Tag: Biology

Credit: (Image by Tero Laakso/licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.) Five years ago, researchers at Northwestern University made international headlines when ...

A University of Pennsylvania-led study shows how, despite having nearly identical amino acid sequences, two forms of the protein actin ...

Credit: Courtesy of the Peay Lab/Brian Steidinger "Equal pay for equal work," a motto touted by many people, turns out ...

Scientists develop a method to better manipulate tiny droplets in lab-on-a-chip applications for biochemistry, cell culturing, and drug screeningCredit: Ritsumeikan ...

Arctic species poorly adapted for coping with rising temperatures as the Arctic continues to warmCredit: Douglas Noblet The Arctic is ...

Credit: Matthew Jones LAWRENCE -- A new paper appearing in Biology Letters describes the oldest-known fragmentary bat fossils from Asia, ...

Bielefeld University researchers publish systematic review and meta-analysis on mosquitofishCredit: Photo: Andrew Kahn In mosquitofish, of the genus Gambusia, male ...

Credit: Qingshan Wei, NC State University Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a patch that plants can "wear" ...

A genetic approach offers new clues to the regulation of Wolbachia proliferation and the effect of over-proliferation on the insect ...

Is talent in a given field a uniquely human phenomenon?Credit: Photo by Cooper Photo Some exceptionally gifted people have marked ...

New research on the microbiome of grass shows that the future lies with healthy bacteriaCredit: Richard Wellenberger/iStock/Getty Images Plus AMHERST, ...

New research from UMass Amherst suggests that demography is the key to managing habitat loss and fragmentationCredit: Lucilleb/iStock/Getty Images Plus ...

Worms optimise their foraging behaviour by learning to associate pheromones with food availability and changing their movements accordinglyCredit: Adapted from ...

Credit: K.Stepnitz, Michigan State University Bioenergy crops are an alternative energy source that, unlike fossil fuels, could positively impact the ...

New insight into the liver's unique ability to regenerate holds promise for developing treatments for the lung, heart, and other ...

Credit: (Picture: Dorothea Graus / University of Wuerzburg) Climate change is causing increased flooding and prolonged waterlogging in northern Europe, ...

Credit: Image: Genyffer C. Troina. Cetacean illustration by José Luis Vázquez, adapted from Bastida et al. 2018 Dolphin species that ...

Central German research centre iDiv to receive additional millionsCredit: Stefan Bernhardt The German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv) Halle-Jena-Leipzig ...

Credit: Jingyu Peng, Hyunkyu Sang, Tyre J. Proffer, Jacqueline Gleason, Cory A. Outwater, Geunhwa Jung, and George W. Sundin Succinate ...

Credit: Bradley Cardinale Lab, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The fast-moving decline and extinction of many species of detritivores ...