Tag: Biology

Credit: WEHI, Australia WEHI researchers have used powerful 'single cell multi-omics' technologies to discover a previously unknown ancestor of T ...

AI methods of analyzing social networks find new cell types in tissue

Credit: Gabriele Partel In situ sequencing enables gene activity inside body tissues to be depicted in microscope images. To facilitate ...

Old methods prove true for studying proteins

Sludge-powered bacteria generate more electricity, faster

Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2020 presented in life sciences for the first time

Roberto Bonasio is awarded the Max Planck Humboldt-Research Award 2020, Luciano Marraffini receives the Max Planck-Humboldt MedalCredit: Daniel Burke Molecular ...

ARPHA and Pensoft launch one-stop preprint & journal submission in selected journals

Authors in participating ARPHA-hosted journals can now post their manuscripts on ARPHA Preprints upon submission in a clickCredit: Pensoft and ...

Odors as navigational cues for pigeons

Volatile organic compounds identified that can be used for olfactory navigation by homing pigeonsCredit: MPI of Animal Behavior Odors are ...

Advancing wildlife genomics through the development of molecular methods

Credit: David Clode A team of scientists from the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW), the Australian Museum ...

What lies between grey and white in the brain

Making the superficial white matter visible in the living human brainCredit: MPI CBS Traditionally, neuroscience regards the brain as being ...

The right cells in the right spot

Neurons in a visual brain area of zebrafish are arranged as a map for catching preyCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / ...

Two Nobel Prize wins for Max Planck Society

Emmanuelle Charpentier honoured with the 2020 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Reinhard Genzel wins Nobel Prize in PhysicsCredit: MPG This year, ...

Early-arriving endangered Chinook salmon take the brunt of sea lion predation

Credit: LE Baskow The Columbia River is home to one of the West Coast's most important Chinook salmon runs. Through ...

Mystery over decline in sea turtle sightings

Credit: Rod Penrose, MEM The number of sea turtles spotted along the coasts of the UK and Ireland has declined ...

Losing flight had huge benefits for ants, finds new study

Credit: Philip Gronski Ants are one of the most successful groups of animals on the planet, occupying anywhere from temperate ...

Echo from the past makes rice paddies a good home for wetland plants

October 17, 2020

Geography before human land use impacts how well plant species are retainedCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from ...

Those funky cheese smells allow microbes to ‘talk’ to and feed each other

Researchers discover that bacteria that ripen cheese respond to the volatile gases produced by cheese fungiCredit: Adam Detour MEDFORD/SOMERVILLE, Mass. ...

Arctic Ocean sediments reveal permafrost thawing during past climate warming

Credit: Björn Eriksson Sea floor sediments of the Arctic Ocean can help scientists understand how permafrost responds to climate warming. ...

Long-term data show a recent acceleration in chemical and physical changes in the ocean

Two open-ocean hydrographic stations record 40 years of change in the subtropical North Atlantic OceanCredit: Ella Cedarhold, Bermuda Institute of ...

Novel mechanical mechanism of metastatic cancer cells in substrates of different stiffness revealed

Credit: HKUST During metastasis, cancer cells actively interact with microenvironments of new tissues. How metastatic cancer cells respond to new ...

Plant genetic engineering to fight ‘hidden hunger’