Tag: Biology

Combined with common fungicide, 'bee safe' Sivanto leads to abnormal behavior and lower survivalCredit: James Nieh, UC San Diego A ...

Novel strategy hits ‘reset button’ for disease-causing genetic duplications

WORCESTER -- Scientists at UMass Medical School have developed a strategy for editing and repairing a particular type of genetic ...

Water that never freezes

Credit: ETH Zurich Making ice cubes is a simple process: you take a plastic ice-cube tray like you'd find in ...

New research reveals climate change secrets hidden in the Yukon permafrost

Credit: Trevor Porter A study from U of T Mississauga uses new research techniques to reveal alarming information about climate ...

Higher lead in topsoil boosts probability of cognitive difficulties in 5-year-old boys

Soil contamination has long been recognized as a contributor to lead exposure in people and is now a health concern ...

Long-lived bats could hold secrets to mammal longevity

UMD biologists found four bat lineages that live at least four times longer than similar-sized mammals and revealed new traits ...

Gene responsible for toxic metal accumulation in durum wheat identified

Researchers complete genome assembly of durum wheat, identify gene responsible for cadmium accumulation University of Alberta biologists identify gene responsible ...

Evolution from water to land led to better parenting

Credit: John P. Clare The evolution of aquatic creatures to start living on land made them into more attentive parents, ...

Tiny traces of neonicotinoid pesticides impair insects’ ability to spot predators

Credit: University of Saskatchewan Traces of neonicotinoid pesticides can impair a flying insect's ability to spot predators and avoid collisions ...

Cancer: Central role of cell ‘skeleton’ discovered

Credit: (CC) Molinie et al./Cell Res/DOI: 10.1038/s41422-019-0160-9 All cells possess a cytoskeleton which allows them to move and maintain their ...

CSI meets conservation

Scant amounts of DNA reveal conservation clues, Stanford University researchers and their colleagues foundCredit: Prasenjeet Yadav The key to solving ...

Showy primates have smaller testicles

Well-adorned or well-endowed - but not both. Evolutionary biologists at the University of Zurich have for the first time demonstrated ...

The return of Cthulhu — the small sea critter

Credit: Elissa Martin/Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History New Haven, Conn. - Cthulhu is calling from the ancient depths -- ...

Genetic code of WWI soldier's cholera mapped

The bacterium was isolated from a British soldier during World War One (WWI) and stored for over 100 years before ...

Next-generation gene drive arrives

CRISPR-based 'allelic drive' allows genetic editing with selective precision and broad implicationsCredit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego New CRISPR-based gene ...

Cancer-killing combination therapies unveiled with new drug-screening tool

Method IDs which targeted therapies, inadequate on their own, can be paired up to kill non-responsive cancers UC San Francisco ...

Shrinking the carbon footprint of a chemical in everyday objects

New method for synthesizing the epoxides found in plastics, textiles, and pharmaceuticals could be powered by electricity.Credit: Courtesy of the ...

Everyday enzymes, now grown in plants

Myriad industrial processes rely on enzymes, from making orange juice to manufacturing denim jeans. Research emerging from the University of ...

Single-cell sequencing reveals landscape of immune cell subtypes in lung cancer tumors

Map of myeloid immune cell subpopulations points to new targets for immunotherapy The recent emergence of immunotherapy has marked a ...

Specialist enzymes make E. coli antibiotic resistant at low pH