Climate extremes will cause forest changes
Credit: (Photos: Ansgar Kahmen / University of Basel) Until now, 2003 was considered as the driest and hottest year since ...
Tag: Biology
Why bacterial toxins are ‘fascinating machines of death’
Research finds mechanism by which bacterial toxis evolve ability to cause new illnessesCredit: Mikko Taipale, Roman Melnyk, Jean-Philippe Julien The ...
You’re using disinfectants wrong. Here’s what you actually need to do (video)
Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 25, 2020 -- Sure, you've got a product that says "kills germs" under ...
Identified genes that predispose to cancer by impairing the immune system
Credit: Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) The idea that the immune system "monitors and prevents" the development of cancer, which ...
3D printed insoles offers new hope for patients with diabetes
Scientists from Staffordshire University claim that new 3D printed insoles can significantly improve the foot health of people suffering with ...
Spider baby boom in a warmer Arctic
Climate change leads to longer growing seasons in the Arctic. A new study shows that predators like wolf spiders respond ...
Superbug impact on the gut
Credit: (c) Monash BDI Monash University researchers have discovered that the devastating bacterial superbug Clostridioides difficile hijacks the human wound ...
Bugs resort to several colours to protect themselves from predators
Colourful bugs look very different as young and adults, but why?Credit: Iliana Medina New research has revealed for the first ...
The tug-of-war at the heart of cellular symmetry
May the forces be within your cellsCredit: Kyoto University/Makito Miyazaki Japan -- Symmetry and asymmetry are fundamental properties of nature. ...
From Jekyll to Hyde: New study pinpoints mutation that makes E. coli deadlier
Scientists identify an important protein that increases "bacterial virulence," when mutated, changing harmless bacteria to harmful onesCredit: CHIKARA KAITO As ...
Gold nanoparticles to save neurons from cell death
Published on ACS Nano, journal of the American Chemical Society, the study opens important perspectives for treatment of diseases such ...
Seattle researchers team up to build hi-res brain map of Alzheimer’s Disease
$40.5 million NIH-funded project aims to pinpoint cells at the root of the progressive brain disease and home in on ...
Sunnier but riskier
Conservation efforts to open up rattlesnake habitat bring in much-needed sunlight but could attract more threatening predatorsCredit: Christopher Camacho UNIVERSITY ...
Resident parasites influence appearance, evolution of barn swallows
Credit: Amanda Hund Barn swallows live almost everywhere on the planet, recognizable by their forked tail and agility in the ...
Effects from low-level concentrations of harmful chemicals preserved in three generations of fish
Credit: Nathan Burns CORVALLIS, Ore. - Fish exposed to very low levels of chemicals commonly found in waterways can pass ...
OSU research suggests a better way to keep birds from hitting power lines
Credit: Photo provided by Virginia Morandini, OSU College of Agricultural Sciences. CORVALLIS, Ore. - Suspended, rotating devices known as "flappers" ...
Cowbirds change their eggs’ sex ratio based on breeding time
Credit: Photo (c) by Michael Jeffords and Sue Post CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Brown-headed cowbirds show a bias in the sex ...
Invasive fire ants limiting spread of meat allergy — but pose their own dangers
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Invasive fire ants common in the Gulf Coast and Texas likely are limiting a ...
New process could safeguard water quality, environment and health
Pioneering single process can remove pollutants from waste waterCredit: Swansea University A research team at Swansea University have developed a ...
Researchers use electric fields to herd cells like flocks of sheep
Credit: Video courtesy of the researchers; GIF by Neil Adelantar Princeton researchers have created a device that can herd groups ...
