Tag: Biology

April 27, 2020

New approach targets problematic molecular pathway to prevent preterm labor and birthCredit: Scott Barnett, University of Nevada, Reno School of ...

Researchers weave human tissue into new blood vessels

April 27, 2020

Versatile tissue engineering approach could aid in repairing damage for many tissues and organsCredit: Nicolas L'Heureux, Inserm/University of Bordeaux, France ...

Can vaping scar your lungs? New insights and a possible remedy

April 27, 2020

E-cigarette liquid found to affect lung tissue repair process; inhibiting nicotine receptors may helpCredit: Richard Nho, University of Minnesota Bethesda, ...

UCLA scientists receive grants for COVID-19 research from California’s stem cell agency

Credit: Broad Stem Cell Research Center Three researchers at the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem ...

Two steps closer to flexible, powerful, fast bioelectronic devices

Columbia researchers design biocompatible ion-driven soft transistors that can perform real-time neurologically relevant computation and a mixed-conducting particulate composite that ...

Climate change may push some species to higher elevations — and out of harm’s way

Upslope movements may push species away from human pressure, which could reduce extinction risk for many mountain-dwelling speciesCredit: (Photo credit: ...

Dramatic loss of food plants for insects

Researchers from the Universities of Bonn and Zurich investigated the 100-year development in the canton of ZurichCredit: © Foto: Eliane ...

Training instance segmentation neural network with synthetic datasets for seed phenotyping

Development of an efficient method to accelerate the development of machine learning models for plant phenotypingCredit: Issey Takahashi In the ...

Feeling the pressure: How blood vessels sense their environment

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba identify the protein thrombospondin-1 as a novel extracellular mediator of mechanotransduction triggered by mechanical ...

Syphilis eludes immune attack by altering a single gene

By shuffling DNA in and out of one gene, syphilis stays a step ahead of the immune system to resist ...

Learn from past to protect oceans

Credit: NOAA Photo Library History holds valuable lessons - and stark warnings - about how to manage fisheries and other ...

Hummingbirds show up when tropical trees fall down

Credit: Photo by Henry Pollock, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - When the tree fell that October in 2015, the ...

An obesity protein discovery may lead to better treatments

The discovery comes just as new data are revealing that some of the hardest hit victims of COVID-19 suffer from ...

Novel coronavirus detected, monitored in wastewater

Within weeks of arriving on the world stage, SARS-CoV-2 has managed to encircle the globe, leaving illness, mortality and economic ...

Iron deficiency in corals?

When iron is limited, microalgae that live in coral cells may compensate with other metalsCredit: Todd LaJeunesse, Penn State When ...

Helping a helper: Uncovering how different proteins cooperate in DNA repair

Credit: Tokyo Tech Background DNA contains the information essential for life. It is therefore critically important to maintain the integrity ...

North Atlantic right whales are in much poorer condition than Southern right whales

Credit: Photos: Fredrik Christiansen (left & center-left), Stephen M. Dawson (center-right), John W. Durban and Holly Fearnbach (right). BOSTON, MASS. ...

Gene-editing protocol for whitefly pest opens door to control

Credit: Jason Rasgon, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- Whiteflies are among the most important agricultural pests in the world, ...

Following the insect meltdown, numbers of orb web spiders have drastically declined

Credit: Rainer Altenkamp The abundance of large orb web spiders in the Swiss midland has declined drastically over the last ...

Giant teenage shark from the Dinosaur-era