Tag: Biology

Paper endorsed by 407 scientists in Brazil estimates the value of ecosystem services linked to nature conservation, such as pollination, ...

Lifelike chemistry created in lab search for ways to study origin of life

Credit: Image courtesy of the David Baum lab MADISON - University of Wisconsin-Madison researchers have cultivated lifelike chemical reactions while ...

TACC key collaborator in new NIH grant to explore chronic pain and opioid reliance

New 'meta-portal' to provide researchers with access to analytics tools and data sets for private, public dataCredit: Jorge Salazar, TACC ...

New process kills mosquito larvae using bacteria in the male’s gut microbiome

Ben-Gurion University team wins gold medal for research at 2019 iGem CompetitionCredit: Ben-Gurion University/IGem BEER-SHEVA, Israel...November 14, 2019 - A ...

MicroRNA comprehensively analyzed

Credit: @tsarcyanide/MIPT Press Office Messenger RNA transmits genetic information to the proteins, and microRNA plays a key role in the ...

Sociable crows are healthier — new research

Study shows link between health and size of social groupCredit: Photo by Dr Claudia Wascher, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) A ...

Architecture of a bacterial power plant decrypted

Credit: Rudolf-Virchow-Zentrum / University of Würzburg Both humans and many other creatures need oxygen for survival. In the conversion of ...

FEFU scientists obtained new compounds with potential antitumor effect from sea sponge

Credit: FEFU press office Chemists from Far Eastern Federal University's School of Natural Sciences (SNS FEFU) developed a new method ...

Simulation reveals how bacterial organelle converts sunlight to chemical energy

Credit: Photo by L. Brian Stauffer CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Scientists have simulated every atom of a light-harvesting structure in a ...

New study casts doubt on China’s organ donation data

Credit: Benjamin John Keough, ANU The Chinese government may have been systematically misreporting the number of organs it claims it ...

Salk Institute receives Charity Navigator’s highest rating for ninth consecutive time

Status achieved by only three percent of nonprofitsCredit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA--(November 14, 2019) For the ninth consecutive time, the ...

No deliveries: How cells decide when to accept extracellular packages

Credit: Edward Partlow and Dr. Richard Baker Endocytosis, a fundamental process that cells use to take in macromolecules, functions a ...

How giant kelp may respond to climate change

In a changing ocean, giant kelp's reproductive success depends on where it's fromCredit: Jordan Hollarsmith/UC Davis When a marine heat ...

NJIT biomedical engineer Tara Alvarez is a fellow of the American Academy of Optometry

Credit: NJIT Tara Alvarez, a professor of biomedical engineering at New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) who studies the links ...

Genetics of species-specific birdsong revealed

Credit: Wang H. et al., PLOS Biology, November 13, 2019 Differences in gene expression led to different bird songs between ...

Tuna carbon ratios reveal shift in food web

Credit: Danilo Cedrone, UN Food and Agriculture Organization DURHAM, N.C. - The ratio of carbon isotopes in three common species ...

Chitin-binding proteins override host plant’s resistance to fungal infection

Credit: Helena Volk, Kristina Marton, Marko Flajšman, et al. An insoluble complex carbohydrate, chitin makes up fungal walls and plays ...

How the cellular recycling system is put on hold while cells divide

Research confirms repression of autophagy during mitosisCredit: Cook lab, Babraham Institute * The research uncovers the molecular intricacies of the ...

Spot the difference: Two identical-looking bird species with very different genes

Scientists have identified a new bird species from the Southern coast of China, that diverged from its Northern relatives around ...

A new facial analysis method detects genetic syndromes with high precision and specificity