Pattern in whale songs predicts migration
Credit: Jeremy Goldbogen The blue whale is the largest animal on Earth. It's also among the loudest. "Sound is a ...
Tag: Biology
Scientists repeat century-old study to reveal evidence of evolutionary rescue in the wild
Credit: Katharine Clayton, University of Plymouth A tiny flatworm found commonly on the coasts of western Europe and North America ...
Zika infections drastically underreported during 2015 epidemic
Credit: University of Notre Dame More than 100 million infections of Zika virus within Central and South America and the ...
Repurposed anti-malarial compounds kill diarrheal parasite, study finds
Credit: Image courtesy of Sumiti Vinayak CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A class of compounds used for malaria treatment also kill the ...
Carb-eating bacteria under viral threat
Scientists characterize previously unknown gut reactionsCredit: (Purdue University and Seyet LLC) Strictly speaking, humans cannot digest complex carbohydrates -- that's ...
Tumor progression depends on the tumor microenvironment
Credit: Department of Biochemistry,TMDU Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) and Niigata University identify a novel mechanism by ...
Scientists map genes controlling immune system ‘brakes’
The findings help point toward drug targets for new immune therapies to treat cancer and autoimmune diseaseCredit: Gladstone Institutes SAN ...
Why drugs sometimes cause receptor potentiation rather than inhibition
Credit: RUB, Marquard Professor Andreas Reiner and Stefan Pollok from the junior research group Cellular Neurobiology at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) ...
Alien species to increase by 36% worldwide by 2050
Credit: Professor Tim Blackburn, UCL The number of alien (non-native) species, particularly insects, arthropods and birds, is expected to increase ...
Can organic plant protection products damage crops?
Researchers at Göttingen University discover new disease affecting maizeCredit: A Pfordt, University of Göttingen Protecting crops against pests and diseases ...
Hand pollination, not agrochemicals, increases cocoa yield and farmer income
Agroecologists from Göttingen University compare pesticides, fertilizers, manual pollination and farming costs in IndonesiaCredit: M Toledo, University of Göttingen Cocoa ...
Planktonic sea snails and slugs may be more adaptable to ocean acidification than expected
An evolutionary study finds that pteropods, or "wing-footed" sea snails and slugs, have faced acidified oceans in the past - ...
Finding a cure for multiple sclerosis
Biomedical scientist Seema Tiwari-Woodruff has received funding to identify compounds that can repair damaged axonsCredit: Tiwari-Woodruff lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, ...
New mechanism of cell survival in chronic lymphocytic leukemia
Role of STING signaling in normal B cell differentiation suggests that reduced STING expression and activation promotes malignant cell survival ...
Cancer cells use nerve-cell tricks to spread from one organ to the next
Credit: Laboratory Of Systems Cancer Biology at The Rockefeller University Tumors come in many shapes and forms--curable or deadly, solid ...
Coral’s resilience to warming may depend on iron
Limited access to iron at high temperatures impairs growth and function of microalgae that live within coral cellsCredit: Penn State ...
Insights from the largest conference on aging research and drug discovery revealed
The 4-day, 7th Aging Research, and Drug Discovery on-site and online conference organized by the University of Copenhagen, Columbia University, ...
New global research network to explore wonders of bats
Credit: Jon Flanders STONY BROOK, NY, September 30, 2020 - Bats are nature's solution to control insect pests like mosquitos ...
Ocean warming and acidification effects on calcareous phytoplankton communities
Credit: ICTA-UAB A new study led by researchers from the Institute of Environmental Science and Technology of the Universitat Autònoma ...
Zebrafish embryos help prove what happens to nanoparticles in the blood
Credit: Yuya Hayashi. Adapted from Mohammad-Beigi et al. (2020) ACS Nano. Copyright 2020 American Chemical Society A variety of nanoparticles ...
