Tag: Biology

Credit: Research team Professor Lutz Becks Lutz Becks is a professor of limnology at the University of Konstanz's Department of ...

Newly confirmed biochemical mechanism in cells is key component of the anti-ageing program

Credit: Jan Zwilling Ageing is an inevitable part of life, yet some species are ageing very differently than others, even ...

JNK protein triggers nerve cells to withdraw their synapses when stressed

Credit: Turku Bioscience New study from Eleanor Coffey's lab at Turku Bioscience Centre in Finland identifies that the JNK protein ...

Study reveals grasshopper declines associated with declines in quality of prairie grasses

Credit: Ellen Welti A University of Oklahoma-led study shows that grasshopper numbers have declined over 30% in a Kansas grassland ...

Newly proposed method offers fermentable sugars from sustainable lignocellulosic biomass

Credit: LIU Yajun Fuel, animal feed, other major carbon-rich products could have a sustainable replacement with the help of a ...

Single biological factor predicts distinct cortical organizations across mammalian species

A KAIST team's mathematical sampling model shows that retino-cortical mapping is a prime determinant in the topography of cortical organizationCredit: ...

Keeping cats indoors could blunt adverse effects to wildlife

Credit: Roland Kays Birds alighting on driveways and baby bunnies munching on lawn grass should keep something in mind: Beware ...

Climate change could threaten sea snails in mid-Atlantic waters

Common whelk live in one of the fastest warming marine areas, Rutgers-led study saysCredit: Sarah Borsetti/Rutgers University-New Brunswick Climate change ...

Scientists visualize the structure of a key enzyme that makes triglycerides

The finding may help to better understand heart disease, obesity and diabetesCredit: Stony Brook University The News in Brief: Researchers ...

Microbes play important role in soil’s nitrogen cycle

Credit: Vivian Wauters Under our feet, in the soil, is a wealth of microbial activity. Just like humans have different ...

Is intensive agriculture reducing mourning dove reproduction in the eastern US?

Credit: David Muñoz Populations of some common bird species, including the familiar Mourning Dove, have been on the decline for ...

Icarus is launched

Test phase for the animal monitoring system beginsCredit: MPI f. Animal Behavior/ J. Stierle The German-Russian observation system for animal ...

Study: Daily avocado consumption improves attention in persons with overweight, obesity

Credit: Graphic by Michael Vincent An avocado a day improves the ability to focus attention for overweight or obese adults, ...

Feeding wildlife can disrupt animal social structures

Credit: UGA A team of researchers from the University of Georgia and San Diego State University has found that the ...

Microplastics affect the survival of amphibians and invertebrates in river ecosystems

A study by the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has demonstrated that 15 days' exposure to microplastics affects some freshwater ...

To make ultra-black materials that won’t weigh things down, consider the butterfly

Some butterflies have ultra-black wings that rival the blackest materials made by humans, using wing scales that are only a ...

Discovered: Why obesity causes high blood pressure — and potential ways to fix

Credit: Dan Addison | UVA Communications Researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine have discovered why obesity causes ...

Common feed ingredient tested safe in bulls

Credit: Dan Shike, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - Cattle feeders choose distillers grains in feedlot diets as an inexpensive ...

Crosstalk captured between muscles, neural networks in biohybrid machines

A platform designed for coculturing a neurosphere and muscle cells allows scientists to capture the growth of neurons toward muscles ...

Hot time in the city: Urban lizards evolve heat tolerance