Biology

February 9, 2026

Natural refrigerant replacements could reduce energy costs and conserve the environment

WASHINGTON, D.C., August 14, 2018 -- The 1987 Montreal Protocol and the 1997 Kyoto Protocol called for countries around the...

Light-engineered bacterial shapes could hold key to future labs-on-a-chip

Credit: Frangipane et al., 2018 Scientists have used light patterns to control the swimming speed of bacteria and direct them...

NSF awards grant to Portland State for state-of-the-art instrument

Portland State University investigators from the Departments of Chemistry and Biology have received a $350,000 grant from the National Science...

Substances associated with bee ferocity are discovered

Credit: Iago Bueno da Silva / UNESP Brazilian researchers may have discovered why Africanized honeybees are so aggressive. The scientists...

Scientists get new tool to track new pathogen killing frogs

Credit: University of Central Florida An undergraduate researcher has developed a method to screen frogs for an infectious disease that...

Snake fungal disease alters skin microbiome in eastern Massasaugas

Credit: Photo by Michael Dreslik In the first study of its kind, researchers characterized the skin microbiome of a population...

Lipid droplets play crucial roles beyond fat storage

Credit: University of Rochester image / Zhihuan Li Lipid droplets: they were long thought of merely as the formless blobs...

Research brief: UMN researchers use green gold to rapidly detect and identify harmful bacteria

Researchers from the University of Minnesota (UMN) have developed a method to screen and identify harmful or antibiotic-resistant bacteria within...

When mixing granular matter, order among disorder

Mixing liquids is easy, or at least scientifically understood: a drop of food coloring will eventually mix into a cup...

Model way to protect trees

Oak processionary moth and ash dieback are among the most notorious tree pests and diseases intro-duced into the UK. And...

USTC develops a family of bioinspired artificial woods by traditional resins

Credit: YU Shuhong Nature has provided us not only the fantastic materials, but also the inspiration for the design and...

Deep in the weeds: Using eDNA sequencing to survey pondweed diversity

Ecological surveys of biodiversity provide fundamental baseline information on species occurrence and the health of an ecosystem, but can require...

Generating DNA sequence data in the developing world

Credit: Campbell O. Webb Globally, biodiversity is concentrated around the equator, but the scientific institutions generating DNA sequence data to...

An ion channel differentiates newborn and mature neurons in the adult brain

Credit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - The dentate gyrus of the hippocampus is part of the brain that helps form memories....

Gips-Schüle Foundation funds new research group in Konstanz

(University of Konstanz) Collective behaviour and early career researcher Dr Ariana Strandburg-Peshkin begins her work as the first Gips-Schüle Junior...

Research may help rescue antibiotics’ effectiveness in the face of drug-resistant bacteria

BIDMC Research Briefs showcase groundbreaking scientific advances that are transforming medical care. Bacteria--especially Gram-negative strains--are becoming increasingly resistant to current...

Amazingly ‘green’ synthesis method for high-tech dyes

Fresh insight into invasive plant that blights UK rivers

Credit: Nigel Willby New research into the behaviour of an invasive plant seen on riverbanks across the UK could help...

Four URI scientists among 100 researchers on NASA-led expedition to North Pacific

KINGSTON, R.I., August, 9, 2018 -- Four scientists from the University of Rhode Island are among 100 researchers from 30...

Wearable ‘microbrewery’ saves human body from radiation damage