Tag: Biology

Credit: Photo courtesy WSDA PULLMAN, Wash. - Researchers at Washington State University have predicted how and where the Asian giant hornet, ...

Don’t sleep on the hypnotic potential of thalidomide

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that the hypnotic and teratogenic effects of thalidomide are separableCredit: University of Tsukuba ...

Let them eat rocks

$4.2 million grant to uncover mysteries of deep earth-dwelling microbesCredit: (Danny Newman and Mia Maltz/UCR) UC Riverside is leading an ...

Startup focused on genomics data joins national health care accelerator

Credit: Karyosoft/Rajesh Perianayagam WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A Purdue Foundry-affiliated company with a growing reputation as a search engine for ...

Inside the secret lives of synchronous fireflies

Credit: Peleg Lab During typical summers in the southeastern U.S., streams of visitors travel to Great Smoky Mountains National Park ...

Silk offers homemade solution for COVID-19 prevention

Biology study finds silk offers more protection than cotton or syntheticsCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative With personal protective equipment still ...

NIST scientists get soft on 3D printing

New method could jump-start creation of tiny medical devices for the bodyCredit: A. Strelcov/NIST Researchers at the National Institute of ...

UB biophysicist to explore molecular mysteries of protein-RNA droplets

The research -- supported by $2 million in NIH funding -- will investigate biophysical processes that impact the function of human ...

Exercise hormone may modulate genes associated with replication of novel coronavirus

Brazilian researchers observed that in uninfected adipocytes, the hormone irisin altered the expression of genes that regulate ACE-2, which encodes ...

Scientists identify new species of crystal-encrusted truffle, thanks to bonobos

Credit: Alexander Georgiev GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Mushroom-munching bonobos in the Democratic Republic of the Congo have introduced scientists to a ...

Entomologists from SPbU discover a rare species of tropical Heteroptera with long antennae

It was named Tatupa grafei and classified as belonging to plant bugs (Miridae)Credit: SPbU The Heteroptera are a large group ...

Mining molecular data with cryo-EM unveils hidden biological secrets

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at ASU The field of structural biology has made enormous strides, peering into the activities of ...

Divide and enlarge

Credit: Illustration: Robert Grosse/Ulrike Endesfelder By far the most important process in cell development is how cells divide and then ...

Evaporation critical to coronavirus transmission as weather changes

Impact of evaporation on virus survival, concentration, transmissionCredit: Talib Dbouk and Dimitris Drikakis WASHINGTON, September 22, 2020 -- As COVID-19 ...

New theory predicts movement of different animals using sensing to search

Applications could include sensing in robotics and autonomous vehiclesCredit: Charles J. Sharp EVANSTON, Ill. --- All animals great and small ...

New book on addiction from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

Credit: Image generated by Alexander C.W. Smith, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. Cold Spring Harbor, NY. Cold Spring ...

Inducing plasma in biomass could make biogas easier to produce

With the help of microwave pulses, plasma induced into polymer solutions helps break down thick material, lowering the viscosity and ...

Warming ocean, old-forest loss put a squeeze on an elusive seabird

Credit: Photo courtesy OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Squeezed by changing ocean conditions that limit their food options ...

Just add water: Biodiversity resurgence in effluent-fed desert riverbeds

Dragonflies, mayflies and caddisflies may be small, but their appearance could signal a big comeback for the beleaguered rivers of ...

The co-occurrence of cancer driver genes, key to precision medicine