Tag: Biology

Researchers have found an unusual, light-dependent enzyme in microalgae. A new project at the Department of Engineering, Aarhus University, will ...

Mites can change their diet depending on environmental conditions

A team of scientists from Tyumen State University together with their foreign colleagues discovered that soil mites change their dietary ...

Experiment suggests the best ways to tackle invasive Oregon grape in Belgian coastal dunes

Credit: Tim Adriaens The Belgian coastal dunes, a protected habitat of high conservation value, are getting severely impacted by one ...

Local traditional knowledge can be as accurate as scientific transect monitoring

New research from a cross-organisational consortium in the Amazon has found indigenous knowledge to be as accurate as scientific transect ...

Bumblebees exposed to Chernobyl-levels of radiation consume more nectar

Credit: Jessica Burrows The study simulated Chernobyl-levels of radiation exposure in a laboratory to investigate the impacts it may be ...

Tsoi lives in Malaysian forests

Sergey Ermilov, a researcher from Tyumen State University, discovered and described a new species of oribatid mites that lives on ...

Understanding Asteraceae: Validation of a Hyb-Seq probe set for evolutionary studies

Credit: Jones, K. E., T. Fér, R. E. Schmickl, R. B. Dikow, V. A. Funk, S. Herrando-Moraira, P. R. Johnston, ...

Single-cell analysis of the earliest cell fate decisions in development

Multi-omics analysis of the process establishing the mammalian body planCredit: The embryo and cell images were created by Veronique Juvin ...

Scientists link decline of baltic cod to hypoxia — and climate change

Fishes' 'internal logbooks' show decline in valuable species is caused by loss of seawater oxygenCredit: Yvette Heimbrand, SLU If you ...

Scales offer insight into chronic stress of fish, University of Guelph research finds

Credit: (University of Guelph) For years, aquatic researchers have sought an easy way to determine when wild fish are under ...

Study of elephant, capybara, human hair finds that thicker hair isn’t always stronger

Credit: Wen Yang Despite being four times thicker than human hair, elephant hair is only half as strong--that's just one ...

Site search: A digital approach to proteins and cancer

Credit: Purdue University/Chao Feng WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - What if scientists could create more effective drugs to treat cancers and ...

Scientists eager to explain brain rhythm boost’s broad impact in Alzheimer’s models

Credit: Picower Institute at MIT The sweeping extent to which increasing 40Hz "gamma" rhythm power in the brain can affect ...

Eavesdropping on the human microbiome uncovers ‘potent’ new antibiotics

Using a massive dataset drawn from the genomes of hundreds of people, a team of Princeton researchers identified two microbes ...

Study to help manage shark populations in Pacific Panama

Credit: Alejandro Tagliafico Sharks play a critical role in keeping oceans healthy, balancing the food chain and ensuring species diversity. ...

Illumination drives bats out of caves

No matter the color of the lightCredit: Stefan Greif Artificial light influences the behaviour of many nocturnal animals such as ...

Real-time photoacoustic thermometry of tumors during HIFU treatment in living subjects

Credit: Chulhong Kim(POSTECH) High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) treatment is a non-invasive method that removes unhealthy tissues and tumors by ...

A machine learning approach to identify functional human phosphosites

New resource for identifying functional human phosphosites relevant for diverse biological processes and diseaseCredit: Spencer Phillips 9 December 2019, Cambridge ...

Study sheds light on ‘overlooked’ bee species

Findings from ARU project could help to protect solitary, ground-nesting beesCredit: Dr Thomas Ings, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) The UK's ...

MASS: An integrative software program for streamlined morphometric analyses of leaves