Tag: Biology

Credit: FEFU press office Scientists of Far Eastern Federal University (FEFU) and the G.B. Elyakov Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry ...

Scientists use crabs to validate popular method to identify unknown human brain neurons

Study by MU scientist and team could contribute to future breakthroughs in understanding the brain and neurological diseasesCredit: University of ...

What happens when your favorite PBS hosts eat miracle berries?

Credit: The American Chemical Society WASHINGTON, Dec. 6, 2019 -- Miracle berries cause sour foods to taste sweet, but do ...

Discovery of genes involved in the biosynthesis of antidepressant

Hypericin in St. John's WortCredit: P. Rizzo / IPK The herb St John's Wort Hypericum perforatum has a long history ...

Island ‘soundscapes’ show potential for evaluating recovery of nesting seabirds

Conservation biologists are taking a holistic approach to acoustic monitoring for evaluating the effectiveness of restoration effortsCredit: Ian L. Jones) ...

Bile duct biomarker? Protein found to pinpoint patients with a lethal cancer

Credit: Department of Molecular Oncology,TMDU Tokyo, Japan - Biliary tract cancer is a type of cancer that occurs in the ...

Study shows first signs of cross-talk between RNA surveillance and silencing systems

Credit: DGIST A recent study by a team of scientists in Korea reveals new findings about how various systems involved ...

Dendrites filtering neuron’s excitement

Purkinje cell dendrites filter inputs into the cell, demonstrating a new learning mechanism in the cerebellumCredit: Kyoto University/Mindy Takamiya Kyoto, ...

Improved pH probes may help towards cancer treatments

Credit: Kanazawa University "It is becoming clear that an acid extracellular pH plays an essential role in cancer cell progression, ...

Scientists at the California Academy of Sciences describe 71 new species in 2019

From geckos to goblin spiders, flowering plants, and Mediterranean ants -- spanning five continents and three oceans -- these discoveries ...

Janus bases among The Scientist’s Top Innovations of 2019

Invented at Carnegie Mellon, the bivalent nucleic acid recognition platform is being used to develop treatments for rare genetic diseasesCredit: ...

What does DNA’s repair shop look like? New research identifies the tools

Credit: Jonah A. Eaton and Alexandra Zidovska, Department of Physics, New York University. A team of scientists has identified how ...

Microwave treatment is an inexpensive way to clean heavy metals from treated sewage

Credit: Mark Wallheiser / FAMU-FSU College of Engineering TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A team of Florida State University researchers studying new ...

How flowers adapt to their pollinators

Modularity facilitates rapid adaptation of single floral organs to different pollinatorsCredit: Agnes Dellinger Flowering plants are characterized by an astonishing ...

Whales may owe their efficient digestion to millions of tiny microbes

Credit: Photo by Kate Stafford, University of Washington A study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) shows that ...

Lights on fishing nets save turtles and dolphins

Credit: ProDelphinus Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new ...

Insilico publishes a review of deep aging clocks and announces the issuance of key patent

Insilico Medicine announced the publication of a comprehensive review of the deep biomarkers of aging and the publication of a ...

Modern technology and old-fashioned legwork solve science mystery