Tag: Biology

Credit: Virginia Tech Scientists know a lot about evolution. And like, evolution, this knowledge is always changing, growing, becoming stronger. ...

What did the katydids do when picking up bat sounds?

When predator and non-predator cues are similar in the same habitatCredit: Laurel Symes Ithaca, N.Y.--Ecosystems can be incredibly complex, with ...

How bacteria adhere to fiber in the gut

Molecular mechanics of bacterial superglueCredit: University of Basel, Department of Chemistry Researchers have revealed a new molecular mechanism by which ...

The northern quoll: An amazingly versatile survivor?

Credit: Nellie Pease The northern quoll, one of Australia's most adorable and endangered native carnivores, appears to be adapted to ...

Announcing the 2020 British Ecological Society award winners

Credit: British Ecological Society The British Ecological Society (BES) announced today the winners of its annual awards and prizes, recognising ...

A surprising protein player in diabetes

Credit: OIST A protein that's common throughout the body plays a key role in regulating glucose levels, says new research ...

Low-cost, fly footpad-like adhesive structure capable of repeated attachment/detachment

Recycle-compatible, environmentally friendly technology inspired by footpad formation mechanism during fly's pupal metamorphosisCredit: Hokkaido University of Education NIMS, HUE and ...

Songbirds reduce reproduction to help survive drought

Credit: Photo by Thomas Martin MISSOULA - With climate change heating the globe, drought more frequently impacts the reproduction and ...

Genetics of the tree of life

USFS scientists advance genetic understanding of African baobab treeCredit: Islam-Faradi, Sakhanokho & Nelson The African baobab tree (Adansonia digitata) is ...

Researchers develop a yeast-based platform to boost production of rare natural molecules

Vincent Martin's team publishes a novel approach to synthesizing essential medicines like morphine and naloxoneCredit: Concordia University Many modern medicines, ...

Helminth infections common in Medieval Europe, grave study finds

Credit: Adrian Smith and Patrik Flammer, University of Oxford, UK Although helminth infections--including tapeworms and roundworms--are among the world's top ...

Researchers develop a fast, accurate, low-cost COVID-19 test

Credit: NIH Image Gallery, 2018 A new low-cost diagnostic test for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) quickly delivers accurate results without ...

Genomes published for major agricultural weeds

Credit: Steve Bowe, BASF URBANA, Ill. - Representing some of the most troublesome agricultural weeds, waterhemp, smooth pigweed, and Palmer ...

How sticklebacks dominate perch

Analysis reveals waves of stickleback domination along the Baltic coastCredit: Mårten Erlandsson, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences A research project ...

Ocean acidification causing coral ‘osteoporosis’ on iconic reefs

Credit: Photo by Richard Brooks, Lightning Strike Media Productions, Palau. Scientists have long suspected that ocean acidification is affecting corals' ...

South African wildlife management/conservation models do not protect carnivores equally

UMass Amherst population ecologist contributed statistical expertise to wildlife studyCredit: Gonçalo Curveira-Santos AMHERST, Mass. - In results released this week, ...

A spatial regime shift to stickleback dominance

Credit: Photo: Joakim Hansen/Azote Large numbers of three-spined stickleback have gradually taken over larger parts of the Baltic Sea's coastal ...

Scientists establish first lethal mouse model for COVID-19

Mice engineered for SARS-1 studies repurposed for novel coronavirusCredit: Joseph W. Golden and Xiankun Zeng, USAMRIID Army scientists have developed ...

New genetic markers of glucosinolates in rapeseed may help improve oil composition

Credit: Rim Gubaev et al./Genes A group of scientists from Skoltech and Pustovoit All-Russian Research Institute of Oil Crops in ...

A Politecnico di Milano study reveals DNA “grammar”