Tag: Biology

Credit: Photo: Krysta Rogers Researchers from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife's Wildlife Investigations Laboratory present their results from ...

Are testosterone-boosting supplements effective? Not likely, according to new research

Over-the-counter 'T boosters' are a popular choice for men looking to raise testosterone levels, and are frequently marketed as an ...

New mouse model of Parkinson’s disease shows how it spreads from the gut

Credit: Ted Dawson et al. / Neuron, 2019 Parkinson's disease can begin in the gut and spread to the brain ...

ASPB names 2019 recipient of Leadership in Science Policy Public Service Award

Honor to be presented at Plant Biology 2019 in San Jose, California ROCKVILLE, MD - The American Society of Plant ...

Unlocking secrets of the ice worm

Credit: Photo by Trinity Hamilton The ice worm is one of the largest organisms that spends its entire life in ...

New biomaterials inspired by nature’s stickiest creatures are on the horizon

NYU Tandon's Jin Kim Montclare wins Department of Defense funding for her work with wet adhesion BROOKLYN, New York, Wednesday, ...

Muscling in on the role of vitamin D

Research shows vitamin D signaling is needed for normal muscle size and strengthCredit: The Westmead Institute for Medical Research A ...

Methylmercury precipitates heart failure by increasing Drp1-mediated mitochondrial fission

Researchers from National Institute for Physiological Sciences in Japan identify the mechanism underlying environmental stress-induced cardiac vulnerability to hemodynamic load ...

Frontline heroes hailed in the war against devil cancers

Residents of Tasmania's D'Entrecasteaux Channel Peninsula, Kingborough and Huon Valley communities are being hailed as the frontline heroes in the ...

Translating proteins into music, and back

By turning molecular structures into sounds, researchers gain insight into protein structures and create new variationsCredit: Zhao Qin and Francisco ...

Snails show that variety is the key to success if you want to remember more

A change is as good as a rest when it comes to remembering more, according to new research by neuroscientists ...

Organic farming enhances honeybee colony performance

Bees are valuable to humans not only because they produce honey, but also because they pollinate wildflowers and food crops. ...

Environmental destruction linked to African population raises questions about family sizes

Credit: Global Rural-Urban Mapping Project Africa is projected to be home to nearly 3 billion people by 2100, but rapid ...

We need to talk about chloramphenicol — how does this antibiotic cause damage to eukaryotes?

For the first time scientists demonstrate the molecular events underlying the effects of chloramphenicol on eukaryotic cells A group of ...

Conservation efforts for giant South American river turtles have protected 147,000 females

The paper surveyed 85 conservation projects that protect the 'charapa' in the Amazon and Orinoco river basinsCredit: WCS By analyzing ...

‘Flying salt shakers of death:’ Fungal-infected zombie cicadas, explained by WVU research

Credit: Matt Kasson MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- If cicadas made horror movies, they'd probably study the actions of their counterparts plagued ...

Pine woodland restoration creates haven for birds in Midwest, MU study finds

Credit: University of Missouri. Millions of acres of pine woodlands once covered a large portion of the Midwest. But as ...

NCI awards $3 million grant to Hollings Cancer Center immunotherapy team

Hollings Cancer Center researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina received a $3 million grant from the National Cancer ...

Radioactive tadpoles reveal contamination clues

Amphibian larvae help monitor environmental contaminationCredit: Terry [email protected] Aiken, S.C. - Tadpoles can be used to measure the amount of ...

Olga Dudchenko named to MIT Technology Review’s TR35