Tag: Biology

Credit: Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, March 19, 2019 - Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers announces the ...

Tiny song bird makes record migration, U of G study proves

For the first time, University of Guelph biologists have tracked an annual migration of up to 20,000 kilometers made by ...

Across North America and the Atlantic, an enormous migration journey for a tiny songbird

UMass Amherst, Canadian researchers identify blackpoll warbler migration routesCredit: UMass Amherst/University of Guelph AMHERST, Mass. - Blackpoll warblers that breed ...

Undernutrition during pregnancy changes lung-specific gene expression

Higher rates of lung disease in children born to moms who were undernourished during pregnancy could be explained by epigenetic ...

Schedule announced for Nutrition 2019

New model IDs primate species with potential to spread Zika in the Americas

Interactive maps can guide surveillance efforts, protect human healthCredit: Carol Blyberg (Millbrook, NY) In the Americas, primate species likely to ...

Electron accelerators reveal the radical secrets of antioxidants

Osaka University researcher proves the value of electron accelerators for creating free radicals and understanding their damaging effects on biological ...

Food safety: Dung beetles and soil bacteria reduce risk of human pathogens

Credit: Matthew Jones, Washington State University Food safety regulations increasingly pressure growers to remove hedgerows, ponds and other natural habitats ...

Superbugs have colonized the International Space Station — but there’s a silver lining

An antimicrobial coating made of precious metals reduced growth of bacteria on contamination-prone surfaces inside the ISS, where extreme conditions ...

Hot topics at Experimental Biology in Orlando, April 6-9

Join us in Orlando or follow along virtually Want to find out how scientists are applying CRISPR gene-editing technology, learn ...

Bright skies for plant-based jet fuels

Joint BioEnergy Institute researchers demonstrate that jet fuels made from plants could be cost competitive with conventional fossil fuelsCredit: Marilyn ...

The Protein Society announces its 2019 award recipients

Credit: The Protein Society The Carl Brändén Award, sponsored by Rigaku Corporation, honors an outstanding protein scientist who has also ...

First African American neuroscience research initiative launched by Clergy Group and Brain Institute

Groups will address health and neuroscience research disparities Baltimore, MD - March 18, 2018 - The nation's first African-American Neuroscience ...

Algal library lends insights into genes for photosynthesis

Credit: Produced by the Princeton University Office of the Dean for Research It isn't easy being green. It takes thousands ...

Bromethalin is poisoning the parrots of Telegraph Hill

Athens, Ga. - Bromethalin, a common rat poison, is the agent responsible for a neurological disease that has sickened or ...

When it comes to monarchs, fall migration matters

Credit: MSU EAST LANSING, Mich. - Scientists studying monarch butterflies have traditionally focused on two sources for their decline - ...

University of New Haven professor wins prestigious National Science Foundation award

WEST HAVEN, Conn., March 18, 2019 - University of New Haven chemistry professor Chong Qiu, Ph.D., has been awarded a ...

Scientists hunt down the brain circuit responsible for alcohol cravings

Study may open the door to developing drug therapies or even gene therapies for alcohol addictionCredit: George lab LA JOLLA, ...

Meningitis changes immune cell makeup in the mouse brain lining

NIH study finds new cell composition may lead to less effective future responseCredit: Image courtesy of the McGavern Lab, NINDS. ...

UW team finds key to common cancer pathway