Tag: Biology

Review highlights sex differences in health and diseaseCredit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Males and females share the ...

Taking a closer look at the genome

With a $1.82 million award, University of Miami computer scientist plans to reconstruct and analyze the super-resolution 3D structure of ...

Ammonium triggers formation of lateral roots

Credit: IPK/ Ying Liu Since every process in lateral root development, including initiation, emergence and elongation is governed by auxin, ...

MAX binding with the variant Rs72780850 in RNA helicase DDX1 for susceptibility to neuroblastoma

Credit: ©Science China Press Neuroblastoma (NB) is the most common solid tumor occurring extracranial diagnosed during childhood, and responds for ...

Galapagos guides to ‘barcode’ wildlife

Credit: Carolina Proano Galapagos tourist guides are being retrained to catalogue the islands' famous biodiversity. The COVID-19 pandemic has left ...

How plants ensure regular seed spacing

Plant research: publication in Current BiologyCredit: HHU / Nozomi Kawamoto If you open up a pea pod, you will find ...

Researchers find cuttlebone’s microstructure sits at a ‘sweet spot’

Credit: Peter Means for Virginia Tech Ling Li has a lesson in one of his mechanical engineering courses on how ...

Feeding off fusion or the immortalization of tumor cells

Credit: ©Knoblich lab/IMBA Worldwide, cancer is the second leading cause of death - in 2018 alone, it claimed approximately 9.6 ...

Heated rivalries for pollinators among arctic plants

Insect pollination is as important to Arctic plants as it is to plants further south. When flowers abound, the plants ...

Massive-scale genomic study reveals wheat diversity for crop improvement

A team of scientists has completed one of the largest genetic analysis ever done of any agricultural crop to find ...

Uncovering the science of Indigenous fermentation

Credit: University of Adelaide AWRI Australian wine scientists are shedding scientific light on the processes underlying traditional practices of Australian ...

Stem cell research delivers new points of attack against Parkinson’s disease

In a seven-year research effort, an international team of scientists has clarified the cause for certain genetic forms of Parkinson's ...

Novel virus-based colorimetric sensor can show true colors of airborne threats

Scientists employ genetically engineered viruses to produce intuitive color-coded sensors for detecting airborne chemicalsCredit: Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology ...

Lab-on-paper strip: Small, inexpensive platform for diagnosing tropical fevers

Scientists develop a pocket-sized tool for rapidly identifying various mosquito-borne diseases in resource-constrained clinical environmentsCredit: Gwangju Institute of Science and ...

Sculptor creates freely available design for antimicrobial touch guard to save y

The Space Key can be used to touch toilet lids, turn-locks and door handles, slipping after use into a protective ...

Climate change recasts the insect communities of the Arctic

Credit: Tuomas Kankaanpää Through a unique research collaboration, researchers at the University of Helsinki have exposed major changes taking place ...

Dietary changes could produce big offsets to carbon emissions

Credit: Oregon State University CORVALLIS, Ore. - Eating less meat and dairy products in favor of plant-based proteins like those ...

Researchers reveal safeguarding of key DNA sensor in innate immune system

Led by Qi Zhang and Robert McGinty, UNC-Chapel Hill scientists used cryo-electron microscopy technology to produce the first-ever high-resolution structure ...

Antibody responses in COVID-19 patients could guide vaccine design

Credit: NIAID, 2020 A comprehensive analysis of antibody responses in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) patients could inform the development of ...

Sex differences in gene expression in human tissues linked to body fat, cancer, and birth weight