Tag: Biology

Fossil records depict devastating effect of humans on birds in the BahamasCredit: (Kamella Boullé/Macaulay Library) Though some believe prehistoric humans ...

Evolution in action: New Plant species in the Swiss Alps

Credit: UZH, Rie Shimizu-Inatsugi A new plant species named Cardamine insueta appeared in the region of Urnerboden in the Swiss ...

Salk physician-scientist Edward Stites receives NIH Director’s New Innovator Award

Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(October 6, 2020) Salk Institute Assistant Professor Edward Stites has been named an NIH Director's New ...

Igniting the synthetic transport of amino acids in living cells

Credit: Gemma Aragay/ICIQ The transport of amino acids and other molecules across the cell's membrane plays a crucial role in ...

Battling with neighbors could make animals smarter

Credit: Andy Radford ; Michalis Mantelos From ants to primates, 'Napoleonic' intelligence has evolved to help animals contend with the ...

Supercharged clones spark scarlet fevers re-emergence

Credit: The University of Queensland A University of Queensland-led team of international researchers says supercharged "clones" of the bacteria Streptococcus ...

Novel testing platform designed for breast cancer cells

Credit: Purdue University/Hyowon Lee WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue University team has developed a novel testing platform to evaluate ...

Grant to help researchers prevent apple fire blight in U.S.

Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture has ...

Seeking ancient rainforests through modern mammal diets

First study to compare dietary signatures of African and South American mammals in quest to reconstruct ancient ecosystems finds need ...

Corn farmers can apply a fungicide just once to protect against foliar diseases

Credit: APS Foliar diseases, such as gray leaf spot, northern corn leaf blight, and southern rust, were estimated to cause ...

Researchers identify process for regenerating neurons in the eye and brain

Credit: Matt Cashore/University of Notre Dame. The death of neurons, whether in the brain or the eye, can result in ...

Fly larvae extract will replace antibiotics in fighting plant pathogens

Credit: Natalia Arefieva/MIPT Press Office Biotechnologists from MIPT have developed a method for extracting the active constituents from the fat ...

Carbon storage from the lab

Credit: Photo: Melanie Heck Peatlands with their huge diversity of peat moss species store about 30 percent of the earth's ...

A RUDN University biologist described how a harmless bacterium turns into a phytopathogen

Credit: RUDN University A researcher from RUDN University suggested that Xanthomonas bacteria that are harmful to plants might have developed ...

Amphiphilic AIE-active sensor: Breaking the bottleneck of AIE bioimaging

Credit: @Science China Press Aggregation-induced emission (AIE) sensors bestow distinct advantages on bioimaging, especially in lighting up organelles with targeting ...

Hunger encourages risk-taking

Meta-analysis by research team from the universities of Bielefeld and Jena shows that in animals, difficult living conditions increase risk-taking ...

Efficient pollen identification

Interdisciplinary team of researchers combines image-based particle analysis with artificial intelligenceCredit: Susanne Dunker From pollen forecasting, honey analysis and climate-related ...

80-year-old antibiotic redesigned for new medical uses

Synthetic strategy to enhance natural chemistryCredit: Image by Hiroaki Itoh, first published in Nature Communications, CC-BY. Physicians and scientists have ...

NIH intramural researcher Dr. Harvey Alter wins 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

Credit: NIH National Institutes of Health intramural researcher Harvey J. Alter, M.D., has won the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology ...

Potential drug treatment for particular type of lung-cancer