High-strain exercise linked to very early pregnancy loss
UMass Amherst scientists advance research in physical activity and the earliest stages of pregnancyCredit: UMass Amherst In women with a ...
Tag: Biology
Essential key to hearing sensitivity discovered
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications New research from the University of Virginia School of Medicine is shedding light on ...
Triggered by light, a novel way to switch on an enzyme
Biotechnology: Researchers identify enzyme which becomes catalytically active by light; study published in 'Nature Communications'Credit: Steffen L. Drees Enzymes: they ...
Honeybees: Pesticides disrupt nursing behavior and larval development
Unique long-term videos show the bee nursery in the hiveCredit: Paul Siefert/Bee Research Institute Oberursel/Goethe University Frankfurt A newly developed ...
Eye injury sets immune cells on surveillance to protect the lens
The discovery further challenges the accepted scientific dogma that the lens is shut out from the immune protection.Credit: JodiRae DeDreu, ...
Research highlights immune molecule’s complex role in Huntington’s disease
Credit: Hyeseung Lee/ MIT Picower Institute More than a decade before people with Huntington's disease show symptoms, they can exhibit ...
Similar to humans, chimpanzees develop slowly
Chimpanzees need more than five years to acquire key skillsCredit: Tatiana Bortolato, Taï Chimpanzee Project Few species develop as slowly ...
New method for capturing carbon via root exudates in wild forest
Credit: Naoki Makita Ph.D., Faculty of Science, Shinshu University It is well known that plants use carbon dioxide obtained from ...
Release of 216 SARS-CoV-2 genomes provides insights into transmission cluster in Austria
Credit: CeMM 216 SARS-CoV-2 genome sequences have now been completed and released in the framework of the "Mutational Dynamics of ...
Circadian oscillation of a cyanobacterium doesn’t need all three Kai proteins to keep going
Overturning conventional knowledge, what these scientists have discovered about the circadian oscillations of a cyanobacterium could lead to unveiling a ...
Researchers discover how protein can inhibit cancer development in mice
Credit: The University of Copenhagen Proteins are found throughout our cells and regulate a lot of biological processes that are ...
Bumblebees speed up flowering
Credit: Photograph: Hannier Pulido / ETH Zurich Spring has sprung earlier than ever before this year, accompanied by temperatures more ...
Exchange of arms between chromosomes using molecular scissors
CRISPR/Cas revolutionizes crop cultivation by specific combination of properties -- new genome modification technology presented in Nature PlantsCredit: Angelina Schindele, ...
Metal collector made of bacteria
BiotechnologyCredit: © RUB, Marquard How to extract metals from the environment Microorganisms such as fungi and bacteria as well as ...
Increased usability and precision in vascular imaging
Credit: Willy Kuo, University of Zurich Various diseases in humans and animals - such as tumors, strokes or chronic kidney ...
Rejuvenated fibroblasts can recover the ability to contract
Credit: National University of Singapore Fibroblasts are the most common connective tissue cells. They produce the structural framework for animal ...
The wildlife trade encompasses all major branches of the biological tree of life
Credit: Marco Antonio de Freitas. Besides being a major threat to biodiversity, the wildlife trade can be a cause of ...
Cichlid fish loves exaggerated shells
Scientists dissect the complex choices of animalsCredit: MPI of Animal Behavior/ Jordan Lab What is important when you choose a ...
Sugar turns brown algae into good carbon stores
Only highly specialized bacteria can carry out the degradation of brown algae with the help of more than hundred enzymesCredit: ...
Directed protein evolution with CRISPR-Cas9
New area of application for gene scissors: Optimized proteins for biomedical researchCredit: MPI of Neurobiology / Arne Fabritius "Directed evolution" ...
