Worms learn how to optimize foraging by switching their response to social cues
Worms optimise their foraging behaviour by learning to associate pheromones with food availability and changing their movements accordinglyCredit: Adapted from ...
Tag: Biology
Research enhances understanding of switchgrass, an important bioenergy crop
Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University Bioenergy crops are an alternative energy source that, unlike fossil fuels, could positively impact the ...
NYU Abu Dhabi researchers unlock secrets behind liver regrowth and regenerative medicine
New insight into the liver's unique ability to regenerate holds promise for developing treatments for the lung, heart, and other ...
Acid sensor discovered in plants
Credit: (Picture: Dorothea Graus / University of Wuerzburg) Climate change is causing increased flooding and prolonged waterlogging in northern Europe, ...
Dolphin species that live together, do not necessarily compete for food
Credit: Image: Genyffer C. Troina. Cetacean illustration by José Luis Vázquez, adapted from Bastida et al. 2018 Dolphin species that ...
Into the third funding phase with a boost for growth
Central German research centre iDiv to receive additional millionsCredit: Stefan Bernhardt The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig ...
New broadly applicable tool provides insight into fungicide resistance
Credit: Jingyu Peng, Hyunkyu Sang, Tyre J. Proffer, Jacqueline Gleason, Cory A. Outwater, Geunhwa Jung, and George W. Sundin Succinate ...
Loss of biodiversity in streams threatens vital biological process
Credit: Bradley Cardinale Lab, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The fast-moving decline and extinction of many species of detritivores ...
An ‘instruction’ to the crocodylian skull
Scientists from St Petersburg University described for the first time all structures in the animal's braincase, having studied more than ...
Keeping bacteria under lock and key
UD researchers and collaborators report advances in biological containmentCredit: Photo by Kathy Atkinson Scientists and engineers are constantly looking for ...
Relationship between chromosomal instability and senescence revealed in the fly Drosophila
Credit: IRB Barcelona Chromosomal instability is a feature of solid tumours such as carcinoma. Likewise, cellular senescence is a process ...
How an unfolding protein can induce programmed cell death
Credit: Sylvia Germes The death of cells is well regulated. If it occurs too much, it can cause degenerative diseases. ...
New species of pseudo-horses living 37 million years ago
Researchers at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country describe two palaeotheriidae mammals that lived in the subtropical landscape of AlavaCredit: ...
The evolution of vinegar flies is based on the variation of male sex pheromones
Max Planck researchers decipher the chemical language underlying mating in 99 species of the genus DrosophilaCredit: Anna Schroll By analyzing ...
New nanotech will enable a ‘healthy’ electric current production inside the human body
The innovative material that creates green energy through mechanical forceCredit: Tel Aviv University A new nanotechnology development by an international ...
Wallonia as an international reference for the timeline
Paleontologists from Univeristy of Liège (Belgium) redefine the geological boundary between the Devonian and Carboniferous periods. A Walloon site could ...
Asymptomatic adults may be reservoirs of Streptococcus pneumoniae
Study by ITQB NOVA researchers identifies role played by adults in the carriage of pneumococciCredit: ITQB NOVA Streptococcus pneumoniae is ...
University of Guam: Less than 10% of transplanted cycads survive long-term in foreign soil
Long-term monitoring needed to accurately measure transplantation successCredit: Montgomery Botanical Center A 15-year reciprocal transplant study on Guam's native cycad ...
Embedded gas sensing device promises simple, accurate volatile organic compounds detection
Applications range from air quality analysis to patient health screeningCredit: Kwiatkowski, Drozdowska, and Smulko WASHINGTON, July 6, 2021 -- Emitted ...
Light pollution has complex effects on animal vision
Credit: Jolyon Troscianko Changes in the colour and intensity of light pollution over the past few decades result in complex ...
