Tag: Biology

Credit: Mark_Kostich Shutterstock Although less often the focus of cancer research, recent studies have hinted at the possible importance of ...

Mothers’ and babies’ brains ‘more in tune’ when mother is happy

Credit: University of Cambridge Mothers' and babies' brains can work together as a 'mega-network' by synchronising brain waves when they ...

Newly discovered protein gives signal for virus infection

Credit: University of Zurich Viruses have been part of animals and humans for eons. When viruses invade a cell, they ...

Research adds new twist to fight against autoimmune diseases

Study in Nature Immunology finds new drivers of destructive inflammationCredit: Cincinnati Children's CINCINNATI - Scientists describe in Nature Immunology an ...

Turning light energy into heat to fight disease

Scientists have developed a method involving terahertz radiation to monitor temperature changes when laser light is focused on tiny gold ...

Consider marine life when implementing offshore renewable power

Credit: John Wang With countries such as Iceland, Costa Rica, New Zealand, and Norway adopting green energy practices, renewable energy ...

Gastric cancer susceptibility marker discovered

Credit: © Lionel Costa Gastric cancer, the third most common cause of cancer-related deaths, is often associated with a poor ...

Seasonal forecasts challenged by Pacific Ocean warming

Credit: CSHOR CSIRO research has found global warming will make it more difficult to predict multi-year global climate variations, a ...

Moths and perhaps other animals rely on precise timing of neural spikes

Credit: Rob Felt, Georgia Tech Extracting nectar from flowers that may be dancing in the wind requires precise, millisecond timing ...

Study finds Chinese plant biodiversity at risk due to human activity: Narrow-ranged losers, widespread

Credit: WANG Yunquan With intensifying human activity, many species are threatened with extinction. However, many other species have expanded their ...

Protein injections in medicine

One day, medical compounds could be introduced into cells with the help of bacterial toxinsCredit: MPI f. Molecular Physiology Pathogens ...

Even resilient common species are not immune to environmental crisis

Agricultural parasite avoids evolutionary arms race, shuts down genes of host plants

Credit: Claude dePamphilis, Penn State A parasitic plant has found a way to circumvent an evolutionary arms race with the ...

Koalas climb like apes but bound on the ground like marsupials

Credit: Kate Berry Spread across the globe, from Central and South America to Japan, non-human primates have a toehold that ...

Millions with swallowing problems could be helped through new wearable device

Credit: Jared Pike/Purdue University WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - A wearable monitoring device to make treatments easier and more affordable for ...

Ancient events are still impacting mammals worldwide

Researchers find signatures of deep past in biodiversity patterns todayCredit: Figure courtesy of John Rowan/UMass Amherst HOUSTON -- (Dec. 16, ...

The Digital Cell

Cell Biology as a Data ScienceCredit: Image courtesy of Anne Straube, University of Warwick Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold ...

Scientists show how tiny, mutated neuron organelles impair brain connectivity

UNC School of Medicine scientists led by Eva Anton, PhD, found that defective primary cilia can modulate connectivity between neurons ...

How does fat affect muscle function?

UMass Amherst researchers engaged in high-tech, multidisciplinary studyCredit: UMass Amherst From arthritis and heart failure to diabetes and menopause, many ...

Underwater pile driving noise causes alarm responses in squid