Tag: Biology

Credit: TMiMS Researchers at TMIMS have revealed that PINK1 (a serine/threonine kinase) and Parkin (a ubiquitin ligating enzyme: E3) work ...

Climate change: Heavy rain after drought may cause fish kills

Credit: Theis Kragh/University of Southern Denmark Fish kills are a recurring phenomenon in lakes suffering from oxygen depletion. Often the ...

Researcher reconstructs skull of two million year-old giant dormouse

A PhD student has produced the first digital reconstruction of the skull of a gigantic dormouse, which roamed the island ...

Scientists urge caution, further assessment of ecological impacts above deep sea mining

Credit: Drazen, et al. (2020). Interest in deep-sea mining for copper, cobalt, zinc, manganese and other valuable metals has grown ...

X-ray scattering shines light on protein folding

Multiple forms of a non-functional, unfolded protein follow different pathways and timelines to reach its folded, functional state, a study ...

Daytime aardvark sightings are a sign of troubled times

Wits researchers find that aardvarks feeding in the daytime during droughts might be starvingCredit: Nora Weyer/Wits University Aardvarks occur across ...

Gall fly outmaneuvers host plant in game of “Spy vs. Spy”

Credit: Eric Yip, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa.-- Over time goldenrod plants and the gall flies that feed on them ...

Temple scientists identify key factor regulating abnormal heart growth

Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - The human heart is like a sponge, able to expand and grow, ...

Extreme rainfall events cause top-heavy aquatic food webs

Credit: The Bromeliad Working Group/UBC. An expansive, multi-site ecology study led by UBC has uncovered new insights into the effects ...

Stress testing ‘coral in a box’

Credit: Christian Voolstra Coral death is impacting oceans worldwide as a consequence of climate change. The concern is that corals ...

Study reveals how bacteria build essential carbon-fixing machinery

Credit: Luning Liu Scientists from the University of Liverpool have revealed new insight into how cyanobacteria construct the organelles that ...

5G networks have few health impacts, Oregon State study using zebrafish model finds

Credit: Lynn Ketchum CORVALLIS, Ore. - Findings from an Oregon State University study into the effects of radiofrequency radiation generated ...

Evolutionary biologists find several fish adapt in the same way to toxic water

Credit: Kansas State University MANHATTAN, KANSAS -- Several species of fish have adapted to harsh environments using the same mechanism, ...

Tackling coral reefs’ thorny problem

Scientists decipher the evolutionary history of a coral reef predatorCredit: OIST Researchers from the Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology ...

Where did the Asian longhorned ticks in the US come from?

Rutgers-led research traces the invasion to at least three self-cloning females from northeastern AsiaCredit: Jim Occi Asian longhorned ticks outside ...

Enzymes as double agents: New mechanism discovered in protein modification

Plant researchers identify 8 new enzymes which become doubly catalytically active and can play a role in photosynthesisCredit: Annika Brünje/ ...

HKU study reveals the hidden fight within corals

Credit: Allisonmlewis / CC BY-SA Researchers from the School of Biological Sciences and Swire Institute of Marine Science at the ...

Host cell fusion in bacteria infection alarms immune system, causing host cell destruction

Credit: Dr Gan Yunn Hwen Burkholderia pseudomallei is a bacterium in the soil that causes melioidosis, a tropical disease with ...

Adipose-derived stem cells considerably improve fat graft retention in breast augmentation

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Results of a clinical trial released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine indicates that ...

Lefties and righties: Asymmetry in fish genitalia