Tag: Biology

Mammals have adapted to live in the darkest of caves and the deepest oceans, and from the highest mountains to ...

Rutgers study shows how switching sexes could threaten populationsCredit: Jennifer Blake-Mahmud Although pollen has covered cars for weeks and allergy ...

Could some chimpanzees' crustacean crave yield clues about human evolution?Credit: Kyoto University/Kathelijne Koops Kyoto, Japan -- Why do we fish? ...

Credit: Photo: Colin Beale/Universität York Elephants are essential to savannah and forest ecosystems and play an important role in ecotourism ...

Credit: Laboratory of RNA Molecular Biology at The Rockefeller University The immune system is programmed to rid the body of ...

For original and sustained contributions to biological oceanography, through creative and comprehensive studies testing core hypotheses related to bio-physical interactions ...

Ryan Webb is an Assistant Professor at the Rotman School of Management. His research integrates the disciplines of Neuroscience, Psychology, ...

Credit: Image courtesy of Peter Hoey. Bacteria are everywhere. They live in the soil and water, on our skin and ...

Oil palm is alternatively seen as a gift from god or a crime against humanity; according to science, it is ...

The mutual dependencies of many plant species and their pollinators mean that the negative effects of climate change are exacerbated. ...

Understanding the structure of the FoxM1 protein and how it works could guide development of new cancer-fighting drugs Unregulated cell ...

Credit: Photo: Oskar Gran Wood-living beetles that use oak trees are a species-rich and threatened animal group in modern forestry ...

The description of a new rat snake species from eastern Turkey, Elaphe urartica, has been published in the journal PeerJCredit: ...

They simulate decision-making processes, predicting the intentions of another individual. Dysfunctions in these 'simulation neurons' may explain difficulties in social ...

Credit: Virginia Tech A decade ago a new idea was brought into the general scientific community - shedding water from ...

Cancer therapies that use immune cells to trigger the body to attack tumours could be improved by a molecule that ...

Visualizing microglia in brain tissue with a fluorescence turn-on substrate Part of the immune system in the brain is made ...

Ghost forests and abandoned farmland illustrate the cost of climate changeCredit: Dr. Matt Kirwan/Virginia Institute of Marine Science Type "sea-level ...

Chemical synthesis demonstrates that antibiotic from the human nose works by proton translocation Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are an increasing health threat, ...

New Collaborative Research Centre analyses diverse role of RNA molecules / Another RNA Collaborative Research Centre extended The new SFB ...