Proteins enable crop-infecting fungi to ‘smell’ food
Humans use same proteins to smell, taste, and seeCredit: Vincent Wu/JGI New research shows the same proteins that enable human ...
Tag: Biology
Recovery of an endangered Caribbean coral from parrotfish predation
Coral tissue loss was driven by a few exceptionally large predation scars, but 87% of scars were small and likely ...
Emerging from the fog: Little understood post-stroke cognitive issues are verified
Credit: Marsh et al. After Julia had a minor stroke, she was thankful for receiving rapid treatment and recovering well. ...
West Nile virus infection risk is higher in less affluent neighborhoods in Baltimore, MD
Study finds abundance of infected mosquitos varies with neighborhood incomeCredit: Photo by Edwin Remsberg In Baltimore, Maryland, people living in ...
Study shows endothelial cell targeting could help fight Covid-19 symptoms
Credit: Stony Brook University The News in Brief: SARS-CoV-2 likely activates endothelial cell responses in patients which contributes to serious ...
Explained: Political polarization
Economic inequality can cause it; Reversing it is difficultCredit: University of Houston Political polarization - the ever-present and growing division ...
Powerhouse plants that bolster the food web
Researchers identify key native plants that stabilize feeding relationships essential for our planet's healthCredit: University of Delaware University of Delaware ...
Clemson researcher studying how new parasitic worm affects spiny lobster population
Credit: Clemson University College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - A Clemson University researcher is studying how a new parasitic ...
More frequent and extreme marine heatwaves likely to threaten starfish
Credit: Credit Sarah Rühmkorff Common starfish cannot survive amplified marine heatwaves projected at the end of the century and experience ...
Chemists from RUDN University synthesized chitin-based antibiotics
Credit: RUDN University ?hemists from RUDN University discovered previously unknown derivatives of chitin, a biopolymer that forms the exoskeletons of ...
What makes peppers blush
BiologyCredit: RUB, Marquard Visually, this transformation is clearly visible in the colour change from green to orange or red. The ...
Chronic stress? Zebrafish to the rescue
Biologists stress fish to manage anxietyCredit: Natalia Arefieva/MIPT Press Office A team of researchers led by MIPT's Allan Kalueff has ...
Chemists from RUDN University used crab shells to improve palladium catalysts
Credit: RUDN University Chemists from RUDN University synthesized soluble biopolymers based on chitin from crab shells. Together with palladium, they ...
Muscle cell secrets
Credit: C. Birchmeier Lab, MDC A muscle fiber consists of just one cell, but many nuclei. A team at the ...
Male weeds may hold key to their own demise
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Scientists are getting closer to finding the genes for maleness ...
Carolina Sandhills Salamander: New species added to species-rich North Carolina
Credit: Todd Pusser Already possessing more salamander species than any other state in the country with 63, North Carolina has ...
Sea star listed as critically endangered following research by Oregon State University
Credit: Janna Nichols CORVALLIS, Ore. - The iconic sunflower sea star has been listed as critically endangered by the International ...
Using water fleas, UTA researchers investigate adaptive evolution
Through preserved eggs, UTA team studies how species respond to invasive predatorCredit: Matthew Walsh, UTA associate professor of biology. Researchers ...
Fan mussel larval dispersal for the future of an endangered species
Science to protect an emblematic species in the MediterraneanCredit: Diego Kersting (UB-IRBio) Fan mussel populations -the biggest bivalve mussel in ...
The secret behind male ornaments
Credit: Georg Schneider / Uni Würzburg The tail feathers of the peacock, the enormous horn of male rhinoceros beetles, the ...
