Tag: Biology

January 16, 2020

FAU Harbor Branch researcher collaborates with US Centers for Disease Control and PreventionCredit: Florida Atlantic University Blooms of toxin-producing algae ...

Jumping genes threaten egg cell quality

January 16, 2020

Understanding their activity has implications for fertility and health of future generationsCredit: Photograph is courtesy of Marla Tharp and Navid ...

The mysterious, legendary giant squid’s genome is revealed

January 16, 2020

Credit: Alphonse de Neuville WOODS HOLE, Mass. -- How did the monstrous giant squid - reaching school-bus size, with eyes ...

How cells assemble their skeleton

Researchers study the formation of microtubulesCredit: Pfeffer & Schiebel, ZMBH Microtubules, filamentous structures within the cell, are required for many ...

Glimpses of fatherhood found in non-pair-bonding chimps

Credit: Aaron Sandel, UT Austin AUSTIN, Texas -- Although they have no way of identifying their biological fathers, male chimpanzees ...

MDI Biological Laboratory will use new animal model to study aging

Grant will support addition of African turquoise killifish to model animal rosterCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — The ...

Dresden biologists make living sperm glow

Credit: Cornelia Wetzker How do female insects manage to keep the sperm fresh for months after mating? This is a ...

Newly created embryo nourishes hope for the survival of the northern white rhino

Credit: Ami Vitale In August 2019 a team of scientists and conservationists broke new ground in saving the northern white ...

Studies of membrane vesicles pave the way to innovative treatments of degenerative diseases

A paper came out in Cells in December 2019Credit: Kazan Federal University Research team leader Marina Gomzikova, employee of the ...

Building materials come alive with help from bacteria

Credit: CU Boulder College of Engineering & Applied Science University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new approach to ...

New study on a recently discovered chlorophyll molecule could be key to better solar cells

Scientists uncover the location and functions of a new type of chlorophyll molecule for the first timeCredit: Tokyo University of ...

UC Davis scientists provide novel strategies for parasitic weed control

Credit: Yaxin Wang, Daniel Steele, Maylin Murdock, Seigmund Lai, and John Yoder Parasitic weeds are among the world's most economically ...

Cat parasite reduces general anxiety in infected mice, not just fear of feline predators

Credit: Pierre-Mehdi Hammoudi and Damien Jacot The cat parasite Toxoplasma gondii is known to cause infected rodents to lose their ...

Including irregular time intervals improves animal movement studies

Credit: bighorn sheep, Lori Iverson - USFWS/flickr; cheetah - Bernard DuPont/flicker; black carpenter ants - Hughes Lab, Penn State; blue ...

Hyperactive immune system gene causes schizophrenia-like changes in mice

Credit: Rhushikesh A. Phadke Excessive activity of an immune system gene previously linked to schizophrenia reproduces neural and behavioral aspects ...

Study weighs deep-sea mining’s impact on microbes

Credit: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution The essential roles that microbes play in deep-sea ecosystems are at risk from the potential ...

New parasitoid wasp species discovered in the Amazon — can manipulate host’s behavior

Credit: Kari Kaunisto A research group from the Biodiversity Unit of the University of Turku studies the diversity of parasitoid ...

Robotic gripping mechanism mimics how sea anemones catch prey

The doughnut-shaped, plastic rubber device crimps its skin to latch onto anything from cloth to beakers filled with liquid.Credit: Weifeng ...

Scientists hope to defeat infections after discovering bacterial espionage

Credit: Copyright: Kristjan Teedema/Postimees/Scanpix University of Tartu scientists hope create a solution for chronic infections that do not respond to ...

New E. coli-infecting bacteriophage introduced in PHAGE