Tag: Biology

September 7, 2020

Credit: Felix Petermann, MDC Hundreds of innovators, research pioneers, clinicians, industry leaders and policy makers from all around Europe are ...

Two top European grants for young researchers at Bielefeld University

ERC Starting Grants for Professor Dr Martina Hofmanová and Dr Toni GoßmannCredit: Photo: Bielefeld University /S. Jonek The European Research ...

Autophagy: the beginning of the end

Scientists reveal key steps in the formation of the recycling centers of the cellCredit: © Verena Baumann Autophagosomes first form ...

Do big tadpoles turn into big frogs? It’s complicated, study finds

According to the first research study addressing evolutionary rates of larval and adult life stages at a large scale, the ...

Repulsion mechanism between neurons governs fly brain structure

Credit: Kanazawa University The brain's structure has columnar features, which are hypothesized to arise from nerve cells (neurons) stemming from ...

Fatty acid receptor involved in temperature-induced sex reversal of Japanese medaka fish

The newly discovered sex determination mechanism may lead to improved fish farming techniquesHeat stress activates the PPARα signal in gonadal ...

Why lime juice burns your skin in the sun (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, September 4, 2020 -- Did you know that making margaritas and then heading to ...

Striving and stumbling towards sustainability amongst pandas and people

Credit: Michigan State University Center for Systems Integration and Sustainability The path to global sustainability isn't a one-way street and ...

Tryptophan supports guts health on trouts under stress, says a RUDN biologist

Credit: RUDN A biologist from RUDN University found the most beneficial concentration of tryptophan for rainbow trout. When added to ...

In butterfly battle of sexes, males deploy ‘chastity belts’ but females fight back

Credit: Jeff Gage/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Some male butterflies go to extreme lengths to ensure their paternity - sealing ...

Hearing loss in naked mole-rats is an advantage, not a hardship

New research published in Current BiologyCredit: Joshua Clark/UIC If naked mole-rats were human, they would be prescribed hearing aids. With ...

ERC Starting Grant for Dr. Martin Mascher and Dr. Stefan Heckmann

Credit: IPK/ Andreas Bähring "I am pleased that two young scientists from the IPK were able to prevail in the ...

Cell division: Cleaning the nucleus without detergents

Credit: ©Gerlich lab/IMBA Organization of cells into specific compartments is critical for their function. For instance, by separating the nucleus ...

Antibiotics affect breast milk microbiota in mothers of preterm infants: University of Toronto study

Credit: Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto A team led by researchers at the University of Toronto and The Hospital ...

Examining the side effects of Alzheimer’s disease dementia drugs

Goal: To improve quality of medication used in dementiaCredit: University of Houston In a first of its kind study, a ...

New species of freshwater Crustacea found in the hottest place on earth

Credit: M. Pallmann SMNS / Pallmann A new species of freshwater Crustacea has been discovered during an expedition of the ...

Researchers probe Soldier sleep deprivation effects

Credit: University of Rochester Medical Center RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - New Army-funded study looks at effects of sleep deprivation, ...

Two ERC Starting Grants for MDC scientists

ERC funding for pioneering researchCredit: David Ausserhofer/ MDC Dr. Kathrin de la Rosa and Dr. Ilaria Piazza, who are both ...

Holistic bursting cells might be basis of brain cognition

A single cortical neuron represents a learned complex object as a whole, not as partsCredit: Ms. LOU Jia In the ...

ERC starting grants 2020: 677 million awarded to unravel scientific mysteries