Study identifies new temperature sensing mechanism in plants
Phytochrome foci have different behaviors at different temperatures and types of lightCredit: Stan Lim/UC Riverside A protein called phytochrome B, ...
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Deep-sea worms and bacteria team up to harvest methane
Credit: Alvin/WHOI Scientists at Caltech and Occidental College have discovered a methane-fueled symbiosis between worms and bacteria at the bottom ...
A direct protein-to-protein binding couples cell survival to cell proliferation
This discovery has implications in cancer, stem cell growth, and blood or neuron progenitor cell speciationCredit: UAB BIRMINGHAM, Ala. - ...
Do urban fish exhibit impaired sleep?
Light pollution suppresses melatonin production in perchCredit: Photo: Michael Feierabend Melatonin controls the body clock - high melatonin levels make ...
Tissue dynamics provide clues to human disease
EMBL scientists examine the molecular causes of a rare hereditary disease of the spine and ribsCredit: Ebisuya group/EMBL Segmentation clock ...
An antibiotic masquerading as a natural compound in the Giant Madeiran Squill
Credit: Luke Robertson A previous study has shown that a type of squill growing in Madeira produces a chemical compound ...
Coronavirus Vaccine: Where are we and what’s next? (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, April 3, 2020 -- You might have heard that COVID-19 vaccine trials are underway ...
Clues to COVID-19 coronavirus’s vulnerability emerge from an antibody against SARS
A Scripps Research study reveals a likely site of vulnerability on the SARS-CoV-2 virus.Credit: Meng Yuan and Nicholas Wu LA ...
First SARS-CoV-2 genomes in Austria openly available
Credit: Bobby Rajesh Malhotra / CeMM The COVID-19 outbreak caused by the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 was declared a pandemic by the ...
Daughter cells carry memory from mother on decision to divide
Credit: Mingwei Min When do cells decide to divide? For 40 years, the textbook answer has been that this decision ...
When three species of human ancestor walked the Earth
Credit: Angeline Leece. An international team, including Arizona State University researcher Gary Schwartz, have unearthed the earliest known skull of ...
Gut communicates with the entire brain through cross-talking neurons
Credit: University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - You know that feeling in your gut? We think of it as an ...
Coastal pollution reduces genetic diversity of corals, reef resilience
Credit: Zac Forsman A new study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth ...
Scientists show how parasitic infection causes seizures, psychiatric illness for some
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute scientists show how infection rewires brainCredit: Virginia Tech Think about traffic flow in a city - ...