Tag: Biology

A new role of the ventral striatum explains habitual seeking behaviorCredit: KAIST Researchers have been investigating how the brain controls ...

The Mathematical Model of the Mind

'A must read for anyone interested in theoretical studies of cortical microcircuits'Credit: World Scientific What is perhaps the most wonderous ...

Yale-NUS College scientist discovers how leafbirds make complex color-producing crystals

These mind-bendingly complex crystals called the single gyroid, found in blue-winged leafbirds, have the potential to make fiber optics, solar ...

North Atlantic right whales have gotten smaller since the 1980s

Credit: Photograph by Michael Moore and Carolyn Miller (WHOI), authorized by NMFS research permit #21371. Whales are largely protected from ...

Solar energy and pollinator conservation: A path for real impact?

Entomologists say the pairing has promise, but standards will ensure it's more than just buzzCredit: Rob Davis/Fresh Energy Annapolis, MD; ...

Bone marrow stem cell transplants can benefit some Type 2 diabetes patients, study shows

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC -- Type 2 diabetes patients who are not overweight and who have had the disorder ...

Beneficial arthropods find winter sanctuary in uncultivated field edges, study finds

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Many species of ground-dwelling beetles, ladybugs, hoverflies, damsel bugs, spiders and ...

Male piglets less resilient to stress when moms get sick during pregnancy

Credit: University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. -When pigs get hit with significant illnesses during key stages of pregnancy, their immune ...

MDI Biological Laboratory scientist identifies signaling underlying regeneration

Discovery in Salamanders by James W. Godwin, Ph.D., brings science closer to the development of regenerative medicine therapiesCredit: MDI Biological ...

How HIV infection shrinks the brain’s white matter

Researchers from Penn and CHOP detail the mechanism by which HIV infection blocks the maturation process of brain cells that ...

Coloring tumors reveals their bad influence

Credit: ©Yum/IMBA Studies on cancer are limited by the threshold at which cellular transformations become clinically detectable. However, the very ...

Gut to brain: Nerve cells detect what we eat

Nerve cells of the vagus nerve fulfil opposing tasksCredit: Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research The gut and the brain ...

World’s lakes losing oxygen rapidly as planet warms

Changes threaten biodiversity and drinking water qualityCredit: Gretchen Hansen, University of Minnesota TROY, N.Y. -- Oxygen levels in the world's ...

Central Oregon bat survey shows value and scale-up potential of citizen science

Credit: Provided by Tom Rodhouse, NPS and OSU-Cascades. BEND, Ore. - Bat researchers say a project in Central Oregon shows ...

Converting scar tissue to heart muscle after a heart attack

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba demonstrate the direct conversion of scar tissue cells to heart muscle cells in mice ...

Synthetic SPECIES developed for use as a confinable gene drive

Researchers create novel CRISPR-based fly species as a new method of controlling gene drive spreadCredit: Akbari lab, UC San Diego ...

Professor Rosemary Jagus recognized for efforts to increase diversity in marine sciences

Credit: Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology BALTIMORE, MD (June 1, 2021)-- University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science President ...

Turning the tables — how table corals are regenerating reefs

Table corals are regenerating reefsCredit: Australian Institute of Marine Science Table corals have been dubbed as "extraordinary ecosystem engineers" - ...

Malaria parasite’s partiality for the spleen

Credit: Woodford J, Gillman A, Jenvey P, Roberts J, Woolley S, Barber BE, et al. (2021) Positron emission tomography and ...

The evolutionary fates of supergenes unmasked