RNA structures by the thousands
Every cell contains thousands of different RNA molecules. In the past, it would have taken many research careers to decipher ...
Tag: Biology
Wind farms on the Black Sea coast could endanger bat populations in Eastern Europe
Credit: Christian Voigt, IZW The Via Pontica, an important migration route for birds in Eastern Europe, runs along the Black ...
Food Technology: Insect Flours
Researchers Improve Baking Properties of Insect FloursCredit: Photo: Markus Breig, KIT According to estimates of the United Nations Food and ...
Weed’s wily ways explained in Illinois research
Credit: Lauren D. Quinn, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Like antibiotic-resistant bacteria, some herbicide-resistant weeds can't be killed by ...
Healthy seas for the benefit of all
An international and interdisciplinary team led by the Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity at the University of Oldenburg, Germany, ...
NIST adds new ‘fingerprints’ to chemical identification database
The NIST Mass Spectral Library has expanded to include new human and plant metabolites, variants of fentanyl and other synthetic ...
A Neandertal from Chagyrskaya Cave
Neandertals may have lived in very small groups, and genes expressed in the basal ganglia of their brains may have ...
Kavli Prize for Pioneers of Electron Microscopy
Maximilian Haider, Harald Rose, Knut Urban, and Ondrej Krivanek are awarded the 2020 Kavli Prize for their contributions to the ...
Jan Philipp Junker receives Helmholtz AI grant
Credit: Pablo Castagnola/MDC Scientists generally understand how stem cells transform into a specialized heart, brain or muscle cell. But now ...
Latest findings on bitter substances in coffee
Why caffeine is not the sole contributor to bitternessCredit: ©Leibniz-LSB@TUM; Dr. Antonella Di Pizio Coffee is very popular around the ...
How the giant sequoia protects itself
Credit: Photo: Plant Biomechanics Group Freiburg The giant sequoia (Sequoiadendron giganteum) has developed effective strategies to protect itself against external ...
NTU invents antimicrobial compound used in reusable face masks made by Ghim Li Group
Credit: Ghim Li Group Scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a sustainable and green way to ...
Bouillon fortified with a new iron compound could help reduce iron deficiency
Credit: Yen Strandqvist/Chalmers University of Technology Iron fortification of food is a cost-effective method of preventing iron deficiency. But finding ...
Fish evolution in action: Land fish forced to adapt after leap out of water
Credit: Terry Ord, UNSW Sydney A diverse diet and flexible behaviour may have empowered blenny fish to make a dramatic ...
How fish got onto land, and stayed there
Credit: Terry Ord Research on blennies, a family of fish that have repeatedly left the sea for land, suggests that ...
Study evaluates stress level of rehabilitated sea turtles during transport
Credit: Connie Merigo/New England Aquarium BOSTON, MASS. (June 16, 2020) - A new study co-authored by six scientists with the ...
How COVID-19 affects pediatric patients
Credit: Gerd Altmann, Pixabay New insights into the clinical and epidemiological characteristics of pediatric patients with coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) ...
Refugee camps vulnerable to COVID-19 outbreaks
Credit: Russell Watkins/UK Department for International Development, Flickr A COVID-19 outbreak in a refugee settlement will likely overwhelm the available ...
16 new papers describe discoveries at long-term deep-sea research site off California
Credit: Images © MBARI MOSS LANDING, CA--For 30 years, MBARI ecologist Ken Smith and his colleagues have studied deep-sea communities ...
Cattle vs. hippopotamus: Dung in rivers of the Savannah
Credit: Gabriel Singer In many regions of the world, populations of large mammalian herbivores have been displaced by cattle breeding, ...
