Tag: Biology

Innovative method quantitatively assesses conservation risk with limited field dataCredit: © The Morton Arboretum Lisle, Ill. (August 13) -- Central ...

Researchers develop cell injection technique that could help reverse vision loss

A team at University of Toronto Engineering has demonstrated the first co-injection of both retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) cells and ...

New tools catch and release molecules at the flip of a light switch

Credit: Video courtesy of the researchers; GIF by Bumper DeJesus A Princeton team has developed a class of light-switchable, highly ...

Becoming a nerve cell: Timing is of the essence

Credit: VIB - Ryohei Iwata Mitochondria are small organelles that provide the energy critical for each cell in our body, ...

The behavior of therapeutic antibodies in immunotherapy

Credit: © Nicolas Reyes Since the late 1990s, immunotherapy has been the frontline treatment against lymphomas where synthetic antibodies are ...

Restoration helps forests recover faster

Credit: Michael O'Brien / SEARRP The rainforests of Southeast Asia are among the fastest declining tropical ecosystems worldwide. Researchers from ...

Multiple sclerosis drug blocks HIV infection and transmission in human immune cells

Credit: NIAID An immunomodulatory drug called fingolimod, which is approved for the treatment of multiple sclerosis, blocks human immunodeficiency virus ...

Contaminants from Mount Polley tailings spill continue to affect Quesnel lake

A tailings spill in 2014 may still be affecting the British Columbian lake, as contaminated sediment is mixed into the ...

Sustainable nylon production made possible by bacteria discovery

Nylon manufacture could be revolutionised by the discovery that bacteria can make a key chemical involved in the process, without ...

The larynx has evolved more rapidly in primates

Credit: Bowling et al, 2020 The larynx is larger, more variable in size, and has undergone faster rates of evolution ...

Research gets to the heart of organ shape in nature

Credit: John Innes Centre Researchers have shed fresh light on the evolution and function of the shapes we see in ...

Bird and reptile tears aren’t so different from human tears

Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird and reptile tears aren't so unlike our own, shows a new study in Frontiers in ...

Some dinosaurs could fly before they were birds

Updated evolutionary tree and biomechanical estimates of feathered dinosaurs and early birds show powered flight may have evolved in these ...

Zeroing out their own zap

Time-shifted inhibition helps electric fish ignore their own signalsCredit: Matasaburo Fukutomi/Tsunehiko Kohashi Electric fish generate electric pulses to communicate with ...

Searching the ancient depths of a reptilian genome yields insight into all vertebrates

Credit: Nicola Nelson AMES, Iowa - Scientists searching the most ancient corners of the genome of a reptile native to ...

Researchers identify a protein that may help SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly through cells

Key characteristics of virus could aid in development of treatment for COVID-19Credit: Eric Ross and Sean Cascarina/Colorado State University Eric ...

Study provides insights into how Zika virus suppresses the host immune system

UC Riverside-led research advances vaccine and drug development against the virusCredit: Song lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif -- A research ...

Programmed bacteria have something extra

Rice chemists expand genetic code of E. coli to produce 21st amino acid, giving it new abilitiesCredit: Xiao Lab/Rice University ...

Emerging infectious disease and challenges of social distancing in human and non-human animals

A review ranging from frogs and wolves to lobsters, bats, and humansCredit: Kaeli Swift Humans are not the only social ...

Scientist to resurrect water fleas from U.S. nuclear fallout zone