Biology

May 23, 2026

Dung beetles use wind compass when the sun is high

Researchers have shown for the first time that an animal uses different directional sensors to achieve the highest possible navigational...

New research shows how melting ice is affecting supplies of nutrients to the sea

The findings of a research expedition to coastal Greenland which examined, for the first time, how melting ice is affecting...

Multiresistant intestinal bacteria spread widely in Vietnamese hospitals

Credit: John Karlsson/LiU Around half of patients admitted to hospital in Vietnam are carriers of multiresistant intestinal bacteria, which are...

Zero-calorie sweeteners on trial again

Exposure to sucralose and acesulfame-K in the womb and via breastmilk leads to altered intestinal flora and liver toxicity in...

Goat milk kefir is proven to be good for your health

Kefir is a fermented dairy product that is gradually becoming more and more common to see on the shelves of...

New membrane efficiently separates mirrored molecules

Credit: Image by CUI Jie Prof. LIU Bo and colleagues at the University of Science and Technology of China (USTC)...

Video games offer clues to help curb animal disease outbreaks

As Asia and Europe battle African swine fever, University of Vermont research shows how farmers' risk attitudes affect the spread...

HKBU discovers mechanisms underlying early life stress and irritable bowel syndrome

Researchers from the School of Chinese Medicine (SCM) at Hong Kong Baptist University (HKBU) have found that the abnormal rise...

(Not only) the wind shows the way

Credit: Chris Collingridge The South African dung beetle Scarabaeus lamarcki has - to put it mildly - an interesting technique...

Intelligent testing could save lives by defusing ticking time bomb of liver disease

A new way of detecting liver disease decades before it can become fatal has been developed by a team of...

Researchers model how octopus arms make decisions (+ video)

New research presented at the 2019 Astrobiology Science Conference in Bellevue, Wa.Credit: Dominic Sivitilli/ University of Washington BELLEVUE, WA--Researchers studying...

How the dragon got its frill

Studying the developing embryo of the 'frilled dragon' lizard, UNIGE researchers reveal that physical forces, rather than a genetic program,...

Ant farmers boost plant nutrition

Ant farmers boost plant nutrition with their feces, offering clues for future food securityCredit: University of Oxford Humans began cultivating...

Study finds link between hypertension and air pollution

A new study soon to appear in the Journal of Public Health suggests that air pollution and living in apartment...

New immune checkpoint explored for head and neck cancer

Credit: Phil Jones, Senior Photographer, Augusta University AUGUSTA, Ga. (June 25, 2019) - A checkpoint may delay travelers but it...

Playing ‘tag’: Tracking movement of young oysters

Credit: Haley Nicholson Gancel A new publication in the journal Estuaries and Coasts investigates the use of a fluorescent dye...

NASA makes dual investment in ocean worlds research at WHOI

Agency funds 5-year effort to understand the potential for life in outer solar system and establishes a new Network for...

Tropical soil disturbance could be hidden source of CO2

Credit: Rob Spencer Thousand-year-old tropical soil unearthed by accelerating deforestation and agriculture land use could be unleashing carbon dioxide into...

ATCC introduces standards for enhancing microbiology research at ASM Microbe 2019

Company develops fully authenticated and characterized materials to support reproducible research Manassas, VA - June 24, 2019 - ATCC, a...

Gerald Joyce elected to Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences