Tag: Biology

Baker's yeast cells provide information on how organisms could cope with global warming and other altered environmental factorsCredit: (c) TUD/BIOTEC ...

Water loss in northern peatlands threatens to intensify fires, global warming

Boreal climate change study features 59 authorsCredit: Manuel Helbig, McMaster University HAMILTON, ON, May 11, 2020 - A group of ...

Single-cell RNA seq developed to accurately quantify cell-specific drug effects in pancreatic islets

Credit: © Brenda Marquina-Sánchez and Nikolaus Fortelny / CeMM The pancreas is an abdominal organ that produces digestive enzymes as ...

Photosynthesis in a droplet

Researchers develop an artificial chloroplastCredit: Max Planck Institute for terrestrial Microbiology/Erb For hundreds of millions of years plants have had ...

Belt and Road’s financiers fall short on biodiversity

Credit: The University of Queensland Most financiers of international infrastructure program, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), are falling short ...

New OA Journal of European Landscapes by Amsterdam University Press launched on ARPHA

By crossing traditional disciplinary and regional borders, this innovative peer-reviewed journal will document landscape studies and project results while inspiring ...

Blood test a potential new tool for controlling infections

Credit: Mayeta Clark, Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia A new technique could provide vital information about a community's immunity ...

The oldest Upper Paleolithic Homo sapiens in Europe

Major cultural transition in Europe took place earlier than previously thoughtCredit: Tsenka Tsanova, License: CC-BY-SA 2.0 Two studies report new ...

New test identifies lobster hybrids

Credit: Charlie Ellis Scientists have developed a test that can identify hybrids resulting from crossbreeding between European and American lobsters. ...

Simple molecular reagents to treat Alzheimer’s disease

Researchers report minimalistic principles for designing small molecules with multiple reactivities against dementiaCredit: Professor Mi Hee Lim, KAIST Sometimes the ...

Temple finds link between blood vessel inflammation, malfunctioning cellular powerhouses

Credit: Temple University Health System (Philadelphia, PA) - The vast majority of cells in the human body contain tiny power ...

2020 Dystel Prize for MS research to Dr Ian Duncan for advances in myelin repair

The University of Wisconsin-Madison professor made groundbreaking research on how myelin (the protective nerve coating in the brain and spinal ...

To climb like a gecko, robots need toes

Robot designers take heed: adjustable hairy toes help geckos run sideways along wallsCredit: Yi Song Robots with toes? Experiments suggest ...

Flies sleep when need arises to adapt to new situations

Study in fruit flies may shed light on sleep as an evolutionary toolCredit: Krishna Melnattur Flies that cannot take to ...

Immune system discovery paves way to lengthen organ transplant survival

Credit: Fadi Lakkis, University of Pittsburgh, data adapted from United States Renal Data System PITTSBURGH, May 8, 2020 - Chronic ...

Fishing can disrupt mating systems

Credit: The University of Jyväskylä/Johanna Hippeläinen In many fish species body size plays an important role in sexual selection. Large ...

Computer modeling reveals behavior of individual lipid molecules

Credit: Daria Sokol/MIPT Press Office Lipids are essential building blocks of cell membranes, which control the exchange of substances and ...

Clemson scientist receives $455K NSF grant to study how flowers adapt to heat and cold

Matthew Koski, an assistant professor at Clemson, will advance his research with a 3-year, $455,000 grant from the National Science ...

Like a molecular knob: That is how a gene controls the electrical activity of the brain

Studying two rare genetic diseases, new research published on Cerebral Cortex sheds light on the ability of Foxg1 to regulate ...

Stretched beyond the limits