The skin of the earth is home to pac-man-like protists
Credit: STRI Pac-Man, the open-mouthed face of the most successful arcade game ever, is much more well-known than any of ...
Tag: Biology
The ‘place’ of emotions
A study of the IMT School Studies Lucca describes how affective states are mapped in the brainCredit: Luca Cecchetti, IMT ...
Assessing risk of chemicals to wildlife is huge challenge that requires new approach
Computer modelling and long-term environmental monitoring will be essential, says review paper in ScienceCredit: Pixabay Computer modelling and long-term ecological ...
Discovery sheds new light on how cells move
Credit: Photo by UW-Madison College of Engineering When we cut our skin, groups of cells rush en masse to the ...
Shaping the social networks of neurons
Identification of a protein complex that attracts or repels nerve cells during developmentCredit: Falconieri Visuals, LLC and del Toro et ...
With a protein ‘delivery,’ parasite can suppress its host’s immune response
The parasite Toxoplasma gondii need not infect a host immune cell to alter its behavior, according to a new study ...
Dance of the honey bee reveals fondness for strawberries
Research team led by the University of Göttingen investigates foraging behavior in agricultural landscapesCredit: Svenja Bänsch, University of Göttingen Bees ...
Deciphering the sugar code
Researchers discover vaccine to strengthen the immune system of plantsCredit: Sruthi Sreekumar Like animals and humans, plants possess a kind ...
The regulators active during iron deficiency
Botany: publication in Plant PhysiologyCredit: HHU / Birte Schwarz When a plant is lacking important nutrients, it cannot simply move ...
Stanford researchers conduct census of cell surface proteins
Credit: Liqun Luo Stanford scientists have completed the first global census of diverse proteins sprouting tree-like from the outer membrane ...
Brain-cell helpers powered by norepinephrine during fear-memory formation
Credit: RIKEN A sustained state of vigilance will generate a different type of memory than a momentary startle, and these ...
Why eating yogurt may help lessen the risk of breast cancer
Credit: Lancaster University One of the causes of breast cancer may be inflammation triggered by harmful bacteria say researchers. Scientists ...
Making ‘lemonade’: Chance observation leads to study of microbial bloom formation
Credit: Rhys Probyn WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- A scientific discovery often starts with a chance observation made by open minds ...
West Nile virus triggers brain inflammation by inhibiting protein degradation
Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith, P.E. Rollin, USCDCP West Nile virus (WNV) inhibits autophagy -- an essential system that digests or removes ...
Stressed-out dust is sharing antibiotic resistance genes
First study to show indoor dust bacteria have transferrable antibiotic resistance genesCredit: Northwestern University Bacteria can swap their genes with ...
Wistar joins effort to expedite Coronavirus vaccine development for outbreak in China
Coalition for epidemic preparedness innovations supports DNA vaccine based on key Wistar technologyCredit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Jan. 23, ...
Room for complexity? The many players in the coffee agroecosystem
Credit: Cornellier The BioScience Talks podcast features discussions of topical issues related to the biological sciences. Agricultural areas are often ...
AJR researchers take step toward automating thyroid cancer triage
Team develops quantitative framework to sonographically differentiate thyroid nodules at levels comparable to expert radiologists--a big step towards automated triage ...
New study to examine impact of environmental exposure on breast cancer risk in young women
UMass Amherst cancer epidemiologist awarded National Institutes of Health grantCredit: UMass Amherst A University of Massachusetts Amherst cancer epidemiologist has ...
Plane travel destroys polar bear habitat
Arctic researchers want you to know that each metric ton of CO2 causes a loss of 3 m2 of September ...
