Tag: Biology

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

IPBES: Nature’s dangerous decline ‘unprecedented,’ species extinction rates ‘accelerating’

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

UNH researchers discover new strain of canine distemper in wild animals in NH, VT

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

Dataset bridges human vision and machine learning

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

Filming how our immune system kill bacteria

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

Hopping bacteria

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

UV lights on power lines may help save Sandhill cranes

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

Banana disease boosted by climate change

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

Cooperation among fishers can improve fish stock in coral reefs

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

Missing molecule hobbles cell movement

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

Industry-ready process makes plastics chemical from plant sugars

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

Research shows cattle ranching could help conserve rare African antelope, lions

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

New approach could accelerate efforts to catalogue vast numbers of cells

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

Researchers identify a protein that protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

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

New approach for solving protein structures from tiny crystals

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

Study demonstrates seagrass’ strong potential for curbing erosion

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

Early-stage detection of Alzheimer’s in the blood

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

A question of time

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

Study reveals amyloid clumps of a truncated p53 structure related to endometrial cancer

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

More than 100 years of data show Pennsylvania tick population shift