Tag: Biology

Credit: World Health Organisation The tropical disease Leishmaniasis is being tackled by catching female sand flies who carry the parasite ...

Multiple correlations between brain complexity and locomotion pattern in vertebrates

Researchers unveil multiple correlations between brain complexity and locomotion pattern in vertebratesCredit: Simone Macrì and Nicolas Di-Poï, University of Helsinki. ...

Fighting bacterial infection with drug-eluting medical devices

Credit: Image courtesy of F. Marconi. Medical practitioners routinely outfit patients with devices ranging from cardiovascular stents, pacemakers, catheters, and ...

Alcohol tolerance may have saved our ancestors from extinction

Credit: Hockings & Dunbar The ability to process alcohol may have saved humanity's ancestors from extinction, a new book suggests. ...

Host cell proteases can process viral capsid proteins

Credit: Varpu Marjomäki/University of Jyväskylä It has long been suggested that a cell protease could take part in enterovirus infection. ...

How do world’s smallest sea turtles become stranded in Cape Cod?

Computer simulations help reconstruct ocean conditions behind strandingCredit: Olivia Bourque A computational analysis has surfaced new insights into the wind ...

How plants harness ‘bad’ molecules for good ends

Identifying the complex molecular interactions that regulate root growth could lead to more productive cropsCredit: Photo by Duke University DURHAM, ...

First experimental genetic evidence of the human self-domestication hypothesis

Credit: Thomas Ôrourke/UB The study, published in Science Advances, results from the collaboration between a UB team led by Cedric ...

Better wildfire and smoke predictions with new vegetation database

Credit: University of Washington It's hard to find a place in the U.S. that isn't impacted by wildfires and smoke. ...

National Park Service scientists: Does aircraft noise make birds more vocal?

Human-generated noise can have an effect on birds, even when there's no direct threatCredit: National Park Service SAN DIEGO, December ...

Deer and elk can help young Douglas-fir trees under some conditions

Credit: Thomas Stokely, OSU College of Forestry CORVALLIS, Ore. - Long considered pests by forest managers, deer and elk can ...

How tiny enzymes reign supreme in worldwide carbon recycling

Richard Wolfenden, Ph.D., professor of biochemistry and biophysics at the UNC School of Medicine, details how white rot fungi produce ...

Machine learning helps scientists measure important inflammation process

UNC School of Medicine researchers created an artificial intelligence tool to measure NETosis, an inflammatory process where white blood cells ...

The wellbeing connection

Germany uses ecosystems in distant, often poorer regionsCredit: Original publication https://rdcu.be/bRP2s Soya and beef from South America, timber from Russia, ...

The gut may be involved in the development of multiple sclerosis

The gut has long been suspected to play a role in autoimmune disease; a research team has now identified evidence ...

ASA, CDC plan revamp of sound-related Wikipedia pages for International Year of Sound 2020

Acoustical Society of America, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health push to improve online resources for sound, acoustics and ...

New cell models for ocular drug discovery

Credit: Mika Reinisalo Researchers at the University of Eastern Finland have developed two new cell models that can open up ...

TAMEST names top rising STEM scientists of Texas in 2020 O’Donnell Award announcement

Changing the future of Alzheimer's Disease. Utilizing crystals to produce drugs for kidney stones and malaria. Understanding previously unobserved functions ...

Respiration key to increase oxygen in the brain

Credit: Handbook of Physiology, 1892 William Morrant Baker Contrary to accepted knowledge, blood can bring more oxygen to mice brains ...

Purdue speech-language entrepreneur elected fellow of National Academy of Inventors