Tag: Biology

Credit: JING Gongchao Metagenomics - the study of genetic material from an environmental sample - is growing as species evolve ...

New variety of paintbrush lily developed by a novel plant tissue culture technique

Credit: Arisa Nakano, Masahiro Mii, Yoichiro Hoshino Scientists at Hokkaido University and Chiba University have developed simultaneous triploid and hexaploid ...

Methods in studying cycad leaf nutrition found to be inconsistent and incomplete

Credit: University of Guam Collective research to date regarding nutrients found in the leaves of contemporary cycad species has been ...

A large number of gray whales are starving and dying in the eastern North Pacific

It is now the third year that gray whales have been found in very poor condition or dead in large ...

Combined river flows could send up to 3 billion microplastics a day into the Bay of Bengal

Credit: Photo by Sara Hylton, National Geographic. Taken on assignment for National Geographic's The Ganges River - with the combined ...

Mitochondrial mutation increases the risk of diabetes in Japanese men

Results likely apply to all East Asian carriers, but exercise may eliminate greater likelihood of getting the disease, say USC ...

Personalizing cancer care with improved tumor models

Credit: Bryan Welm WASHINGTON, January 21, 2021 -- Cancer is a major, worldwide challenge, and its impact is projected to ...

The downward trend: Nature’s decline risks our quality of life

Scientists conducted a sweeping review of nature's contributions to humans in order to present a clear breakdown of global trends ...

Combining best of both worlds for cancer modeling

Tiny devices use samples taken directly from patients to combine in vivo and in vitro testing.Credit: Terry Juang WASHINGTON, January ...

Scientists make pivotal discovery on mechanism of Epstein-Barr virus latent infection

Previously unknown enzymatic function of EBNA1 viral protein may instruct new approaches for EBV-associated cancerCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- ...

Seeds transfer their microbes to the next generation

Credit: Stockholm University Scientists have been pondering if the microbiome of plants is due to nature or nurture. Research at ...

Strange colon discovery explains racial disparities in colorectal cancer

One side of the colon ages faster than the other, scientists revealCredit: UVA Health The colons of African-Americans and people ...

How the brain learns that earmuffs are not valuable at the beach

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan and the NEI in the USA have discovered a circuit in the ...

New journal to push the boundaries of biological imaging

Credit: Cambridge University Press A new Open Access journal from Cambridge University Press will provide a home for interdisciplinary research ...

Kar?na Narbute’s research in extracellular vesicles earns her Young Investigator Award

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Kar?na Narbute, Ph.D. is the latest recipient of STEM CELLS Translational Medicine's Young Investigator ...

Size of connections between nerve cells determines their signaling strength

Credit: Kristian Herrera and authors The neocortex is the part of the brain that humans use to process sensory impressions, ...

The immune system mounts a lasting defense after recovery from COVID-19

Credit: Laboratory of Molecular Immunology at The Rockefeller University As the number of people who have fought off SARS-CoV-2 climbs ...

World’s largest lakes reveal climate change trends

Credit: Karl Bosse/MTRI NASA-funded research on the 11 largest freshwater lakes in the world coupled field and satellite observations to ...

Message in a bottle: Info-rich bubbles respond to antibiotics

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University. Once regarded as merely cast-off waste products of cellular life, bacterial membrane ...

Memory fail controlled by dopamine circuit, study finds