Tag: Biology

Credit: Bruce Klein MADISON, Wis. - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have identified a new way that common Aspergillus molds can ...

Ocean acidification impacts oysters’ memory of environmental stress

Credit: Yaamini Venkataraman/University of Washington As oceans absorb more carbon dioxide, they are becoming increasingly acidic and shifting the delicate ...

Environmental DNA in rivers offers new tool for detecting wildlife communities

International team, UMass Amherst ecologist, tested new mammal survey methodCredit: UMass Amherst/Joseph Drake AMHERST, Mass. - Ecologists in England and ...

Hero proteins are here to save other proteins

New study of heat-resistant protein class reveals unusual shape and ability to prevent dangerous clumps associated with neurodegenerative diseasesCredit: Illustration ...

New aflatoxin biocontrol product lowers contamination of groundnut and maize in Senegal

Credit: Ranajit Bandyopadhyay? In Senegal, groundnut and maize are commonly contaminated with highly toxic, cancer-causing chemicals called aflatoxins, which are ...

Something in the water

Brazilian study correlates consumption of contaminated water with the severity of malformations caused by the Zika virusCredit: D'Or Institute for ...

How the historically misunderstood amyloid helps to store memories

Credit: Si Lab, Stowers Institute for Medical Research KANSAS CITY, MO--For the first time, scientists from the Stowers Institute for ...

At 8 months, babies already know their grammar

Credit: © Caterina Marino / CNRS / INCC Even before uttering their first words, babies master the grammar basics of ...

The need for speed

Zebrafish study at NCBSCredit: Vatsala Thirumalai Whether running away from a predator or to win an Olympic gold, how fast ...

Bacteria might help other bacteria to tolerate antibiotics better

A study by the the Dynamical Systems Biology lab reveals that when the 2 species of bacteria coexist, their response ...

Hair in ‘stress’: Analyze with care

Common hormone analysis in animal hair can lead to overestimated cortisol levelsCredit: Jan Zwilling Similar to humans, wild animals' reaction ...

New nano strategy fights superbugs

Rice University material 'traps and zaps' floating DNA that makes bacteria resistantCredit: Illustration by Danning Zhang/Rice University HOUSTON - (March ...

Learning how cancer cells coordinate and collaborate to multiply and metastasize

Researchers from Osaka University and the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology show that cancer cells cultured on Matrigel ...

Heat and light create new biocompatible microparticles

Innovative manufacturing technique can create new types of microparticles for applications such as drug delivery, diagnostics and tissue engineeringCredit: Stefan ...

Banded mongoose study reveals how its environment influences the spread of infectious disease

Credit: Carol Anne Nichols With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to understand ...

A molecular map for the plant sciences

First comprehensive map of the proteome of the model plant Arabidopsis thalianaCredit: Chair of Proteomics and Bioanalytics Every cell of ...

Bumblebees aversion to pumpkin pollen may help plants thrive

Credit: Kristen Brochu, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Cornell University researchers have found that squash and pumpkin pollen have physical, ...

Clemson geneticists’ collaborative research sheds light on ‘dark’ portion of genome

Credit: College of Science CLEMSON, South Carolina - Just as there is a mysterious dark matter that accounts for 85 ...

Natural habitat around farms a win for strawberry growers, birds and consumers

Removing natural habitat can increase growers' costs up to 76% with no detectable effect on food safetyCredit: Elissa Olimpi/UC Davis ...

The naming of the shrew