Tag: Biology

Credit: Okinawa Prefecture Livestock and Grassland Research Center. Anyone who lives in Okinawa, a subtropical island in Japan, has an ...

How does a nose evolve into a blowhole? Study suggests there’s more than one way

Toothed and baleen whales show different patterns of blowhole developmentCredit: Rachel Roston. The two major types of cetaceans appear to ...

Could corals use sound to communicate?

New evidence suggests corals may have genes involved in receiving or emitting soundCredit: Camila Rimoldi Ibanez and James Hawker, South ...

Compound found in some vegetables may reduce diabetes-related kidney damage

Phenethyl isothiocyanate, derived from watercress and other cruciferous vegetables, shows benefits in ratsCredit: Image courtesy of Mohamed El-Sherbiny, AlMaarefa University. ...

Extinct ‘horned’ crocodile gets new spot in the tree of life

New ancient DNA-based study on Madagascar crocodile suggests that modern crocodiles likely originated in AfricaCredit: M. Ellison/©AMNH A study led ...

SARS-CoV-2 curtails immune response in the gut

Scientists transform human intestinal cells into 'mini guts' to follow infection processCredit: Mohammed Shahraz, Sergio Triana/EMBL; Camila Metz-Zumaran/Heidelberg University In ...

Dietary amino acid determines the fate of cancer cells

Credit: RIKEN A research group at the RIKEN Center for Biosystems Dynamics Research (BDR) has discovered molecular events that determine ...

Studies connect hormone to breast cancer and uncover potential for novel targeted drugs

Credit: VCU Massey Cancer Center The hormone prolactin has long been understood to play a vital role in breast growth ...

Researcher questions whether powered flight appeared on non-avialan dinosaurs

Francisco Serrano, from University of Malaga, refutes this conclusion published in 2020 in the absence of scientific evidenceCredit: F.J. Serrano. ...

Better hearing with optical cochlear implants

Credit: Daniel Keppeler, UMG Understanding spoken words, developing normal speech - cochlear implants enable people with profound hearing impairment to ...

Structure gives insight into how plants keep their “mouths” shut

Credit: IGDB Stomata, formed by a pair of kidney-shaped guard cells, are tiny pores in leaves. They act like mouths ...

Normally harmless cell molecule triggers neuron death

Finding could lead to better understanding, new treatments for strokeCredit: Wanli Liu A vital intermediate in normal cell metabolism is ...

Cell study suggests pesticide exposure may increase COVID-19 susceptibility

Inflammation-induced mechanism might be linked with higher infection risk for veterans and people with metabolic disordersCredit: Saurabh Chatterjee, PhD, University ...

New study shows microbes trap massive amounts of carbon

Credit: Photo by Tom Owens. Violent continental collisions and volcanic eruptions are not things normally associated with comfortable conditions for ...

In-cell nano-3D printer: Synthesizing stable filaments from in-cell protein crystals

Credit: Tokyo Tech Proteins are undoubtedly some of the most fascinating biomolecules, and they perform many of the functions that ...

Biophysicists found an Achilles heel of a cancerogenic virus

A team of scientists studied the interactions between human proteins and one of the proteins which is typical of different ...

Researchers identify the proteins that cause intestinal disease

How do bacteria take over intestinal cells? Now we knowCredit: Tel Aviv University Researchers from Tel Aviv University have created ...

Genome sequencing delivers hope and warning for the survival of the Sumatran rhinoceros

Credit: Scuba Zoo A study led by researchers at the Centre for Palaeogenetics in Stockholm shows that the last remaining ...

Discovery of an elusive cell type in fish sensory organs

Capturing highly motile and invasive neuromast-associated ionocytesCredit: Piotrowski Lab KANSAS CITY, MO--One of the evolutionary disadvantages for mammals, relative to ...

Scientists have cultured the first stable coral cell lines