Tag: Biology

The spread of quagga mussels across the American Great Lakes has transformed the supply of phosphorus - a key biological ...

Building a corn cob–cell by cell, gene by gene

Credit: Xiaosa Xu/Jackson lab, CSHL, 2020 Corn hasn't always been the sweet, juicy delight that we know today. And, without ...

Vaccine shows potential against deadly leptospirosis bacteria

A potential vaccine protects hamsters and mice against death caused by multiple Leptospira species, and prevents kidney colonization in miceCredit: ...

Intercontinental study sheds light on the microbial life of sourdough

Credit: Lauren Nichols In a study of 500 sourdough starters spanning four continents, scientists have garnered new insights into the ...

Reef fish futures foretold

Credit: Victor Huertas. An international group of scientists is predicting markedly different outcomes for different species of coral reef fishes ...

Can dogs rapidly learn words?

Dogs can learn new words after hearing them only four timesCredit: Photo by Claudia Fugazza A new study found that ...

At three days old, newborn mice remember their moms

Credit: Blake J. Laham/Princeton University For mice, the earliest social memories can form at three days old and last into ...

Valentina Greco receives the 2021 ISSCR Momentum Award

Credit: Yale School of Medicine Skokie, IL-- The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will present this year's ISSCR ...

Robin Lovell-Badge receives the 2021 ISSCR Public Service Award

Credit: Robin Lovell-Badge Skokie, IL-- The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) is honoring Robin Lovell-Badge PhD, FRS, The ...

Stuart H. Orkin receives the 2021 ISSCR Tobias Lecture Award

Credit: ISSCR Skokie, IL-- The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) awards the 2021 Tobias Lecture Award to Stuart ...

Janet Rossant receives the 2021 ISSCR Achievement Award

Credit: Gairdner Foundation Skokie, IL--The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will award its 2021 Achievement Award to Janet ...

Madeline Lancaster receives 2021 ISSCR Dr. Susan Lim Award for Outstanding Young Investigator

Credit: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Skokie, IL--The International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) will award the Dr. Susan ...

A research team from Denmark discovers new control mechanism in the innate immune system

Credit: Rasmus Kjeldsen Jensen, Aarhus University Although the protein ITIH4 is found in large amounts in the blood, its function ...

Microwaves used to deactivate coronavirus, flu, other aerosolized viruses

Tool uses electromagnetic energy to help study inactivation of aerosolized viral particles and reduce the spread of infectionCredit: Air Force ...

Development of rapid method for extraction of natural blue chromophore from cyanobacteria

How did Florida fail to respond to a coral disease epizootic and what’s to follow?

Credit: William Precht By 2020, massive losses of large populations of corals have been observed throughout Florida and into the ...

How fast could SARS-CoV-2 be detected?

Credit: @Science China Press In the past 20 years, humans have suffered several serious epidemics from emerging viruses, such as ...

Preserving stem cells and tissue without the freezer burn

Dr. Robert Ben of uOttawa's Department of Chemistry leads multi-million-dollar initiative that thwarts ice growth to preserve samples for future ...

Major discovery helps explain coral bleaching

Credit: Nils Rädecker Corals, like all animals, must eat to live. The problem is that most corals grow in tropical ...

Anti-freeze for cell membranes