteriophage as alternatives to antibiotics...

Almost a third of tropical Africa’s flora faces extinction

Credit: IRD - Thomas Couvreur Given the anthropological and climate threats facing nature, the conservation of tropical biodiversity is a...

Structures near airports increase risk of airplane-goose collisions

Credit: Photo by Ryan Askren CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- From mid-November 2015 through February 2016, scientists used GPS transmitters to track...

Researchers visualize bacteria motor in first step toward human-produced electrical energy

Credit: Institute for Molecular Science Humans, one day, may be able to produce their own electrical energy in the same...

Kessler team studies new treatment for meniscal tears in active-duty military personnel

With $590,000 in funding from The Geneva Foundation, Kessler Foundation joins the Musculoskeletal Injury and Rehabilitation Research for Operational Readiness...

Fish in California estuaries are evolving as climate change alters their habitat

Comparison of current stickleback populations with fish collected in the 1970s shows the populations are evolving as California's climate becomes...

Unique mycology reference pairs genus descriptions with 1,000-plus original watercolors

Credit: Miguel Ulloa According to mycologist, author, and artist Miguel Ulloa, "The best way to understand and remember scientific names...

How to fight illegal cocoa farms in Ivory Coast

Study finds regular foot patrols reduce illicit activityCredit: Photo by W. Scott McGraw, Courtesy of Ohio State University COLUMBUS, Ohio...

American University researchers sequence genome of the ‘devil worm’

Credit: Prof. John Bracht, American University When scientists discovered a worm deep in an aquifer nearly one mile underground, they...

Dissecting connections between chronic stress, inflammation and depression

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (Nov. 21, 2019) - Chronic stress can inflame our brain, destroy...

Melanin-producing Streptomyces are more likely to colonize plants

Credit: Phytobiomes Journal Plant growth-promoting Streptomyces assemble into the internal, root endophytic compartments of a wide variety of plants around...

How do gliomas evolve?

The Glioma Longitudinal Analysis (GLASS) Consortium finds longitudinal molecular trajectories of diffuse glioma in adultsCredit: JAX photo byTiffany Laufer. Until...

Severe pregnancy-related depression may be rooted in inflammation

Credit: Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Nov. 20, 2019) -- A runaway, inflammatory immune response may be responsible for...

Only eat oysters in months with an ‘r’? Rule of thumb is at least 4,000 years old

Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Foodie tradition dictates only eating wild oysters in months with the letter "r"...

Little-known protein appears to play important role in obesity and metabolic disease

The recently discovered protein is normally abundant in fat; without it, the body struggles to manage glucose and insulinCredit: Scripps...

Dead-zone report card reflects improving water quality in Chesapeake Bay