Tag: Biology

Sediment DNA tracks 300,000 years of hominin and animal presence at Denisova CaveCredit: Richard G. Roberts Denisova Cave is located ...

Quantum birds

International team of researchers shed light on the mechanism of magnetic sensing in birdsCredit: Corinna Langebrake and Ilia Solov'yov Humans ...

The origins of farming insects

Ambrosia fungi cultivated by beetles for more than 100 million yearsCredit: Bjarte Jordal, University of Bergen (Norway) A beetle bores ...

Bird migration takes plants in wrong direction to cope with climate change

Credit: David Chapman Migratory birds carry most seeds in the wrong direction to help plants cope with climate change, new ...

Martin Borch Jensen to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021

Martin Borch Jensen to present new research in the biology of aging at the world's largest aging research for drug ...

Virginia Tech scientist awarded NIH grant to study CASK-related severe brain disorder

Scientists at the Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC explore dark side of common geneCredit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech For children ...

Songbirds and humans share some common speech patterns

For both songbirds and humans, the longer the phrase the shorter the soundsCredit: Raina Fan. If you listen to songbirds, ...

Health care leaders call for national focus on preventing hospital-acquired pneumonia

UMass Amherst researcher among task force leaders pushing for changeCredit: UMass Amherst A group of health care leaders, including a ...

Flash mob in the nucleus

Study clarifies why some proteins 'flock together' in the nucleusCredit: © AG Gruss / University of Bonn Almost all cells ...

Some seafloor microbes can take the heat: And here’s what they eat

Credit: Teske et al, Front. Microbiol., 2021. Based on a template courtesy of C. Mortera, UNAM. WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- ...

Antelope’s fate shrouded by social, political forces

The story of South Africa's oribi mirrors conservation issues for other iconic speciesCredit: Keenan Stears If only it were as ...

Ready, set, go – how stem cells synchronise to repair the spinal cord in axolotls

Credit: L. Otsuki/IMP The spinal cord is an important component of our central nervous system: it connects the brain with ...

YCharOS forms key industry advisory committee and releases first open data

Leading antibody reagent and knockout cell line manufacturers team up to address life science reproducibility crisisCredit: YCharos YCharOS Inc., an ...

Did the ancient Maya have parks?

First-of-its-kind DNA analysis finds trees and wild vegetation grew around reservoirs in TikalCredit: David Lentz The ancient Maya city of ...

Boost for mouse genetic analysis

96% of mouse genome accessible to high-resolution single-cell analysis -- MADM technology expanded in new resource published in Cell ReportsCredit: ...

Mushroom growing out of fossilized ant reveals new genus and species of fungal parasite

Credit: George Poinar Jr., OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - Oregon State University research has identified the oldest known specimen of a ...

Illuminating the mechanism behind how plants regulate starch synthesis

Credit: Modified Fig. 9 of Fukayama et al. Plant, Cell & Environment (2021) In a world-first, a Kobe University research ...

A warming climate and intensifying land use increase mercury content in fish

Credit: Kimmo Kahilainen Recent studies show that, in the future, the mercury concentration of fish in Finnish Lapland can shift ...

Poaching affects behavior of endangered capuchin monkeys in Brazilian biological reserve

June 21, 2021

Contradicting theories of primatologists, a study led by Brazilian scientists shows that in a habitat with high hunting pressure, the ...

How do developing spinal cords choose ‘heads’ or ‘tails’?