Tag: Biology

Credit: Allison Carter, Georgia Tech Reduced resilience of plant biomes in North America could be setting the stage for the ...

Mechanisms identified to restore myelin sheaths after injury or in multiple sclerosis

Researchers reveal a potential method for treating multiple sclerosis / Theophylline activates histone deacetylase, enabling the reconstruction of myelin sheathsCredit: ...

Birds of a feather flock together, but timing depends on typhoons

Credit: Kiyoaki Ozaki, Yamashina Institute for Ornithology Six black-naped terns -- a coastal seabird found in the Pacific and Indian ...

New species of Cretaceous brittle star named in honour of Nightwish vocalist

New fossil species belongs to a group of extant starfish-like creatures living in the deep sea todayCredit: Dr Ben Thuy ...

Pigs grow new liver in lymph nodes, study shows

Credit: UPMC PITTSBURGH, Aug. 24, 2020 - Hepatocytes -- the chief functional cells of the liver -- are natural regenerators, ...

Genomic analysis reveals many animal species may be vulnerable to SARS-CoV-2 infection

Credit: Matt Verdolivo/UC Davis Humans are not the only species facing a potential threat from SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that ...

Nutrients make coral bleaching worse

Credit: Jess Bouwmeester A new study shows nutrients can aggravate the already negative effects of climate change on corals to ...

Researchers validate rapid tests to detect dengue, Zika, yellow fever and other viruses

The method identifies and distinguishes between flaviviruses that cause many diseases in humans and animals in Brazil.Credit: Mariana Sequetin Cunha ...

Understanding how birds respond to extreme weather can inform conservation efforts

Credit: Jeremy Cohen MADISON, Wis. -- When it comes to climate change, University of Wisconsin¬-Madison forest and wildlife ecology Professor ...

Discovering the mechanism of brain vascular pathfinding during development

Credit: CEBSIT The blood vasculature in the brain is a highly ramified, complex but well-organized vessel network. During development, the ...

New insights into lung tissue in COVID-19 disease

Researchers led by Göttingen University develop new three-dimensional imaging technique to visualize tissue damage in severe Covid-19Credit: T Salditt, M ...

Loop, resonate, and accelerate!

Credit: Illustration: Hedyeh Rezaei Selective communication among different brain regions is crucial for brain function. But the weak and sparse ...

A new molecular guardian of intestinal stem cells

Credit: Department of Biodefense Research,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Intestinal stem cells keep a fine balance between two potential forms: remaining ...

What kind of animal transports the seeds of the world’s smallest fruit-bearing plants?

Novel seed dispersal system of a mushroom-like non-photosynthetic plantCredit: Kenji Suetsugu Balanophora have some of the smallest fruits among angiosperms, ...

Unbalanced microtubule networks launch establishment of neuronal polarity

Credit: IGDB Prof. MENG Wenxiang's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences ...

From biopaste to bioplastic

Credit: Photo: Lisa Ebers A viscous biopaste that is easy to process, solidifies quickly and is suitable for producing even ...

A new method for in vivo plant cell imaging with SNAP-tag proteins

Credit: Issey Takahashi A team of scientists at the Nagoya University Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM) have developed a method ...

Microfluidic chip technology enables rapid multiplex diagnosis of plant viral diseases

Early detection of diseases of crops at a gene level and protection of food safetyCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF ...

In times of ecological uncertainty, brood parasites hedge their bets

Credit: Photo by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Some birds lay their eggs in the nests of ...

Study to ID brain neurons that control metabolism