Tag: Biology

Credit: University of Leeds Researchers have for the first time identified the way viruses like the poliovirus and the common ...

Scientists from St. Petersburg University discovered the virus-like particles in Bryozoa

Although viruses have never been reported inside symbiotic bacteria in bryozoans, scientists suggest that this 'matryoshka doll' may have a ...

Bacteria can tell the time

Credit: Professor Ákos Kovács, Technical University of Denmark Humans have them, so do other animals and plants. Now research reveals ...

How ‘Iron Man’ bacteria could help protect the environment

MSU researchers show how microbes stand up to a toxic metal, opening the door for applications in recycling and remediationCredit: ...

Possible explanation for more efficient maize growth

Biology: Publication in The Plant CellCredit: HHU / Margaret Bezrutczyk Maize has a significantly higher productivity rate compared with many ...

Tasmanian tiger pups found to be extraordinary similar to wolf pups

Tasmanian tigers start to look like dogs in the pouchCredit: The Pask Lab Micro-CT scanning and digital reconstructions have been ...

Nanocrystals that eradicate bacteria biofilm

Credit: POSTECH The COVID-19 pandemic is raising fears of new pathogens such as new viruses or drug-resistant bacteria. To this, ...

Scientists paint multi-color atlas of the brain

A novel technique developed by Columbia researchers known as NeuroPAL helps tease out the dynamics of neural networks in the ...

Which came first, sleep or the brain?

Researchers find that, despite lacking a brain, Hydra exhibit characteristics at a molecular and genetic level associated with sleep in ...

Bats with white-nose syndrome prefer suboptimal habitats despite the consequences

Credit: Joseph Hoyt of Virginia Tech Since 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome has caused sharp declines in bat ...

High-speed atomic force microscopy visualizes cell protein factories

Credit: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences Ribosomes are the complexes of ribonucleoproteins at the heart of protein synthesis ...

New discovery sheds light on the mysterious family life of notorious sabre-toothed tiger

Like many of today's millennials, adolescent Sabre-Toothed Cats stayed with family longer than expectedCredit: Illustration by Danielle Dufault © Royal ...

COVID-19 likely lingered longer than reported in Wuhan

Credit: Duan S, et al. (2021) (CC-BY 2.0) Wuhan City in China was the first place to report COVID-19 in ...

Keeping sperm cells on track

Credit: Gadadhar et al. / Science 2021 One essential component of each eukaryotic cell is the cytoskeleton. Microtubules, tiny tubes ...

Study reveals structure of protein and permits search for drugs against neglected diseases

Discovery by Brazilian scientists paves the way for the study of more potent molecules capable of directly destroying parasites underlying ...

Unusual sex chromosomes of platypus, emu and duck

Three papers unveil the extraordinary diversity of animal sex chromosomesCredit: © Doug Gimesy Sex chromosomes are presumed to originate from ...

Native biodiversity collapse in the Eastern Mediterranean

Most native species are going locally extinct, while introduced tropical species thriveCredit: © Paolo Albano The coastline of Israel is ...

Alternative cancer cell fuel source targeted as therapeutic approach for breast cancer

New small molecule inhibitor impairs cancer growth in preclinical models by depriving malignant cells of a critical nutrient sourceCredit: The ...

Selfish elements turn embryos into a battlefield

Credit: Photo credit: Pinelopi Pliota/IMBA "Nature red in tooth and claw" - The battle to survive is fought down to ...

Scientists developing new solutions for honeybee colony collapse