Tag: Biology

Credit: Lutjanus viridis photographed by R. Betancur, Mosquera & Seymour, Galapagos, 10 Feb. 2017. The stickleback is a well-studied system ...

Fishing alters fish behaviour and features in exploited ecosystems

Results ratify the importance of marine reservoirsCredit: Olga Reñones Not all specimens of the same species are the same: there ...

Ensuring a proper body plan

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba have shown that the enzyme lysine demethylase 7a helps ensure the ordered axial development ...

Root bacteria could help defeat fatal citrus disease

$10 million project hunts underground for keys to trees' healthCredit: Nichole Ginnan/UCR A UC Riverside-led team is looking at tiny ...

The DNA regions in our brain that contribute to make us human

Credit: Source: Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay https://pixabay.com/illustrations/artificial-intelligence-brain-think-4389372/ With only 1% difference, the human and chimpanzee protein-coding genomes are ...

Modulating cells’ chloride channels

Credit: dgist Laboratory cell experiments and computer simulations have revealed molecular mechanisms regulating a protein channel responsible for transporting chloride ...

New salmonella proteins discovered

Credit: Image: Sandy Westermann / SCIGRAPHIX Salmonella are bacteria that can cause food poisoning with severe diarrhoea. If they penetrate ...

Scientists publish the first human psychological aging clock using artificial intelligence

Scientists at Deep Longevity published the first set of psychomarkers of aging developed using deep learning to track the changes ...

Plant diversity in Germany on the decline

Most comprehensive evaluation of the occurrence of vascular plants in Germany to dateCredit: Sebastian Lakner In an area covering the ...

Babbler bird falls into climate change trap

Credit: Niall Stopford Animals can fall into an "ecological trap" by altering their behaviour in the "wrong direction" in response ...

In pandemic, people are turning to nature – especially women

Study is among first to explore COVID-19's impacts on how people value natureOne of the first studies of its kind ...

Tepary beans — a versatile and sustainable native crop

Credit: Tomilee Turner Agriculture accounts for more than a third of water use in the United States. In drier parts ...

Immune cell that drives breast cancer could be effective target in novel immunotherapies

Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Breast cancer is the most common cancer in women worldwide, but many immunotherapies have had ...

Primitive fish fossils reveal developmental origins of teeth

High-resolution X-ray imaging of primitive bony fish fossils reveal the developmental and evolutionary relationship between teeth and dermal odontodesCredit: Chen ...

Biologists clarify how three species of cephalopods coexist in the Arctic

A paper appeared in Scientific Reports.Credit: Olga Zimina Co-author from Kazan Federal University, Professor Rushan Sabirov explains, "In ecosystems, two ...

RNA basic building block produced biocatalytically for the first time

The Austrian researchers are the first in the world to demonstrate 'YeiN', an enzyme that is a suitable biocatalyst for ...

Undruggable diseases gain a new RNA drug-discovery tool

'Functionalized fragments' help design RNA medicines against a cancer targetCredit: Scripps Research JUPITER, Fla. --Dec. 14, 2020--Imagine trying to throw ...

The mask matters: How masks affect airflow, protection effectiveness

A computer model deepens our understanding of airflow while wearing face masks, where particles land in the respiratory tract and ...

‘Chaotic’ way to create insectlike gaits for robots

By using small networks of Rössler systems, a locomotion controller enables a brain-machine interface for a six-legged antlike robot.Credit: Ludovico ...

Creating a ground plan for stonefly evolution