White shark population is small but healthy off the coast of Central California
Credit: Scot Anderson NEWPORT, Ore. - The population of white sharks that call the Central California coast their primary home ...
Tag: Biology
Tree species diversity is no protection against bark beetle infestation
Credit: aerial photos by K. R. Kovach, Sixtoothed spruce bark beetle photo by U. Schmidt In recent years, foresters have ...
Pets and their owners diet together, new study finds
International study examines why pet owners choose grain-free foodCredit: University of Guelph Keto, gluten-free, organic: If a pet owner is ...
Palm oil plantations change the social behavior of macaques
Researchers spent months observing groups of southern pig-tailed macaquesCredit: Photo: Anna Holzner Due to the extensive clearing of their habitat, ...
Birds dealing with change — Mapping migration routes can lead to conservation areas
Credit: Photo: Ginny Chan Tracking migratory birds that carry tiny satellite transmitters in featherlight 'backpacks', can teach us a lot ...
Researchers use ‘hole-y’ math and machine learning to study cellular self-assembly
Credit: Wong lab/Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The field of mathematical topology is often described in terms of donuts and ...
Carbohydrate ‘cage’ allows precise drug delivery to the gastrointestinal tract
A GlycoCage technology developed by GlycoNet researchers aims to improve current treatments for inflammatory bowel diseaseCredit: UBC, Michael Smith Laboratories ...
Alzheimer protein APP regulates learning and social behavior in the healthy brain
Beyond plaques: Heidelberg scientists unravel the natural functions of the APP protein familyCredit: Susanne Klein, Prof. Müller's research group, Heidelberg ...
Modeling can predict mutation “hotspots” and antibody escapers in SARS-CoV-2 spike protein
Study identifies structural basis of spike protein mutations with stronger binding and antibody resistance, which may explain transmissibility of new ...
Virginia Tech scientists see fluid flow as potential key to Alzheimer’s disease
Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC explore new Alzheimer's approachCredit: Virginia Tech Scientists don't fully understand what causes Alzheimer's disease, ...
Oregon researchers find cell division machinery that makes brain cells
High speed, super-resolution imagery suggests that neural stem cells in fruit flies operate like machinery on a factory floorCredit: University ...
Fastide, Inc. established to commercialize results of middle molecule drug discovery
Developing support projects for peptide drug discovery and nucleic acid drug discoveryCredit: MIDL Professor Yutaka Akiyama of the School of ...
How a small fish coped with being isolated from the sea
12000-year-old fish bones shed light on evolutionary processes.Credit: Photo: Anders Romundset, NGU / NTNU The last ice age ended almost ...
Plant consumers play unexpectedly large role in the evolution of seedling success
Influence of herbivores likely counteracts earlier plant emergence due to climate changeCredit: Cleland Lab, UC San Diego For young plants, ...
‘No level of smoke exposure is safe’
Study links secondhand smoke during pregnancy to epigenetic changes in babiesCredit: VCU Massey Cancer Center Nearly a quarter of pregnant ...
New insights into androgen’s action could boost battle against prostate cancer
Credit: Angela Paschal Researchers at UVA Cancer Center have unveiled important new insights into how hormones known as androgens act ...
Same nerve cell — Different influence on food intake
Researchers reveal the diversity of our neuronsCredit: MPI for Metabolism Research/ Nasim Biglari The nerve cells, also called neurons, in ...
New, biological, and safer soaps
An international research team could revolutionize the biosurfactant marketCredit: Christian Fleury An international research team led by Professor Charles Gauthier ...
Did Earth’s early rise in oxygen help multicellular life evolve?
A new study is taking the air out of a hypothesis linking early Earth's oxygenation to larger, more complex organisms. ...
Adding antibodies to enhance photodynamic therapy for viral and bacterial disease
Advancing PDT as a rapid response to pandemicsCredit: Vladislav Yakovlev/Texas A&M University WASHINGTON, May 18, 2021 -- The COVID-19 pandemic ...