Tag: Biology

November 9, 2020

Credit: Martina Butorac/Chalmers University of Technology At high concentrations, reactive oxygen species - known as oxidants - are harmful to ...

WEHI joins forces with World Health Organisation to combat anaemia

November 9, 2020

Credit: WEHI, Australia The World Health Organisation (WHO) has designated Australian medical research institute WEHI as the WHO Collaborating Centre ...

Migration and molt affect how birds change their colors

Credit: Eric Liffmann In late summer and autumn, millions of birds fly above our heads, often at night, winging their ...

How cell processes round up and dump damaged proteins

UMass Amherst research chemists discover cells' unexpected clean-up techniquesCredit: UMass Amherst/Strieter lab AMHERST, Mass. - In a new paper with ...

UM research essential to global arctic animal migration archive

Credit: Photo credit to Karsten Heuer MISSOULA - Warmer winters, earlier springs, shrinking ice and increased human development - the ...

Cockroach mating habits and developmental features help uncover insect evolution

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that a "lost" family of cockroaches may be the missing link in the ...

On the hunt for wild bananas in Papua New Guinea

Scientists are racing to collect and conserve wild banana species; a recent expedition to the epicenter of banana diversity shows ...

Atrophy can be combated by boosting expression of an enzyme produced in muscles

Study showed that targeted stimulation of PKA production promoted muscle growth and enhanced resistance to fatigueCredit: Dawit Gonçalves/FMRP-USP Researchers at ...

phyloFlash: New software for fast and easy analysis of environmental microbes

Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen are developing a user-friendly method to reconstruct and analyze ...

When malaria parasites trick liver cells to let themselves in

New study shows how Plasmodium enters hepatocytesCredit: Andreia Pinto, Comparative Pathology Unit iMM. A new study led by Maria Manuel ...

Shifts in water temperatures affect eating habits of larval tuna at critical life stage

Credit: Cedric Guigand NEWPORT, Ore. - Small shifts in ocean temperature can have significant effects on the eating habits of ...

Communication processes between plant cells

New ERC Synergy Grant to be coordinated at University of Duesseldorf, GermanyCredit: Humboldt-Stiftung/Elbmotion Together with Prof. Dr. Waltraud Schulze at ...

The interactions between predictive brains, cultural artefacts, and embodied visual search

The project asks in what ways the worlds we build and inhabit alter our own minds and the ways we ...

Host genetic factors shape composition of virus communities

Credit: Mikko Immonen Plants can be infected by multiple viruses at once. However, the composition of the pathogen community varies, ...

Surprising insights into the role of autophagy in neuron

Credit: Authors: Dmytro Puchkov, Marijn Kuijpers It appears that autophagy protects our neurons in the brain, but evidently for entirely ...

New genus of chimaerid fish classified with help from Kazan University expert

Evgeny Popov (Senior Research Associate, Laboratory of the Stratigraphy Oil and Gas Bearing Reservoirs) partook in researching Canadodus suntoki.Credit: Royal ...

Metal pollution in British waters may be threatening scallops, study reveals

Metal pollution from historic mining appears to be weakening scallop shells and threatening marine ecosystems in an area off the ...

HKUST scientists make breakthrough discovery of new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer’s

Credit: HKUST Researchers at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have identified new therapeutic targets for Alzheimer's ...

Core value of the Chengjian fauna: evolution of animals and birth of basic human organs

Scientists explain the significance of Chengjiang fauna, exceptionally preserved fossils found in ChinaCredit: Earth Science Frontiers Much of what we ...

How does the brain process fear?