Tag: Biology

July 21, 2021

Credit: Samantha Leigh/California State University Dominguez Hills Contrary to what popular media portrays, we actually don't know much about what ...

Virginia Tech’s COVID-19 testing demonstrates power, versatility of academic labs

Credit: Clayton Metz/Virginia Tech In the early days of the pandemic, scientists at Virginia Tech created a COVID-19 testing laboratory ...

Using snakes to monitor Fukushima radiation

Researchers placed tiny GPS trackers on rat snakes to track their movements at FukishimaCredit: Hannah Gerke Ten years after one ...

Brain ‘noise’ keeps nerve connections young

Credit: © Laboratory of Neural Genetics and Disease / EPFL Neurons communicate through rapid electrical signals that regulate the release ...

Fish friends help in a crisis

New study sheds light on how relationships help survivalCredit: Amy Cox FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. - It's good to have friends. ...

Bleak cyborg future from brain-computer interfaces if we’re not careful

Researchers warn of the potential social, ethical, and legal consequences of technologies interacting heavily with human brains.Credit: Portillo-Lara et al. ...

Climate change threatens food security of many countries dependent on fish

Millions of people in countries around the world could face an increased risk of malnutrition as climate change threatens their ...

No IgA leads to intestinal inflammation in mice

Credit: Department of Immunology, TMDU Tokyo, Japan - While researchers have known for years that immunoglobulin A (IgA) is important ...

No horsing around: super-fast Hendra test developed

Credit: The University of Queensland University of Queensland vets are diagnosing the deadly Hendra virus in horses faster than ever, ...

Save Our Seas Foundation announces a record 61 grants for 2021

The Save our Seas Foundation is celebrating an overwhelming number of applications and awards. This heralds a hopeful new cohort ...

Tropical fly study shows that a mother’s age and diet influences offspring health

Credit: Daniel Hargrove The female tsetse fly, which gives birth to adult-sized live young, produce weaker offspring as they get ...

CNIO researchers clarify the role of the two isoforms of KRAS, the most common oncogene in humans

These findings suggest that for therapies to be effective, they must be targeted at both gene productsCredit: CNIO KRAS was ...

Epicentre of major Amazon droughts and fires saw 2.5 billion trees and vines killed

A major drought and forest fires in the Amazon rainforest killed billions of trees and plants and turned one of ...

How cells control mitochondria

Credit: Pablo Sánchez-Martín/University of Freiburg Errors in the metabolic processes of mitochondria are responsible for a variety of diseases such ...

Seismic surveys have no significant impact on commercially valuable fish in NW Australia

Credit: Copyright AIMS, image credit Nick Thake New research has found marine seismic surveys used in oil and gas exploration ...

DNA duplication linked to the origin and evolution of pine trees and their relatives

Credit: Kristen Grace/Florida Museum of Natural History GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Plants are DNA hoarders. Adhering to the maxim of never ...

Bats in Tel Aviv enjoy the rich variety and abundance of food the city has to offer

Just like humans:Credit: S. Greif. A new Tel Aviv University study found that, like humans, bats living in Tel Aviv ...

Freeze drying, oral health experiments make speedy return from space station aboard SpaceX Dragon

A suite of International Space Station scientific experiments journey back to Earth aboard the 22nd SpaceX commercial resupply services mission ...

Non-neuronal cells drive sex differences in early brain development

Credit: W. Christopher Risher, Ph.D. Marshall University HUNTINGTON, W.Va. - During development, brain cells may find different ways to connect ...

A simple compound to control complex gut microbes