Aphids use sight to avoid deadly bacteria, could lead to pest control
Pea aphids - a serious agricultural pest - have the ability to see and avoid a common, aphid-killing bacteria on plant leaves, according to a...
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‘Cellular memory’ of DNA damage in oocyte quality control
Credit: Huanyu Qiao and Neil Hunter, UC Davis Females are born with a finite number of eggs that are steadily depleted throughout their lifetime. This...
Researchers find how Natural Killer cells regulate protective HIV antibodies
DURHAM, N.C. - In the quest to develop a vaccine that triggers the immune system to prevent HIV infection, researchers have focused on identifying and...
Ledumahadi mafube — South Africa’s new jurassic giant
Credit: Copyright Viktor Radermacher A new species of a giant dinosaur has been found in South Africa's Free State Province. The plant-eating dinosaur, named Ledumahadi...
Why a ‘cuckoo in the nest’ can go undetected
Credit: Professor William Foster, University of Cambridge Researchers at the Universities of Exeter and Cambridge have shed light on why some species cannot tell the...
Well established theories on patterns in evolution might be wrong
How do the large-scale patterns we observe in evolution arise? A new paper in the journal Evolution by researchers at Uppsala University and University of...
Excellence funding for Inequality and Collective Behaviour cluster initiatives in Konstanz
Fantastic news for the University of Konstanz: Two of its three cluster initiatives will receive funding through the German Excellence Strategy starting 1 January 2019....
Scientists propose a new model for the specialization of cells
Mathematicians at the Higher School of Economics have developed a model that explains how cell specialization arises in the context of resource constraints. The results...
One hundred percent success
Credit: Photo: Jürgen Gocke It is a major boost to cutting-edge research in Freiburg: in the current Excellence Strategy competition, scientists at the University of...
Jena’s research cluster ‘Balance of the Microverse’ to be funded in the Excellence Strategy
Credit: (Source: Sandor Nietzsche, Susanne Linde/EMZ Jena; photo edited by: Mario Kapitan) Jena (27 September 2018) The Friedrich Schiller University Jena (Germany) was granted funding...
DNA vaccine targets family of tumor antigens & shows promise for cancer immunotherapy
PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. 27, 2018) -- Scientists at The Wistar Institute have implemented a novel structurally designed synthetic DNA vaccine to simultaneously target multiple members...
Leading coral scientists to convene in a coordinated effort to save coral reefs
From December 9 - 14, 2018, dozens of the world's top coral reef experts will convene in Florida in an urgent, coordinated effort to help...
Did key building blocks for life come from deep space?
Credit: ESA/Rosetta/NAVCAM All living beings need cells and energy to replicate. Without these fundamental building blocks, living organisms on Earth would not be able to...
Silver fox study reveals genetic clues to social behavior
Credit: Darya Shepeleva ITHACA, N.Y. - In 1959, Russian scientists began an experiment to breed a population of silver foxes, selecting and breeding foxes that...
A protein prevents plants from premature flowering
Credit: ©UNIGE / Marc Heijde The induction of flowering is of major importance from an ecological and agronomic point of view. Timely and synchronous flowering...
