Tag: Biology

Forest conservation areas in oil palm plantations play a vital role in storing carbon and boosting rainforest biodiversity, a new ...

Washing away stubborn biofilms using fungal cleaning products

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate that a biosurfactant from yeast can dissolve stubborn biofilms and enhance the efficacy ...

EMBL survey studies effects of COVID-19 pandemic on life scientists

Credit: EMBL Jan Korbel and Oliver Stegle, both group leaders at EMBL Heidelberg, have performed a survey of fellow life ...

This enigmatic protein sculpts DNA to repair harmful damage

Scientists have determined how a protein called XPG binds to and reshapes damaged DNA, illuminating its role in averting genetic ...

Biologists unravel tangled mystery of plant cell growth

Insight could lead to bigger crops and better yieldsCredit: Carolyn Rasmussen/UCR When cells don't divide into proper copies of themselves, ...

Which came first?

An experiment in recreating primordial proteins solves a long-standing riddleCredit: Weizmann Institute of Science What did the very first proteins ...

A new social role for echolocation in bats that hunt together

Credit: Irene Mendez Cruz Searching for food at night can be tricky. To find prey in the dark, bats use ...

How tear gas affects your body (video)

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, June 19, 2020 -- 2-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile, better known as CS gas, is one of the ...

Fantastic muscle proteins and where to find them

Credit: Jacobo Lopez Carballo, Gotthardt Lab, MDC Researchers at the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association ...

The brain’s functional organization slows down following a relationship breakup

A study shows changes in brain dynamics at rest in a situation of stress caused by the development of depressive ...

Wind beneath their wings: Albatrosses fine-tuned to wind conditions

Credit: University of Liverpool A new study of albatrosses has found that wind plays a bigger role in their decision ...

Cell removal as the result of a mechanical instability

Credit: Kanazawa University The outer or inner boundaries of organs in the human body are lined with so-called epithelial sheets. ...

Single-spin electron paramagnetic resonance spectrum with kilohertz spectral resolution

Credit: DU Jiangfeng et al. A high-resolution paramagnetic resonance detection method based on the diamond nitrogen-vacancy (NV) color center quantum ...

Memory impairment in mice reduced by soy derivate that can enter the brain intact

Ingestion of the protein fragment improved working and long-term memory in mice treated to simulate Alzheimer's diseaseCredit: William J. Potscavage ...

Renewed hope for treatment of pain and depression

Novel molecule targets a newly discovered opioid receptor with atypical properties and holds promise for alternative therapeutic strategiesCredit: LIH Researchers ...

$400,000 SBIR grant fast-tracks new approach to treating lung, thyroid cancers

Credit: Herman Sintim/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A novel approach to treating lung and thyroid cancers is moving closer ...

MRI test for football players that could detect CTE, developed by Ben-Gurion U. researcher