Tag: Biology

Tweaking proteins in staple foods could help feed a warming worldCredit: University of Oxford/PNAS Enzymes that control a plant's response ...

To the choir: Forward-thinking faculty sharing innovations mostly among themselves

Study suggests faculty networks not enough to spread evidence-based practicesCredit: Jacob McAlpin | University of South Florida Eager to learn ...

Study finds missing link in the evolutionary history of carbon-fixing protein Rubisco

Credit: D. M. Banda et al, 2020 A team led by researchers at the University of California, Davis, has discovered ...

Following African elephant trails to approach conservation differently

Credit: Carolyn A. Jost Robinson WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- Elephant trails may lead the way to better conservation approaches. "Think ...

Saving marine life: Novel method quantifies the effects of plastic on marine wildlife

Credit: Marko Justup, Tokyo Institute of Technology Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology together with their international collaborators developed a ...

Investigating host tolerance to genes that jump

University of Houston evolutionary geneticist awarded $1.8 million grantCredit: University of Houston Believe it or not, your genes are 50% ...

Serengeti leopard population densities healthy but vary seasonally, study finds

Camera-trap study yields insights into what drives leopard population densityCredit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post.* See Editor's note ...

How weather affects crawfish harvests

Credit: LSU AgCenter The life cycle of a crawfish can be fairly straight forward. In the summer months, crawfish reproduce ...

Individual dolphin calls used to estimate population size and movement in the wild

Call of the wild: individual dolphin calls used to estimate population size and movement in the wildCredit: Dr Tess Gridley ...

Nerve cells with energy saving program

Thanks to a metabolic adjustment, the cells can remain functional despite damage to the mitochondriaCredit: MPI f. Biology of Ageing/ ...

Study finds insect shows promise as a good, sustainable food source

Credit: Christine Picard, IUPUI INDIANAPOLIS -- With global food demands rising at an alarming rate, a study led by IUPUI ...

New EU-funded research project ‘HCA|Organoid’

Toward a single-cell atlas of human organoids for biomedical researchCredit: HCA Organoid HCA|Organoid is a new EU research project that ...

Citizen scientists bring surprising insights into cowslip mating system

Credit: Photos: Tsipe Aavik About half of the individuals of cowslip (Primula veris) have flowers with a short style, while ...

Strokes in babies are surprisingly common; here’s how the body rushes to the rescue

Credit: Courtesy Kuan lab New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on the development ...

Guam study advances research of cycads as an ecotoxin

Models for estimating seed age to add clarity to future researchCredit: University of Guam University of Guam research has revealed ...

Intelligent software tackles plant cell jigsaw puzzle

Credit: Kreshuk group/EMBL and Hamprecht lab/HCI Heidelberg University Imagine working on a jigsaw puzzle with so many pieces that even ...

Fossil trees on Peru’s Central Andean Plateau tell a tale of dramatic environmental change

Credit: Carlos Jaramillo, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute On an expedition to the Central Andean Plateau, researchers from the Smithsonian Tropical ...

Plant scientists study the interaction of heat stress responses in corn

Credit: ISU News Service AMES, Iowa - Environmental extremes driven by climate change create stresses in crops, and plant breeders ...

Study shows efforts in mangrove conservation and restoration paying off

Research led by The Singapore-ETH Centre on the quantification of mangrove carbon stocks reveals low net loss of mangrove carbon ...

Cellular energy audit reveals energy producers and consumers