Researchers discover new species in critically imperiled ecosystem
Researchers working in one of the world’s most biodiverse and threatened ecosystems have discovered a new plant species, Castela senticosa, which they recommend be designated...
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Weight loss doesn’t help pregnancy chances, study finds
Women who are obese and struggling to become pregnant are often advised to lose weight, but a new study finds no fertility benefits from weight...
Maternal lead exposures correlated with sex ratios of offspring
Higher lead levels in a mother's blood can increase the chance of her bearing male offspring, according to new research led by Japanese scientists at...
Endless forms most beautiful: Why evolution favours symmetry
From sunflowers to starfish, symmetry appears everywhere in biology. This isn’t just true for body plans – the molecular machines keeping our cells alive are...
Photo or the real thing? Mice can inherently recall and tell them apart
A picture is worth a thousand words, especially when it triggers memories of the pictured object like a vacation photo. 2D visual stimuli, such as...
How do blind cavefish survive their low-oxygen environment?
Cavefish have obvious adaptations such as missing eyes and pale colors that demonstrate how they evolved over millennia in a dark, subterranean world.Credit: ANDREW HIGLEY/UC...
Advanced imaging reveals new cellular and molecular details of coral-algae relationship
Researchers at UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered a novel molecular process that corals use to control the subcellular environment of the...
Mirror image biomolecule helps marine sea squirts lose their tails
 Tsukuba, Japan – Amino acids are the basic building blocks of living organisms and typically occur in a configuration known as the L-form. However, there...
Researchers re-engineer red blood cells to trigger immune system against COVID-19
Hamilton, ON, Mar. 11, 2022— Physicists, chemists and immunologists at McMaster University have teamed up to modify red blood cells to transport viral agents which...
UT Institute of Agriculture to host 2023 US precision livestock farming conference
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – The University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture will host the 2023 U.S. Precision Livestock Farming Conference. The theme is “Field Implementation of...
AAVMC recognizes UTCVM’s Rouse with Excellence in Research Award
The American Association of Veterinary Medical Colleges (AAVMC) has named Dr. Barry T. Rouse, a veterinarian and an immunologist in the Department of Biomedical and...
Voles cut grass to watch flying predators
A tiny rodent trims tall grasses so it can watch the skies for flying predators, new research shows.Credit: Guoliang Li A tiny rodent trims tall...
Haider’s window system allows for long-term studies of brain activity
Bilal Haider is studying how multiple areas of the brain work together for visual perception. This could help researchers understand if neural activity “traffic jams”...
New UCI-led study finds links between circadian rhythms, metabolism and addiction
Irvine, Calif., March 11, 2022 — A new University of California, Irvine-led study establishes important conceptual connections between the fields of circadian rhythms, metabolism, and...
Ancient DNA confirms TB strains associated with marine mammals also found in inland peoples
Tuberculosis is the second most common cause of death worldwide by an infectious pathogen, COVID-19 being the first. However, many aspects of TB’s long history...
