Biology

May 23, 2026

Airless worms: A new hope against drug-resistant parasites

July 2, 2019

By targeting an unusual offshoot of worm metabolism, researchers seek to fight a major global health problemCredit: WikiMedia Commons Over...

Analysis finds US ecosystems shifting hundreds of miles north

Credit: Craig Chandler/University Communication/University of Nebraska-Lincoln Whole ecosystems are shifting dramatically north in the Great Plains, a phenomenon likely linked...

Cutting-edge food science reveals how to Finish Your Plates and reduce food waste

The team from the National Centre for Food Manufacturing (NCFM), at the University's Holbeach Campus, is cooking up innovative ways...

Evolution of life in the ocean changed 170 million years ago

Credit: University of Plymouth The ocean as we understand it today was shaped by a global evolutionary regime shift around...

Our water cycle diagrams give a false sense of water security

Credit: Photo by Ben Abbott EAST LANSING, Mich. - Pictures of the earth's water cycle used in education and research...

Cancer cell’s ‘self eating’ tactic may be its weakness

Credit: Tuveson lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cancer cells use a bizarre strategy to reproduce in a tumor's low-energy...

After WIC offered better food options, maternal and infant health improved

Fruits and veggies helped lower some birth complications for moms and babies, study finds A major 2009 revision to a...

How to protect corals facing climate change

Conserving a wide range of coral habitats is the best strategyCredit: Michelle Stuart/Rutgers University-New Brunswick The best way to protect...

The 69th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting has opened its doors

Scientists from 89 countries meet with 39 Nobel Laureates Following the topic cycle, this year's programme is dedicated to physics....

Scientists alarmed by bark beetle boom

Credit: Rainer Simonis / Nationalpark Bayerischer Wald "Bark beetles lay waste to forests" - "Climate change sends beetles into overdrive"...

Environmentally friendly control of common disease infecting fish and amphibians

Credit: Kostis Apostolakis Aquatic organisms in marine systems and freshwaters are threatened by fungal and fungal-like diseases globally. These pathogens...

Corals in Singapore likely to survive sea-level rise: NUS study

Credit: Huang Danwei Global sea levels are expected to rise by at least half a metre by the year 2100...

Genomic warning flag just in time for beach season: Jellyfish toxins

Genome sequence data from three jellyfish species reveal evolutionary mechanisms of unique jellyfish traits and venomous toxinsCredit: Allen Collins An...

The state of multiple antibiotic resistant Enterobacteriaceae in Cape Coast, Ghana

This article by Dr. Olufunso O. Kwame K. Asare et al. is published in The Open Microbiology Journal, Volume 13,...

Nonnative pear trees are showing up in US forests

Once a suburban favorite, Callery pear trees are now outcompeting many local trees, a biologist warnsCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative...

Amphibians infected by ranavirus found in Atlantic rain forest

Ranavirus is linked to amphibian decline or extinction in other parts of the world, but in Brazil, it has been...

Ending needless chemotherapy for breast cancer

A diagnostic test developed at The University of Queensland might soon determine if a breast cancer patient requires chemotherapy or...

Pig-Pen effect: Mixing skin oil and ozone can produce a personal pollution cloud

Credit: Penn State When ozone and skin oils meet, the resulting reaction may help remove ozone from an indoor environment,...

Embracing bioinformatics in gene banks

The shift from Germplasm Collections towards bio-digital resource centresCredit: Regina Devrient / IPK Gatersleben The preservation of plant biodiversity is...

Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative taps Joslin researchers for Human Cell Atlas project