The future of biofuels in the dark
Fellowship funds experiments in growing algae without sunlightCredit: Elizabeth Hann/UCR Algae could compete with petroleum as the fuel of the ...
Tag: Biology
Florida State-led team offers new rules for algae species classification
Credit: Photo by Sophie McCoy. FSU Assistant Professor of Biological Science Sophie McCoy and her team are proposing formal definitions ...
Human activities promote disease-spreading mosquitoes; more study needed for prevention
Credit: Courtesy Dr. Brianna Beechler, Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Disease-spreading mosquitoes may be more likely to occupy areas ...
How do giraffes and elephants alter the African Savanna landscape?
Credit: Duncan Kimuyu As they roam around the African savanna in search for food, giraffes and elephants alter the diversity ...
Wistar appoints Ami Patel as Caspar Wistar Fellow
Caspar Wistar Fellowship launches the careers of up-and-coming biomedical researchers as top scientific leaders.Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Sept. ...
Immune system affects mind and body, study indicates
Immune cells produce molecule that influences vigilance, alertness in miceCredit: Kalil Alves de Lima and Mackenzie Lemieux New research at ...
Animals’ magnetic ‘sixth’ sense may come from bacteria, new paper suggests
The question is one that has been unresolved despite 50 years of researchCredit: Photo credit: Gustavo Stahelin/University of Central Florida ...
New method to design diamond lattices and other crystals from microscopic building blocks
Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University An impressive array of architectural forms can be produced from the popular ...
Dams exacerbate the consequences of climate change on river fish
Credit: Manuel Portero / CC BY-SA (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) A potential response of river fish to environmental changes is to colonize new ...
Project Phoenix: DNA unlocks a new understanding of coral
Credit: Tom Bridge. Scientists have developed a new genetic tool that can help them better understand and ultimately work to ...
DNA damage caused by migrating light energy
UV radiation modifies DNA also far away from the entry point of light - publication in Angewandte ChemieCredit: (Photo: Arthur ...
Wildlife trade threats: The importance of genetic data in saving an endangered species
Credit: Asian Turtle Program In Southeast Asia, wildlife trade is running rampant, and Vietnam plays a key role in combating ...
Embryos taking shape via buckling
UNIGE scientists have demonstrated that cellular tissues are deformed by buckling (or bending under the action of compression), a phenomenon ...
Touch-and-know: Brain activity during tactile stimuli reveals hand preferences in people
Scientists distinguish between the brain activities of right-handers and left-handers by noninvasively monitoring asymmetric brain responses to passive touch stimulationsCredit: ...
NIH augments large scale study of Alzheimer’s disease biomarkers
HABLE study prioritizes brain imaging and biomarker research among Mexican AmericansCredit: NIH/NIA To meet the pressing need to better understand ...
Hitchhiking seeds pose substantial risk of nonnative plant invasions
Credit: Rima Lucardi, USFS Seeds that float in the air can hitchhike in unusual places - like the air-intake grille ...
Study examines how civil wars affect wildlife populations
Credit: Franciany Braga-Pereira A new study comprehensively reveals how civil wars impact wildlife in countries affected by conflict. Researchers at ...
Scientists find an enzyme that facilitates grafting between different family species
Scientists found that the tobacco plant Nicotiana can maintain grafts between a broad range of species. Using Nicotiana as an ...
Trout don’t follow the weather forecast
Spring storms don't serve as a trigger for steelhead migration, UC study findsCredit: Joseph Fuqua II/UC Creative An endangered fish ...
Brazilians start to unravel the mystery of North American insect bioluminescent systems
Researchers isolated molecules present in the larvae of a blue light-emitting fungus gnat that inhabits the Appalachians; the study will ...
