Tag: Biology

Credit: Courtesy Northwestern University RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. -- Synthetic biologists working on a U.S. Army project have developed a ...

Antibiotics from the sea

International research team taps potential source of new antibioticsCredit: Christian Jogler Nearly three-quarters of all clinically relevant antibiotics are natural ...

How gene expression noise shapes cell fate

Max Planck researcher develops a method for measuring gene expression noise across single cells in complex tissueCredit: MPI of Immunobiology ...

King’s College AI-Longevity Hub launched via support of Biogerontology Research Foundation

The UK's first AI for Longevity hub -- the Longevity AI Consortium -- is launched at King's College London with ...

Subtle changes, big effects

Credit: iStock (CC BY 4.0) "Does the flap of a butterfly's wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas?" ...

Directional control of self-propelled protocells

The future of drug delivery?Credit: Ambika Somasundar, Penn State Synthetic protocells can be made to move toward and away from ...

The little duck that could: Study finds endangered Hawaiian duck endures

Credit: Christopher Malachowski, Oregon State University The endangered Hawaiian duck, or koloa, the only endemic duck remaining on the main ...

Plants use a single communication route when developing new chloroplastsCredit: Image by PhotoMIX Ltd. No copyright. No credit required. https://www.pexels.com/photo/closeup-photo-of-sprout-1002703/ ...

Training collaboration launched between Wistar & Leiden University Medical Center

Credit: The Wistar Institute PHILADELPHIA -- (Nov. 15, 2019) -- The Wistar Institute and Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC) formalized ...

Bacterial protein impairs important cellular processes

Credit: Credit: AG Römer Areas of skin that have been damaged by an injury are ideal niches for the concentration ...

Something old, something new in the ocean’s blue

The discovery of a forgotten metabolic pathway adds a new dimension to the global carbon cycleCredit: Max Planck Institute for ...

EurekAlert! fellowship spotlights early-career science journalists from Latin America, other emerging regions

Credit: Courtesy photos provided by the winners Five early-career science journalists from emerging regions will attend the 2020 AAAS Annual ...

Seeing past the stigma

A review of the lesser known sides of the plant genus ErythroxylumCredit: J. D'Auria / IPK Since the Western world ...

How nematodes outsmart the defenses of pests

Credit: Cyril Hertz and Lingfei Hu, University of Bern The western corn rootworm causes economic losses of over 2 billion ...

Scientists discover how the molecule-sorting station in our cells is formed and maintained

New mechanism to explain how the cell organelle that sorts and distributes substances entering a cell is formed and maintainedCredit: ...

Lichens are way younger than scientists thought

Credit: (c) Matthew P. Nelsen, Field Museum You've probably seen a lichen, even if you didn't realize it. If you've ...

Master regulator in mitochondria is critical for muscle function and repair

New study identifies how loss of mitochondrial protein MICU1 disrupts calcium balance and causes muscle atrophy and weaknessCredit: MitoCare Center ...

SeaWorld commits $900,000 to protect North Atlantic right whale

Credit: Image: Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission, NOAA Permit #594-1759 The SeaWorld & Busch Gardens Conservation Fund announced that it ...

New method described for quantifying antisense oligonucleotides in nuclei

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, November 14, 2019--A novel method uses subcellular fractionation to quantify label-free ...

ASU study shows some aquatic plants depend on the landscape for photosynthesis