Tag: Biology

Credit: Virginia Tech Forest systems, a crucial resource for fresh water around the world, are under increasing pressure from global ...

Inner ‘clockwork’ sets the time for cell division in bacteria

Credit: (Image: University of Basel, Swiss Nanoscience Institute/Biozentrum) Researchers at the Biozentrum of the University of Basel have discovered a ...

The human brain’s meticulous interface with the bloodstream now on a precision chip

This new human blood-brain barrier on a chip gets its surprising edge by giving astrocytes 3D living spaceCredit: Georgia Tech ...

Reimagining the link between space and species could boost wildlife conservation

Credit: KU News Service LAWRENCE -- In the latest issue of The American Naturalist, University of Kansas investigator Jorge Sobero?n ...

Penn State receives five-year $3.7 million grant to study virus evolution

Credit: Terrones lab/Penn State The evolution of viruses will be the focus of a five-year $3.7 million dollar grant from ...

Tumor vs. immune system: A battle to decide the host’s fate

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba show how tumors can disable the immune system to survive and growCredit: University of ...

Dolphins gather in female family groups

Mothers and singles swim in select areasCredit: Photo Dr Fernando Diaz-Aguirre Social clusters including mothers' groups play an important role ...

San Antonio researchers win $18 million contract to develop tularemia vaccine

Vaccine would be the first to protect against tularemia in the United StatesCredit: The University of Texas at San Antonio ...

Scientists warn humanity about worldwide insect decline

They also suggest ways to recognise and avert its consequencesCredit: Pedro Cardoso Engaging civil society and policy makers is essential ...

New research shows that El Niño contributes to insect collapse in the Amazon

Hotter and drier El Niño events are having an alarming effect on biodiversity in the Amazon Rainforest and further add ...

Discovery paves path forward in the fight against the deadliest form of malaria

Credit: the global panorama Scientists have identified a key molecule involved in the development of cerebral malaria, a deadly form ...

41 finalists named for the 2020 Hertz fellowships

The Fannie and John Hertz Foundation today announced 41 finalists for the 2020 Hertz Fellowship in applied science, mathematics, and ...

New details on how a viral protein puts the brakes on virus replication

Credit: Joe Mendoza/CSU Photography An interdisciplinary team of researchers at Colorado State University has used computational chemistry, biochemistry and virology ...

Generalist diet helps invasive crayfish thrive where it’s introduced

The rusty crayfish is not a fussy eater, University of Cincinnati biologists foundCredit: Andrew Higley/UC Creative Services An invasive species ...

Novel techniques for mining patented gene therapies offer promising treatment options

Credit: Marxa Figueiredo/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - The global gene therapy market is expected to reach $13 billion by ...

Synthetic biology: Risk reduction, uncertainty and ethics

Credit: Innogen Institute Joyce Tait, Innogen Founder and co-Director, has an interdisciplinary background in natural and social sciences including risk ...

Designer proteins

Credit: Ian C Haydon / UW Institute for Protein Design Proteins are the molecular machines that make all living things ...

Mediterranean sea urchins are more vulnerable than previously thought

Strong selection pressure in a context of progressive warmingCredit: Creu Palacín (University of Barcelona-IRBio) The sea urchin Paracentrotus lividus, an ...

Evolution of Wuhan coronavirus (2019-nCoV) and modeling of spike protein for human transmission

Credit: ©Science China Press The cluster of pneumonia cases in Wuhan City, Hubei Province of China was first reported on ...

Bacterial influencers — rhizosphere microbiome mediates root metabolite exudation