Forests of the world in 3D
Research team led by the University of Göttingen analyses complexity of forest structureCredit: Dominik Seidel Primeval forests are of great ...
Tag: Bioinformatics
SSRgenotyper: A new tool to digitally genotype simple sequence repeats
Credit: Lewis, D. H., D. E. Jarvis, and P. J. Maughan. 2020. SSRgenotyper: A simple sequence repeat genotyping application for ...
MARLIT, artificial intelligence against marine litter
Litter that floats and pollutes the oceanCredit: Àlex Aguilar (UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA - IRBio) Floating sea macro-litter is a threat ...
Deadly white-nose syndrome changed genes in surviving bats
Study has big implications for management of bat populationsCredit: Sarah Gignoux-Wolfsohn Scientists have found genetic differences between bats killed by ...
Pensoft and ARPHA welcome three biodiversity-themed journals in their portfolio
Credit: Acta Ichthyologica et Piscatoria and Pensoft The scholarly publisher and technology provider Pensoft and its self-developed publishing platform ARPHA ...
New research investigates relationship between health literacy and self-care
Credit: Destinys Agent It is important for patients to understand the information they need for making health decisions, yet studies ...
“Genetic SD-card”: Scientists obtained new methods to improve the genome editing system
Researchers take a step in the development of genome editing technology.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers from Peter ...
Reindeer lichens are having more sex than expected
Genetic analysis shows that reindeer lichens reproduce sexually as opposed to asexually more often than researchers thoughtCredit: Marta Alonso-García In ...
Researchers map heart recovery after heart attack with great detail
Credit: Louk Timmer © Hubrecht Institute Researchers from the Hubrecht Institute mapped the recovery of the heart after a heart ...
Immune system sets ‘tripwire’ to protect against viruses
Cell defenses have evolved to turn the tables on viral attacks by using bait and sounding an alarmCredit: Brian Tsu, ...
Rules of resistance against transgene silencing
Credit: © 2021 KAUST; Monika Priyadarshini. Clear rules for engineering transgenes that can be inserted and propagated over multiple generations ...
Understanding how genetic motifs conduct “the music of life”
Our genetic codes control not only which proteins our cells produce, but also - to a great extent - in ...
Putting bugs on the menu, safely
The thought of eating insects is stomach turning for many, but new Edith Cowan University (ECU) research is shedding light ...
Researchers use car collisions with deer to study mysterious animal-population phenomena
Credit: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service LAWRENCE -- For at least a century, ecologists have wondered at the tendency for ...