Tag: Biology

Toxic protein inhibits cell wall synthesis in rival bacteria. Discovery helps explain how pathogens cause imbalances in established microbial communities ...

Biologists create new genetic systems to neutralize gene drives

Two active genetics strategies help address concerns about gene-drive releases into the wildCredit: Ana Silva In the past decade, researchers ...

Mapping the decision-making pathways in the brain

Scientists reveal a new area of the brain that could shed light on how we make choicesCredit: OIST Every day, ...

Glyphosate residue in manure fertilizer decrease strawberry and meadow fescue growth

Credit: Viivi Saikkonen A new study finds that glyphosate residue in manure fertilizer decrease the growth of strawberry and meadow ...

How researchers look at the bird brain in action

Credit: RUB, Marquard How do birds make decisions and which brain regions are particularly active when they solve tasks? Researchers ...

Evolutionary paths: Scientists have found new patterns in protein evolution

Credit: A. V. Stolyarova, et al/ Nature Communications A group of scientists from Russia studied the trends in the evolution ...

Potential new drug to mitigate SARS-CoV-2 infection consequences

Researchers at the University of Malaga study how '4-PBA' treatment modulates the inflammatory response in severe cases of COVID-19Credit: University ...

Scientists predict economically important traits of crops

Researchers developed a new mathematical model to predict economic performance of cropsCredit: Peter the Great St. Petersburg Polytechnic University Researchers ...

New way to halt leukemia relapse shown promising in mice

Credit: Kazuhito Naka, Hiroshima University Researchers have identified a second path to defeating chronic myelogenous leukemia, which tends to affect ...

Genetic adaptation to climate change is swift in crop pests

Credit: N/A Fruit flies have the uncanny ability to wake up from a months-long hibernation right when their food of ...

‘Cellular compass’ guides stem cell division in plants

Credit: Andrew Muroyama The stem cells tasked with creating and maintaining biological tissues have a difficult job. They have to ...

Invasive shrimp-sucking parasite continues northward Pacific expansion

Credit: Amanda Bemis and Gustav Paulay/Florida Museum CALVERT ISLAND, British Columbia --- Researchers have identified an invasive blood-sucking parasite on mud shrimp in ...

Scientists to explore new frontiers in Parkinson’s disease research with $7.2M grant

Aligning science across Parkinson's initiative supports international project aiming to unravel the biology of a gene linked to Parkinson's diseaseCredit: ...

MDI Biological Laboratory receives grant to study tendon regeneration

Prayag Murawala, Ph.D., will study tendon regeneration after injury in salamandersCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE -- Modern medicine ...

New method adds and subtracts for sustainability’s true measure

Sidesteps could open gates to next virusCredit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability From loaning pandas to ...

NRL, NCATS scientists develop method to safely study COVID-19, other contagious diseases

Credit: National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences WASHINGTON -- Scientists and researchers at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and National ...

Algorithms uncover cancers’ hidden genetic losses and gains

Credit: Thomas Ried, NCI Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health Understanding the specific mutations that ...

Ecologists sound alarm on plastic pollution

Credit: CreativeCause.com.au TORONTO, ON - Ecologists studying the prevalence of plastic pollution in aquatic ecosystems around the world are concerned ...

Understanding the movement patterns of free-swimming marine snails

New research relates shell shapes and body geometries and sizes with swimming abilities and sinking behaviors, which impact vertical migration ...

Study: Europe’s old-growth forests at risk