Tag: Biology

Study suggests these two species of large herbivores have complementary ecological functions, favoring seed dispersal and growth of adult trees.Credit: ...

Credit: Courtesy of NYU Abu Dhabi faculty Mohammad Qasaimeh Fast facts: NYU Abu Dhabi researchers have developed a novel tool ...

Credit: Jill Hemman/Oak Ridge National Laboratory, US Department of Energy Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the National Renewable ...

$21.6 million awarded to those driving innovations in physics, life sciences, and mathematicsCredit: Photograph by Dale Ramos. Last night, some ...

Credit: © 2019 Claudia Pogoreutz A survey of the shark skin microbiome provides the first step toward understanding the remarkable ...

Credit: Claire E. Eyers, University of Liverpool; Jeroen Claus, Phospho Biomedical Animation Researchers at the University of Liverpool have made ...

Programmable repressor elements expand the toolbox of synthetic biologists, enabling more sophisticated and accurate diagnostic, environmental, and biofabrication approachesCredit: Alexander ...

How conotoxins can be used in pain therapyCredit: © Markus Muttenthaler Conotoxins are bioactive peptides found in the venom that ...

Converts harmful carbon dioxide into useful alternative fuelCredit: University of Waterloo Scientists have created an "artificial leaf" to fight climate ...

Scientists are now able to produce a wide range of sulfated aromatic compounds such as antifouling eelgrass acid, resveratrol and ...

Interdisciplinary study clarifies role of protein dynamics mediated by the amino acid methionineCredit: Ill./©: Benedikt Goretzki, Ute Hellmich Spider silk ...

Credit: CNIO The body's process for manufacturing fatty acids is regulated by the enzyme FASN. In normal cells, this is ...

Organic, validated non-thermal food safety solution easily integrates into existing tempering process; preserves nutrition, sensory and functional characteristics of both ...

Data bank makes more than 150,000 3D biomolecular structures freely available to the publicCredit: David S. Goodsell The RCSB Protein ...

Credit: Wojciech Stephan In a recent development of the story about wood ants trapped in a post-Soviet nuclear weapon bunker ...

Pancreatic beta cells 'switched on' by light are engineered to enhance production of insulin in response to glucose levelsCredit: Tufts ...

Credit: Robin Chemers Neustein Laboratory of Mammalian Cell Biology and Development at The Rockefeller University Given the amount of wear ...

Credit: NIOO-KNAW Micro-organisms living inside plant roots team up to boost the plant's growth and tolerance to stress. An international ...

Deep-water increases in salt and nutrients haven't reached harmful levels and are reversibleCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- Although ...

An international team of researchers have created a resource that could help plant breeders increase the domestic watermelon's quality and ...