Tag: Biology

Biochemistry shows how the protein MITOL kicks off Parkin activity Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Medical Sciences are reporting ...

Shedding light on cancer metabolism in real-time with bioluminescence

Credit: EPFL EPFL scientists have invented a new way to quantify - in real-time - glucose metabolism of cancerous tumors ...

Echolocation: Making the best of sparse information

New findings reported by Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich researchers challenge a generally accepted model of echolocation in bats. They demonstrate ...

Discovery in mice could remove roadblock to more insulin production

A combination of two immune-system factors keeps the pancreas from keeping up with the demands of a Western diet; together, ...

Bonobo mothers help their sons to have more offspring

Mothers' presence influences the reproductive success of their adult sonsCredit: © Martin Surbeck, Kokolopori Bonobo Research "This is the first ...

Mindfulness helps mothers with opioid use disorder combat depression

(Thomas Jefferson University) The discovery highlights alternative treatment options to pharmaceutical medications.

Structural and functional mechanisms of a new class of bacterial sigma/anti-sigma factors revealed

Credit: FENG Yingang and LIU Yajun Transcription is the process of synthesizing messenger RNA by RNA polymerase based on the ...

Virulence factor of the influenza A virus mapped in real-time

Credit: Kanazawa University The influenza A viruses, which have instigated deadly pandemics in the past, still remain a major global ...

Researchers receive $1.94 million to study connection between autism, microbiome

CORVALLIS, Ore. - An Oregon State University researcher is part of a $1.94 million grant to look for possible connections ...

Waking ‘sleeping’ genes could help Prader-Willi syndrome

Credit: Walter and Eliza Hall Institute, Australia New funding is enabling Walter and Eliza Hall Institute researchers to develop new ...

Can a hands-on model help forest stakeholders fight tree disease?

Credit: Richard C. Cobb, California Polytechnic State University When a new, more aggressive strain of the pathogen that causes sudden ...

Identifying the molecular structure of one of Alzheimer’s stickier culprits

Understanding protein modifications that accelerate Alzheimer's could help researchers develop drugs to target cell degenerationCredit: Royalty-free stock photo ID: 1157052994 ...

Researchers unravel mechanisms that control cell size

Team of biologists, engineers and physicists uncover origins of precise cellular reproductionCredit: Jun Lab, UC San Diego Working with bacteria, ...

How a member of a family of light-sensitive proteins adjusts skin color

After a series of surprising discoveries, a team of scientists determined a role of opsin 3 in tuning human skin ...

Intensive silviculture accelerates Atlantic rainforest biodiversity regeneration

The study shows the advantages of herbicide spraying and intensive fertilization in reforestation programs to mitigate the effects of climate ...

Natural compound found in broccoli reawakens the function of potent tumor suppressor

Finding offers potential novel approach to cancer treatment and prevention BOSTON - Your mother was right; broccoli is good for ...

Preventive measures can reduce foot parasite in children, study says

Credit: Lynne Elson, 2013, CC BY 4.0 Tungiasis is a neglected tropical disease caused by penetrated sand fleas which burrow ...

Changes in subsistence hunting threaten local food security

Modern weapons, commercial hunting, fragmented landscapes impacting local subsistence hunters in Neotropical rain forestsCredit: Galo Zapata-Rios/WCS Scientists with the Universidad ...

Ernst Haeckel: Pioneer of modern science

Science historians at the University of Jena (Germany) explain Ernst Haeckel's definition of ecologyCredit: (Image: Anne Guenther/FSU) (Jena, Germany) "By ...

Scientists propose rethinking ‘endangered species’ definition to save slow-breeding giants