Tag: Biology

Credit: RHS Non-native plants are providing new homes for Britain's insects - some of which are rare on native plants, ...

EHP names new editor-in-chief

Credit: University of Washington Joel Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H., has been named the new Editor-in-Chief of Environmental Health Perspectives (EHP), a ...

New ‘netherworldly’ freshwater fish named for Thai conservation visionary

Credit: Zachary Randall/Florida Museum GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- At first glance, Garra surinbinnani looks like a stout, brown minnow with the ...

Change of shifts at the north pole

As the second leg of the 1-year-long MOSAiC expedition begins, participants review the mission so farCredit: Photo: Alfred-Wegener-Institut/Esther Horvath, CC-BY ...

Birds’ seasonal migrations shift earlier as climate changes, new research shows

UMass Amherst, Colorado State, Cornell study analyzed 2 decades of migration dataCredit: UMass Amherst AMHERST, Mass. - In what the ...

Scientist breaks down chemistry in iconic cartoons: SpongeBob SquarePants and Popeye

Are bananas actually that slippery? Could spinach give you superhuman strength? And what the heck is Toon Acid? This week, ...

Climate change could make RSV respiratory infection outbreaks less severe, more common

Credit: Pixabay One of the first studies to examine the effect of climate change on diseases such as influenza that ...

Visual neurons don’t work the way scientists thought, study finds

Less than 10% of neurons in the mouse visual system behave the way scientists thought most such cells work to ...

From cancer medication to antibiotic

Modified cancer drug effective against multi-resistant bacteriaCredit: Andreas Heddergott / TUM Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are increasingly the source of deadly infections. ...

Southern white rhinos are threatened by incest and habitat fragmentation

Targeted measures can help to avert this dangerCredit: Robynne Prinsloo The fragmentation of natural habitats by fences and human settlements ...

It’s always a good hair day for Leptothrix cholodnii

Researchers led by a team at the University of Tsukuba find that hair-like structures on the surface of aquatic bacterium ...

Get ready for a new periodic table

Researchers at Hebrew University combine quantum dot 'atoms' and create new 'molecules'Credit: Meirav Oded and Somnath Koley. Are you ready ...

Fish consumption and mercury exposure in pregnant women in coastal Florida

Study evaluates fish consumption, sources, risk, knowledge and mercury concentrations in vulnerable populationCredit: Florida Atlantic University's Harbor Branch Mercury contamination ...

New CRISPR-based system targets amplified antibiotic-resistant genes

'Pro-active' genetics technology demonstrates 100-fold improved efficiency in targeting antibiotic-resistant bacteriaCredit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego Taking advantage of powerful ...

Dartmouth study finds conscious visual perception occurs outside the visual system

Credit: Figure by Sirui Liu and Patrick Cavanagh. A Dartmouth study finds that the conscious perception of visual location occurs ...

Following the lizard lung labyrinth

Savannah monitor lizards have a unique airflow pattern that is a hybrid of bird and mammal flow patternsCredit: Robert Cieri ...

Genetic counseling: Clinical practice and ethical considerations from cshlpress

Credit: Image provided by Grommik/Shutterstock.com Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press announced the release of Genetic ...

New assay assesses multiple cellular pathways at once