Tag: Biology

New journal paper explores the scientific complexities As meat-eating continues to increase around the world, food scientists are focusing on ...

Singing is crucial for the recognition, sex life and speciation of songbirds; new research published in Current Biology shows songbirds ...

Touch detection is facilitated by task-irrelevant approaching sound in front, rear, left, and right Details: Peripersonal space (PPS) is defined ...

Could an over-the-counter health "shot" help fight COVID-19? George Mason University researchers think it just might. Cell and Bioscience recently ...

WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- Plastics are everywhere. From cell phones to pens and cars to medical devices, the modern world ...

Overview: Certain cyanobacteria can change the absorbing light colors for photosynthesis using a green- and red-light sensing photosensor protein. A ...

New study shows genetic diversity of ancestor, wild Brassica rapa, came from domestication more than 3,000 years ago Delicious to ...

Strong immune responses to unchanging, conserved parts of the 2009 H1N1 pandemic flu virus suggest strategies for effective universal vaccines ...

Researchers have re-animated specimens of a fungus that causes coffee wilt to discover how the disease evolved and how its ...

Modeled nitrogen-sparing farms across the US exceeded demand for protein but produced 20% less beef Small-scale mixed-use agriculture that avoids ...

MADISON, Wis. -- For birds and other wildlife, winter is a time of resource scarcity. Extreme winter weather events such ...

Early prediction of treatment efficacy may help improve quality of life for people with breast cancer While early detection of ...

Trilogy of papers provide insight into a critical step in how some viruses reproduce DURHAM, N.C. - A group of ...

Research involving scientists from the University of A Coruña has succeeded in sequencing the oldest mitochondrial genome of the immediate ...

A biomarker in the blood of patients with bowel cancer may provide valuable insight into the risk of cancer relapse ...

An 80-meter-thick sedimentary succession at Charyn Canyon, Kazakhstan, recorded interactions between land, atmosphere and ocean Paleo researcher Charlotte Prud'homme, who ...

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

'A must read for anyone interested in theoretical studies of cortical microcircuits' What is perhaps the most wonderous and fascinating ...

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

Whales are largely protected from direct catch, but many populations' numbers still remain far below what they once were. A ...