Tag: Biology

Credit: Nick Sloff, Penn State UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- The virus that causes barley yellow dwarf, the most widespread disease ...

Grad student names new treehopper species after Lady Gaga

She represents a new genus and species of treehopper, one of the most diverse bug groups on the planetCredit: Photo ...

More than a nice coating

Credit: Daniela Carulli Researchers at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscience (NIN) have shown that specialized aggregates of molecules enwrapping nerve ...

Fatal overproduction of antibodies

Mutations in plasma cells play a key role in light chain amyloidosisCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Bone marrow plasma cells ...

Method yielding high rate of D-lactate using cyanobacteria could revolutionize bioplastic production

Credit: Kobe University A Kobe University led research team has illuminated the mechanism by which cyanobacteria (Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803) ...

Biomass fuels can significantly mitigate global warming

Credit: Photo credit: Ryan Mater BEER-SHEVA, ISRAEL...March 10, 2020 - Biomass fuels derived from various grasses could significantly mitigate global ...

Wearing clothes could release more microfibres to the environment than washing them

Credit: Francesca De Falco Wearing clothes can release even greater quantities of microfibres to the environment than washing them, new ...

Bulb size matters: Uncovering the evolution of the plant kingdom’s doomsday preppers

Credit: Cody Howard GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Botanist Cody Coyotee Howard compares bulbs to living bunkers. With an underground stockpile of ...

Research on soldier ants reveals that evolution can go in reverse

Credit: Courtesy of Scott Powell, George Washington University Turtle ant soldiers look like real-life creatures straight out of a Japanese ...

Climate variations may impact the base of the food web along the California coast

Recent study reveals that natural climate cycles influence the base of the food web along the California coast and provides ...

Cryo-EM reveals unexpected diversity of photosystems

Credit: Ella Marushchenko Oxygenic photosynthesis is the conversion of sunlight into chemical energy that underpins the survival of virtually all ...

How a virus forms its symmetric shells

UC Riverside-led study could inform the design of engineered nano-shells used in drug deliveryCredit: Zandi lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif. ...

Rice, know thy enemy: NSF grants $2.6 million to study weedy invader

Credit: Joe Angeles/Washington University Many farmers struggle with an enemy that looks like a friend. Agricultural weeds that are close ...

How new data can make ecological forecasts as good as weather forecasts

Credit: Illustration by E. Paul Oberlander, with permission from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution MADISON, Wis. -- When El Nino ...

Climate change at Mount Rainier to increase ‘mismatch’ between visitors, wildflowers

Credit: Elli Theobald Spring is coming, and with it comes the promise of warmer weather, longer days and renewed life. ...

The Protein Society announces DiversifyProteinScience

Credit: DiversifyProteinscience CANYON COUNTRY, CA - The Protein Society, the premier international society dedicated to supporting protein research, announces the ...

Annual Review of Cancer Biology uses Subscribe to Open to publish 2020 volume open access

Pilot OA program generates widespread support from institutional subscribersCredit: Annual Reviews Nonprofit publisher Annual Reviews is pleased to announce that ...

St. Jude finds cancer drug resistance genes and possibly how to limit their effects

Drug resistance is a leading cause of cancer death in children and adults with leukemia. St. Jude Children's Research Hospital ...

Copy/paste and delete — or how to thrive without gene regulation

IST Austria scientists demonstrate alternative evolutionary strategy -- study published in Nature Ecology & EvolutionCredit: IST Austria - Guet group ...

Strong signals show how proteins come and go