Biology

May 25, 2026

Sand tiger sharks return to shipwrecks off N.C. coast

Coast's hundreds of shipwrecks are important habitats for vulnerable shark speciesCredit: John McCord, Coastal Studies Institute DURHAM, N.C. -- Photos...

Bacteria use their enemy — phage — for ‘self-recognition’

Credit: WANG Xiaoxue Cells are social, and self-recognition is a critical aspect of group behavior as cells assist kin and...

Permanent daylight savings may cancel out changes to school start times

Credit: Skeldon and Dijk/Current Biology Moving the clock forward and then back each spring and fall usually draws plenty of...

How does wildlife fare after fires?

La Trobe research in Wildlife Research journal looks at how wildlife recolonises burnt land Fire ecologists and wildlife specialists at...

Researchers describe the mechanism of a protein upon infection of the ‘Fasciola hepatica’

Fasciola hepatica is a parasite that causes on average 3.2 million in losses in the agricultural sector every year worldwide....

Mixing grass varieties may reduce insect infestations in lawns

Study shows fall armyworms prefer single-variety plantings of St. Augustine grassCredit: Russ Ottens, University of Georgia, Bugwood.org, CC BY 3.0...

Rewriting the textbook on fossil fuels: New technologies help unravel nature’s methane recipes

Not all methane originated in buried, decayed remains of ancient life; some deep hydrocarbons aren't conventional 'fossil fuels' as popularly...

New insight into how obesity, insulin resistance can impair cognition

Credit: Dr. Alexis Stranahan lab AUGUSTA, Ga. (April 22, 2019) - Obesity can break down our protective blood brain barrier...

Group decisions: When more information isn’t necessarily better

In nature, group decisions are often a matter of life or death. At first glance, the way certain groups of...

NTU scientists discover sustainable way to increase seed oil yield in crops

April 20, 2019

NTU Singapore scientists have developed a sustainable way to demonstrate a new genetic modification that can increase the yield of...

Barrow researcher discovers critical RNA processing aberrations

Research by a Barrow Neurological Center scientist on mechanisms of dysfunctional RNA processing in ALS and frontaltemporal dementia (FTD) was...

Discovery may help explain why women get autoimmune diseases far more often than men

Researchers cause lupus-like disease in mice by amplifying the amount of a single 'master regulator' factor -- suggesting both a...

Marijuana users weigh less, defying the munchies

EAST LANSING, Mich. - New evidence from Michigan State University suggests that those who smoke cannabis, or marijuana, weigh less...

Plants are also stressed out

Salk scientists uncover a link between RNA editing and chloroplast-to-nucleus communication that could help plants adapt to a changing worldCredit:...

Mysterious river dolphin helps crack the code of marine mammal communication

Credit: Paulo Castro The Araguaian river dolphin of Brazil is something of a mystery. It was thought to be quite...

Collecting the right quantity of evidence: How the brain makes a difficult decision

Two publications track the perceptual decision making process from the sensory receptors to the final actionCredit: Mathew Diamond, SISSA New...

Through thick and thin: Neutrons track lithium ions in battery electrodes

UVA Engineering research at Oak Ridge National Laboratory aims to gain insights into the electrochemical characteristics of lithium-ion batteries' materials...

On-chip drug screening for identifying antibiotic interactions in eight hours

Credit: KAIST A KAIST research team developed a microfluidic-based drug screening chip that identifies synergistic interactions between two antibiotics in...

Scientists identify a novel target for corn straw utilization

Credit: WU Zhenying Plant cell walls, as repositories of fixed carbon, are an important source of biomass, which is mainly...

Molecular target UNC45A is essential for cancer but not normal cell proliferation