Tag: Biology

June 29, 2020

Credit: USTC Ordered and variable animal behaviours emerge to explore and adapt to the environment. They are generally considered as ...

New extinct family of giant wombat relatives discovered in Australian desert

June 29, 2020

Credit: Picture: Peter Schouten The unique remains of a prehistoric, giant wombat-like marsupial - Mukupirna nambensis - that was unearthed ...

Ancient Maya reservoirs contained toxic pollution

Mercury, algae made water undrinkable in heart of cityCredit: David Lentz/UC Reservoirs in the heart of an ancient Maya city ...

Brazilian startup seeks to develop a wholly indigenous COVID-19 diagnostic test

The project is supported by FAPESP's Innovative Research in Small Business Program. The firm plans to produce ELISA kits that ...

A new mechanism of toxicity in Alzheimer’s disease revealed by the 3D structure of Aβ protein

Credit: Benjamin Bardiaux. The brains of millions of people suffering from Alzheimer´s disease (AD) are slowly and inescapably being depleted ...

Pattern analysis of phylogenetic trees could reveal connections between evolution, ecology

Credit: Nigel Goldenfeld In biology, phylogenetic trees represent the evolutionary history and diversification of species - the "family tree" of ...

Comparing 13 different CRISPR-Cas9 DNA scissors

Computational models based on deep learning predict the activities of SpCas9 variants and provide a useful guide for selecting the ...

Pantera leo’s family tree takes shape

Genetic studies can help with conservation plansCredit: Photo: Per Harald Olsen, NTNU As the "king of beasts," majestic lions have ...

Fancy Aussie bees flew in from Asia

Ecology experts connect species to Asia, AntarcticaCredit: James Dorey, Flinders University Ancestors of a distinctive pollinating bee found across Australia ...

No leg to stand on for Australia’s flamingos

Three species thrived until inland lakes driedCredit: Flinders University The sweeping pink salt lakes across Australia's interior are all that ...

A focused approach to imaging neural activity in the brain

New molecule for imaging calcium in neurons reduces crosstalk from neighboring neuronsCredit: Howard Gritton, Boston University CAMBRIDGE, MA -- When ...

Key signaling pathway in the pathogenesis of Paget’s disease identified

New study finds use of topical cream can alleviate skin symptomsCredit: UCI School of Biological Sciences Irvine, Calif., June. 25, ...

Maryland offshore wind farm could become stop-over for migrating sturgeon, striped bass

Credit: University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science/Mike O'Brien SOLOMONS, MD (June 23, 2020)--For the endangered Atlantic sturgeon and the ...

Common food additive causes adverse health effects in mice

UMass Amherst researchers find TiO2 nanoparticles produce inflammation in colonCredit: UMass Amherst A common food additive, recently banned in France ...

Scientists devise new ‘bar code’ method to identify critical cell types in the brain

Credit: Valdez Lab / Center for Translational Neuroscience / Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- While the brain is composed of ...

Study reveals key finding about microbiome of anticancer compound-producing marine invertebrate

Credit: Bill Baker, USF Could the cure for melanoma - the most dangerous type of skin cancer - be a ...

X-rays size up protein structure at the ‘heart’ of COVID-19 virus

Credit: Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy A team of researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge and Argonne ...

Tracking the spread of mosquito insecticide resistance across Africa

Credit: Penelope Hancock In a step toward better control of the mosquitoes that transmit malaria, researchers have mapped the patterns ...

MicroCT reveals detailed head morphology of arthropod, Leanchoilia illecebrosa

Credit: Javier Ortega-Hernández and Yu Liu The Chengjiang biota in the Yunnan Province of China contains one of the most ...

Dynamics of DNA replication revealed at the nanoscale