Minimum energy requirements for microbial communities to live predicted
Credit: University of Warwick A microbial community is a complex, dynamic system composed of hundreds of species and their interactions, ...
Tag: Biology
New genetic markers of type 2 diabetes identified in East Asians
First-in-kind study co-authored by UMass Amherst epidemiologist advances knowledge of diabetes' biological rootsCredit: UMass Amherst In the largest study of ...
Sewage poses potential COVID-19 transmission risk, experts warn
Credit: University of Stirling Environmental biologists at the University of Stirling have warned that the potential spread of COVID-19 via ...
Focused ultrasound opening brain to previously impossible treatments
Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications University of Virginia researchers are pioneering the use of focused ultrasound to defy the ...
Dual personalities visualized for shape-shifting molecule
Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia Australian and US researchers have made a breakthrough in understanding the structure of ...
Study finds ‘volume dial’ for turning neural communication up or down
Credit: Littleton Lab/ MIT Picower Institute Neuroscientists at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have found that a protein ...
Birds take flight with help from Sonic hedgehog
Credit: Matthew Towers, University of Sheffield Flight feathers are amazing evolutionary innovations that allowed birds to conquer the sky. A ...
Plants pass on ‘memory’ of stress to some progeny, making them more resilient
Credit: Sally Mackenzie research group/Penn State By manipulating the expression of one gene, geneticists can induce a form of "stress ...
Protective shield: How pathogens withstand acidic environments in the body
Credit: University of Basel, Biozentrum Certain bacteria, including the dangerous nosocomial pathogen MRSA, can protect themselves from acidic conditions in ...
Bluetooth-enabled device detects fermentation process over days
A miniaturized device that allows wireless detection of glucose and fructose molecules typically characterized in fermentation processes can also be ...
New test could guarantee the perfect avocado
Lasers and vibrations reliably assess individual fruits' ripeness. Test could reduce waste by 10% and help meet consumer demands for ...
Yellow-legged gull adapts its annual lifecycle to human activities to get food
Opportunist species with great spread abilitiesCredit: Isabel Afán (EBD-CSIC) The yellow-legged gull has a high ability to adapt to human ...
A drug proves effective in the treatment of intestinal ischemia-reperfusion in animals
Credit: University of Córdoba Ischemia is a disease that occurs when tissue stops receiving the vascular supply it needs. Though ...
Sartorius launches the new Incucyte SX5® for live-cell analysis, offering new possibilities for live-cell analysis experiments
Credit: (c) Sartorius New, patent pending optical module incorporates long wavelength NIR fluorescence to reduce phototoxicity in long term live-cell ...
Gates grant funds U of I, U of Rochester team testing human milk for novel coronavirus
Credit: University of Idaho MOSCOW, Idaho -- May 5, 2020 -- University of Idaho researchers will help lead a national ...
‘Unnecessary’ genetic complexity: A spanner in the works?
Overlapping versions of our entire genetic history, present in every cell, complicate the delivery of precision medicine, researchers findCredit: JD ...
Study shows how microorganisms survive in harsh environments
Credit: (Courtesy David Kisailus, University of California - Irvine) RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- In northern Chile's Atacama Desert, one ...
IAVS and Pensoft launch a gold OA journal on vegetation classification on ARPHA platform
Credit: Sebastián Zeballo Last summer, the International Association for Vegetation Science (IAVS) took the decision to launch a gold open-access ...
Imaging technology allows visualization of nanoscale structures inside whole cells
Tool could allow for better understanding for diseases affecting the brain, regenerative therapiesCredit: Fang Huang/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - ...
How synaptic changes translate to behavior changes
Scientists pin down how learning influences behavior through widespread synaptic changesCredit: Tam et al., JNeurosci 2020 Learning changes behavior by ...
