Tag: Biology

A tailings spill in 2014 may still be affecting the British Columbian lake, as contaminated sediment is mixed into the ...

Sustainable nylon production made possible by bacteria discovery

Nylon manufacture could be revolutionised by the discovery that bacteria can make a key chemical involved in the process, without ...

The larynx has evolved more rapidly in primates

Credit: Bowling et al, 2020 The larynx is larger, more variable in size, and has undergone faster rates of evolution ...

Research gets to the heart of organ shape in nature

Credit: John Innes Centre Researchers have shed fresh light on the evolution and function of the shapes we see in ...

Bird and reptile tears aren’t so different from human tears

Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird and reptile tears aren't so unlike our own, shows a new study in Frontiers in ...

Some dinosaurs could fly before they were birds

Updated evolutionary tree and biomechanical estimates of feathered dinosaurs and early birds show powered flight may have evolved in these ...

Zeroing out their own zap

Time-shifted inhibition helps electric fish ignore their own signalsCredit: Matasaburo Fukutomi/Tsunehiko Kohashi Electric fish generate electric pulses to communicate with ...

Searching the ancient depths of a reptilian genome yields insight into all vertebrates

Credit: Nicola Nelson AMES, Iowa - Scientists searching the most ancient corners of the genome of a reptile native to ...

Researchers identify a protein that may help SARS-CoV-2 spread rapidly through cells

Key characteristics of virus could aid in development of treatment for COVID-19Credit: Eric Ross and Sean Cascarina/Colorado State University Eric ...

Study provides insights into how Zika virus suppresses the host immune system

UC Riverside-led research advances vaccine and drug development against the virusCredit: Song lab, UC Riverside. RIVERSIDE, Calif -- A research ...

Programmed bacteria have something extra

Rice chemists expand genetic code of E. coli to produce 21st amino acid, giving it new abilitiesCredit: Xiao Lab/Rice University ...

Emerging infectious disease and challenges of social distancing in human and non-human animals

A review ranging from frogs and wolves to lobsters, bats, and humansCredit: Kaeli Swift Humans are not the only social ...

Scientist to resurrect water fleas from U.S. nuclear fallout zone

UTA examining evolutionary effects of nuclear testing on preserved water flea eggsCredit: The University of Texas at Arlington A researcher ...

The First Cell named LUCA