Tag: Biology

Credit: Utrecht University, IRB Barcelona. One of the most important and puzzling events in the evolution of life has been ...

Estimating risk of airborne COVID-19 with mask usage, social distancing

The Contagion Airborne Transmission inequality model illustrates correlation between physical distancing and protection, the efficacy of face masks and the ...

Hidden losses deep in the Amazon rainforest

Credit: Vitek Jirinec, LSU Few places on Earth are as rich in biodiversity and removed from human influence as the ...

CRISPR screen identifies genes, drug targets to protect against SARS-CoV-2 infection

Credit: Sanjana Lab of New York Genome Center/New York University NEW YORK, NY (October 26, 2020) - To identify new ...

Discovery adds new species to Rice lab’s ghoulish insect menagerie

Rice, UNAM team's four new wasp species are the 'tip of the iceberg'Credit: Photo by Scott Egan/Rice University HOUSTON - ...

Shifts in flowering phases of plants due to reduced insect density

Research group of Jena University and iDiv uses novel research method to study effect of insect decline on plant biodiversityCredit: ...

Land management in forest and grasslands: How much can we intensify?

A first assessment of the effects of land management on the links between biodiversity, ecosystem functions and ecosystem servicesCredit: Pete ...

Super-resolution microscopy and machine learning shed new light on fossil pollen grains

Credit: Anna Barnes Plant biology researchers at the University of Illinois and computer scientists at the University of California Irvine ...

Scientists establish NanDeSyn Database to support international cooperation on industrial microalgae

Credit: QIBEBT Industrial oil-producing microalgae can use light energy to convert carbon dioxide and water into oils on a large ...

Destroying cancer cells with non-surgical ultrasound treatment

Demonstrated the mechanism behind the secondary generation of cavitation clouds that mechanically fractionates surrounding tissue in focused ultrasound treatment. Laid ...

Robots help to answer age-old question of why fish school

Credit: Dr Liang Li, Max Planck Institute of Animal Behavior (MPI-AB) A fish school is a striking demonstration of synchronicity. ...

Research provides a new understanding of how a model insect species sees color

Credit: Camilla Sharkey Through an effort to characterize the color receptors in the eyes of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, ...

Cause of Alzheimer’s disease traced to mutation in common enzyme

October 24, 2020

Mutation to MARK4 makes proteins stickier and more likely to clump in brainCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers ...

Elkhorn coral actively fighting off diseases on reef, study finds

Findings showed coral has core immune response regardless of disease typeCredit: Photo: Margaret Miller, SECORE International MIAMI--As the world enters ...

Fipronil, a common insecticide, disrupts aquatic communities in the U.S.

Credit: Photo courtesy of Janet Miller The presence of insecticides in streams is increasingly a global concern, yet information on ...

Discovery of pH-dependent ‘switch’ in interaction between pair of protein molecules

Credit: FENG Yingang All biological processes are in some way pH-dependent. Our human bodies, and those of other organisms, need ...

SPOTlight supercharges cell studies

Rice, Baylor College of Medicine platform expands cell sorting via fluorescent tagsCredit: Illustration by Jihwan Lee/Rice University HOUSTON - (Oct. ...

Fish exposed to even small amounts of estrogen produce fewer males

UC biologist is studying water quality downstream of sewage treatment plantsCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Water tainted with even a small ...

Oregon researchers reveal why heat stress damages sperm

Project using roundworms uncovers a mechanism that leads to male infertility caused by high temperaturesCredit: Image by Nicole Kurhanewicz EUGENE, ...

Molecular processes in kidney cells may ‘prime’ diabetics for COVID-19 infection