Tag: Biology

The average size of a dingo is increasing, but only in areas where poison-baits are used, a collaborative study led ...

Cold-sensitive staphylococci reveal a weakness

Credit: @ UNIGE "Staphylococcus aureus" - also known as "golden staph" - has the ability to develop in highly variable ...

New study on development of Parkinson’s disease is ‘on the nose’

FAU neuroscientist and collaborators link inflammation, olfaction and pathology seen in Parkinson's diseaseCredit: Florida Atlantic University The loss of a ...

Speech processing hierarchy in the dog brain

The study reveals exciting speech processing similarities between us and a speechless speciesCredit: Enik? Kubinyi / Eötvös Loránd University Dog ...

New studies show how to save parasites and why it’s important

August 1, 2020

Credit: Emily Wood Parasites have a public relations problem. Unlike the many charismatic mammals, fishes and birds that receive our ...

To distinguish contexts, animals think probabilistically, study suggests

Credit: Image by Peter Goldberg Among the many things rodents have taught neuroscientists is that in a region called the ...

DNA metabarcoding detects ecological stress within freshwater species

In a new study, German scientists confirm that responses below species level can be inferred with DNA metabarcodinCredit: Vera Zizka ...

Inbreeding detrimental for survival

House sparrows on islands in northern Norway help researchers understand fundamental biological issues.Credit: Photo: Henrik Jensen, NTNU Biologists have long ...

HHMI awards 45 Gilliam fellowships to support diversity in science

Credit: HHMI Over the last 16 years, a growing community of doctoral students and their advisers has knit together, bound ...

Tiny plants crucial for sustaining dwindling water supplies: Global analysis

Credit: David Eldridge A global meta-analysis led by UNSW scientists shows tiny organisms that cover desert soils - so-called biocrusts ...

Psychologist to study how motor development changes infants’ learning experiences

NSF-funded project at UC Riverside will involve new methods for measuring infants' daily learning experiences in the homeCredit: UC Riverside. ...

Tinkering with roundworm proteins offers hope for anti-aging drugs

The somatic nuclear protein kinase VRK-1 increases the worm's lifespan through AMPK activation, and this mechanism can be applied to ...

Reduced coral reef fish biodiversity under temperatures that mirror climate predictions

Credit: Jordan M. Casey Fast facts An international team of researchers, hosted and supported by NYU Abu Dhabi, have found ...

A centerpiece of EBRAINS’ human brain atlas is presented in ‘Science’

Credit: Forschungszentrum Juelich / Katrin Amunts The atlas features close to 250 structurally distinct areas, each one based on the ...

Your brain parasite isn’t making you sick — here’s why

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications More than 30 million Americans are infected with a brain parasite spread by cats ...

Re-engineering antibodies for COVID-19

Catholic University of America researcher uses 'in silico' analysis to fast-track passive immunityCredit: Victor Padilla-Sanchez, The Catholic University of America ...

Immune functions traded in for reproductive success