Tag: Biology

Credit: Antonio Molina While crop diseases have devastating consequences on agriculture, causing losses of up to 30% in some crops, ...

Clearer understanding of disordered protein could aid ALS, Alzheimer’s treatment search

NIH awards $3.3 million grant to Lehigh, Brown university researchers studying atomistic structure and mechanisms of TDP-43, which has been ...

The many lifetimes of plastics

Infographics strive to give us a sense of how long plastic goods will last in the environment but is this ...

Brothers in arms: The brain and its blood vessels

Study shows how blood vessels sense the metabolic state of neuronal cellsCredit: MPI of Immunobiology and Epigenetics, B. Sheikh The ...

Unpacking the two layers of bacterial gene regulation during plant infection

Credit: Tatsuya Nobori By analysing the different layers of bacterial gene expression during pathogen infection of a plant host, Kenichi ...

Surprising growth rates discovered in world’s deepest photosynthetic corals

Credit: Hawaii Undersea Research Laboratory, University of Hawaii. New research published in the journal Coral Reefs revealed unexpectedly high growth ...

Elasticity key to plants and animals’ ability to sting

A new study explains for the very first time the principles behind the design of stings, needles, and spikes in ...

Stanford researchers develop artificial synapse that works with living cells

Credit: L.A. Cicero/Stanford News Service In 2017, Stanford University researchers presented a new device that mimics the brain's efficient and ...

Anaerobically disinfect soil to increase phosphorus using diluted ethanol

Credit: Takashi Kunito, Department of Environmental Science, Faculty of Science, Shinshu University Scientists in Japan and the Netherlands have independently ...

Diabetic mice improve with retrievable millimeter-thick cell-laden hydrogel fiber

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) results from an ...

Magnetic guidance improves stem cells’ ability to treat occupational lung disease

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Results of a study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine (SCTM) may point ...

Scientists unravel the evolution and relationships for all European butterflies in a first

Credit: Dr Martin Wiemers For the first time, a complete time-calibrated phylogeny for a large group of invertebrates is published ...

Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation awards $3.2 million to top clinical investigators

Credit: Stacey Kratz The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation has named four new Damon Runyon Clinical Investigators. The recipients of ...

Parasites and the microbiome

In a study of ethnically diverse people from Cameroon, the presence of a parasite infection was closely linked to the ...

Versatile symbionts: Reed beetles benefit from bacterial helpers through all life stages

Bacterial symbionts support their host's larvae and adult insects in different waysCredit: photo/©: Martin Kaltenpoth Insects that feed only on ...

Where have the swans gone?

Wintering area Bewick's swans shifts hundreds of kilometres in 50 yearsCredit: Bart Nolet/NIOO-KNAW Nearly 13 kilometres per year: that is ...

Study proposes ‘Microbial Noah’s Ark’ pilot project

The initiative will protect microbial diversity and long-term health of humanityCredit: Joana Carvalho IGC 2020 The Rutgers University's initiative will ...

Study reveals impacts of climate change on migrating mule deer

Credit: Tayler LaSharr When drought reshuffles the green-up of habitats that mule deer migrate across, it dramatically shortens the annual ...

Hibernation in mice: Are humans next?

Researchers at the University of Tsukuba and RIKEN in Japan spark a hibernation-like state in mice--a species that does not ...

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