Tag: Biology

A group of Russian scientists, including ITMO University researchers, has proposed a system that can be used to update existing ...

Droplet spread from humans doesn’t always follow airflow

A mathematical model of droplet migration may have important implications for understanding the spread of airborne diseases, such as COVID-19Credit: ...

New study shows how infrared lasers destroy harmful protein aggregates in Alzheimer’s

The power of simulations combined with experiments reveals why protein agglomerations typical of neurodegenerative diseases dissociate with infrared laser irradiationCredit: ...

Plant size and habitat traits influence cycad susceptibility to invasive species

Credit: University of Guam When humans bring a non-native herbivore to an isolated island, the native trees do not possess ...

A normal DNA repair process can become a major source of mutations in cancer

Scientists at IRB Barcelona describe the "mutation fog"Credit: Dave Hoefler on Unsplash. Hypermutation is an unusual occurence that can lead ...

A 40-year journey leads to a new truffle species

Credit: Joyce Eberhart CORVALLIS, Ore. - As a first-year graduate student studying truffle ecology at Oregon State University, Dan Luoma ...

Exposure to common cold coronaviruses can teach the immune system to recognize SARS-CoV-2

Researchers caution: It is too soon to say whether pre-existing immune cell memory affects COVID-19 clinical outcomesCredit: Gina Kirchweger, La ...

Dolphin calf entangled in fishing line only lived two years following rescue

Study of Indian River lagoon bottlenose dolphin shows severe, long-term damage from monofilament fishing lineCredit: Private citizen More than 1,000 ...

A research team of the CNIO and the HKUST identifies how some gliomas develop chemoresistance

Credit: CNIO A team led by Massimo Squatrito, Head of the Seve Ballesteros Foundation Brain Tumour Group at the Spanish ...

Grooming behavior between dairy cows reveals complex social network

Insights into how cattle react to changes in social groups could help shape future farm management practicesCredit: Gustavo E. Monti ...

Identifying the blind spots of soil biodiversity

Only few studies investigate soil biodiversity in tropical and subtropical regionsCredit: Andy Murray Soils harbour a substantial part of the ...

Study reveals less connectivity between hey brain regions in people with FXTAS premutation

Credit: McKinney, et al. LAWRENCE -- A new paper in the journal NeuroImage: Clinical from researchers at the University of ...

New published study from K-State virologists identifies potential COVID-19 treatment

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Yunjeong Kim and Kyeong-Ok "KC" Chang, virologists in the College of Veterinary Medicine ...

Chlamydia: Greedy for glutamine

Credit: Chair of Microbiology / University of Wuerzburg Chlamydia are bacteria that cause venereal diseases. In humans, they can only ...

Bulgarian Academy of Sciences signs with Pensoft to move Silva Balcanica journal to ARPHA

The first 2020 issue of the journal by the Academy's Forest Research Institute is already online on a brand new ...

Why is stroke so deadly for people of African descent?

Credit: UVA Health African-Americans have up to three times the risk of dying from strokes as people of European descent, ...

Study: Oriole hybridization is a dead end

Scientists say Baltimore and Bullock's Orioles are not mergingCredit: Bryan Calk, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Ithaca, NY--A half-century ...

Drug discovery: First rational strategy to find molecular glue degraders

Credit: © Cristina Mayor-Ruiz / CeMM Despite enormous efforts to advance traditional pharmacology approaches, more than three quarters of all ...

The six strains of SARS-CoV-2

Credit: Frontiers in Microbiology The virus causing the COVID-19 pandemic, SARS-CoV-2, presents at least six strains. Despite its mutations, the ...

New species of fungus sticking out of beetles named after the COVID-19 quarantine