Leaf-cutter bees as plastic recyclers? Not a good idea, say scientists
In observational paper, team of scientists report evidence of bees in the genus Megachile using plastic in nest constructionCredit: USU ...
Tag: Biology
Europe took centre-stage in global spread of the coronavirus, says new research
A collaboration between genome researchers at the University of Huddersfield and Portugal's University of Minho, has led to one of ...
Invisible fungi revealed by their genetic material
Credit: Veera Tuovinen How can new life forms that we cannot see be discovered? Using a novel method based on ...
From nitrate crisis to phosphate crisis?
International research team including Göttingen University call for a Europe-wide phosphate directiveCredit: Dr Jerry van Dijk The aim of the ...
Transparent soil-like substances provide window on soil ecology
Transparent soil substitutes can be used to study the interactions of bacteria and fungi in the soil, which may enable ...
Expensive gene therapies raise challenges and opportunities: Expert panel report
New CCA expert panel reportCredit: Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) Gene therapies are being approved for use in Canada, but ...
A new mathematical front to understand species coexistence
Researchers propose new model for host colonization by different microbial species, providing fundamental advances for the understanding of biodiversityCredit: Erida ...
Exploring the role of gut microbiota in pediatric celiac disease
Mathers Foundation grant will support work of Boston College biologist Emrah AltindisCredit: Peter Julian, Boston College Chestnut Hill, Mass. (11/3/2020) ...
Tracking flight trajectory of evaporating cough droplets
Dispersion of large, medium, small airborne cough droplets in various outdoor conditionsCredit: A*STAR Institute of High Performance Computing WASHINGTON, November ...
What’s for dinner? Dolphin diet study
Ecology of NZ Hauraki Gulf shows signs of strainCredit: Cetacean Ecology Research Group (CERG), Massey University More evidence has emerged ...
New Danish AI tool provides much-needed help to protein scientists across the world
Credit: Shunliang Wu Using artificial intelligence, UCPH researchers have solved a problem that until now has been the stumbling block ...
Ants swallow their own acid to protect themselves from germs
Credit: Simon Tragust Ants use their own acid to disinfect themselves and their stomachs. A team from Martin Luther University ...
The Charlesworth Group strengthens Hindawi partnership in China
Leading open access publisher Hindawi has extended their partnership with The Charlesworth Group to include digital author marketing in China.Credit: ...
Biologists shed light on mystery of how microbes evolve and affect hosts
Credit: Bill Cole TORONTO, ON - The era of COVID-19 and the need to constantly wash one's hands and sanitize ...
Two centuries of Monarch butterflies show evolution of wing length
Credit: Micah Freedman, UC Davis North America's beloved Monarch butterflies are known for their annual, multi-generation migrations in which individual ...
Short-term moisture removal can eliminate downy mildew of spinach
Credit: Braham Dhillon Downy mildew is the biggest threat to spinach production around the world. While the pathogen has a ...
Lizard skull fossil is new and ‘perplexing’ extinct species
Credit: Simon Scarpetta In 2017, while browsing the fossil collections of Yale's Peabody Museum of Natural History, University of Texas ...
Genomic data ‘catches corals in the act’ of speciation and adaptation
Credit: Forsman, et al. (2020) A new study led by the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa's Hawai'i Institute of Marine ...
Microfluidics helps MTU engineers watch viral infection in real time
Credit: Phil Mcleod/Michigan Tech Get your popcorn. Engineers and virologists have a new way to watch viral infection go down. ...
New insight into how brain neurons influence choices
Effort could aid study of addiction, eating disorders, other neuropsychiatric conditions that involve faulty decision-makingCredit: Mike Worful When you are ...
