Tag: Biology

Research on LRRK2 gene in mice could lead to new treatments, preventionCredit: The Ottawa Hospital Researchers have struggled for years ...

Organization for Tropical Studies and UConn to support tropical studies in Africa

Credit: Organization for Tropical Studies In partnership with the Organization for Tropical Studies, UConn will support a study abroad semester ...

Adult fly intestine could help understand intestinal regeneration

Credit: University of Bristol Intestinal epithelial cells (IECs) are exposed to diverse types of environmental stresses such as bacteria and ...

Nanotechnology improves chemotherapy delivery

Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - Michigan State University scientists have invented a new way to monitor ...

Faster than ever — neutron tomography detects water uptake by roots

A team from Potsdam, Berlin and Grenoble was able to visualize the transport of water in soil as well as ...

Bacteria make pearl chains

With elegant appendages, the bacteria increase their surface area and thus improve their food intakeCredit: Max Planck Institute for Marine ...

The almond & peach trees genomes shed light on the differences between these close species

Transposons could lie at the origin of the differences between the fruit of both species or the flavor of the ...

High carbon dioxide can create ‘shrinking stems’ in marshes

Marshes grow shorter, denser stems under high carbon dioxide, which can help them resist sea level riseCredit: Maria Sharova/Smithsonian Environmental ...

Unravelling an alternative mechanism of airway mucosal immunity

A research team including Kanazawa University discover an alternative mechanism which may help control microbial infections in the airwayCredit: Kanazawa ...

Allen Institute announces 2019 Next Generation Leaders

Six early-career neuroscience researchers will participate in unique advisory councilCredit: Allen Institute The Allen Institute today debuted the 2019 Next ...

Private boats in the Mediterranean have extremely high potential to spread alien species

Credit: Aylin Ulman This is the first study in the Mediterranean to combine boat and marina sampling data with crew ...

Bats use private and social information as they hunt

Credit: Merlin Tuttle In the arms race between predators and prey, each evolves more and more sophisticated ways of catching ...

Improved mapping of Swedish genes from 1,000 individuals

Credit: Karolinska Institutet In so-called whole genome sequencing, surveys are made of the total genome of an individual. It is ...

UMass Amherst researchers awarded $3.1 million NIH grant for breast cancer risk study

Interdisciplinary team will examine breastmilk to measure effects of diet high in fruits and vegetablesCredit: UMass Amherst A University of ...

Bird droppings defy expectations

Credit: Andrew Magill For every question about bird poop, uric acid appears to be the answer. Why are bird droppings ...

What wolves’ teeth reveal about their lives

UCLA biologist links an increase in fractured teeth to a dwindling supply of preyCredit: Christelle Snow/UCLA UCLA evolutionary biologist Blaire ...

Growing a smarter model for brain research in space

An investigation on the space station studies how microgravity affects basic functions of brain cells, including survival, migration and metabolism, ...

NIH funds new centers to expand and diversify the human reference genome

The UC Santa Cruz Genomics Institute will play a leading role in the ambitious new Human Pangenome Reference Sequence ProjectCredit: ...

Symbiosis as a tripartite relationship

Investigation of viral communities of sponges allows new insights into the mechanisms of symbiosisCredit: © Martin T. Jahn, GEOMAR Sponges ...

New mechanisms that regulate pluripotency in embryonic stem cells are discovered