Tag: Biology

UToledo research identifies another potential -- and renewable -- tool to fight harmful algal bloomsCredit: Dan Miller / The University ...

Current global response insufficient; 'transformative changes' needed to restore and protect nature; opposition from vested interests can be overcome for ...

Virus highly contagious to domesticated dogsCredit: Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department DURHAM, N.H.--A distinct strain of canine distemper virus, which ...

Neuroscience, computer vision collaborate to better understand visual information processing PITTSBURGH--Neuroscientists and computer vision scientists say a new dataset of ...

To kill bacteria in the blood, our immune system relies on nanomachines that can open deadly holes in their targets. ...

New look at behavior upends common assumptions about bacteriaCredit: Courtesy of the researchers Current biological models assume that many bacteria ...

Credit: James Dwyer, EDM International Crane species are declining around the world, and lethal collisions with power lines are an ...

Credit: Dan Bebber Climate change has raised the risk of a fungal disease that ravages banana crops, new research shows. ...

Credit: Tim McClanahan, Wildlife Conservation Society Cooperation within a group of people is key to many successful endeavors, including scientific ...

Cell motility is essential to proper development and to cancer metastasis; now researchers propose a target to control it Cells ...

MADISON, Wis. -- Developing renewable, plant-based alternatives for petroleum-derived chemicals is a major piece of the effort to transition away ...

Credit: Douglas Kamaru Endangered African antelope and the lions that prey on them may benefit from certain cattle ranching practices ...

Data-sampling method makes 'sketches' of unwieldy biological datasets while still capturing the full diversity of cell types Artistic sketches can ...

Credit: IRB Barcelona. Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease describes several liver dysfunctions of varying severity, characterised by the accumulation of fat ...

Technique opens door for studies of countless hard-to-crystallize proteins involved in health and diseaseCredit: Brookhaven National Laboratory UPTON, NY--Using x-rays ...

Ubiquitous marine plants dissipate wave energy and could help protect vulnerable shorelines CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Most people's experience with seagrass, ...

Credit: RUB, Marquard Using current techniques, Alzheimer's disease, the most frequent cause of dementia, can only be detected once the ...

Credit: Photo: Sascha Yousefi A team led by the Freiburg biologists Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schamel and Prof. Dr. Wilfried Weber ...

Brazilian scientists identify the predominant presence of a truncated variant of the p53 protein in amyloid aggregates in endometrial cancer ...

Credit: Joyce Sakamoto/Penn State The prevalence of the most abundant species of ticks found in Pennsylvania has shifted over the ...