Tag: Biology

Credit: Vaughn Cooper PITTSBURGH, July 16, 2021 - For the first time ever, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh School ...

SUV39H2: A direct genetic link to autism spectrum disorders

Credit: RIKEN New research from the RIKEN Center for Brain Science (CBS) in Japan shows that a deficit in histone ...

How a butterfly tree becomes a web

Credit: Image by Krzysztof Kozak and Jorge Aleman. Photo credits: Luca Livraghi, Michel Cast. Evolution is often portrayed as a ...

Study finds promising therapeutic target for colitis

Neu3 controlled the emergence of disease in a recurrent human food poisoning model of colitisCredit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, ...

Individual protected areas in Amazonia differ greatly in how effectively they help to fight deforestation and carbon emissions

Credit: Teemu Koskimäki et al. While tropical forests remain threatened and their future is uncertain, the importance of understanding how ...

Bats are kings of small talk in the air

Echoes contain redundant information to help with high-speed navigationCredit: Michael Miller Bat conversations might be light on substance, according to ...

Complexity yields simplicity: The shifting dynamics of temperate marine ecosystems

Researchers from the University of Tsukuba find that ocean warming and acidification are shifting temperate coastal reefs to simple turf-dominated ...

Cellular push and pull, a key to the body’s response to processes such as cancer

Credit: IBEC From the vocal cords that produce our voice, to our heartbeat, our body's cells are constantly subjected to ...

Revolutionary mosquito researchers receive $2.7 million grant

Credit: Virginia Tech Mosquitoes may be small, but they are a formidable foe. Not only can they smell over 400 ...

Nearly 20 percent of intact forest landscapes overlap with extractive industries

Intact Forest Landscapes are critical for conserving biodiversity and fighting climate changeCredit: Julie Larson Maher/WCS Byron Bay (16/7/2021) - A ...

Climate regulation changed with the proliferation of marine animals and terrestrial plants

Geoscientific study traces carbon-silicon cycle over three billion years on the basis of lithium isotope levelsCredit: photo/©: Ashleigh Hood Earth's ...

How spiders distinguish living from non-living using motion-based visual cues

Ability to identify other animals from relative positioning of the joints not unique to vertebratesCredit: Sam Droege, USGS Bee Inventory ...

Wolf pups born on Isle Royale, moose poised for decline

Credit: Michigan Tech The COVID-19 pandemic halted the in-person wintertime survey of wolves and moose on the island for the ...

Fossil rodent teeth add North American twist to Caribbean mammals’ origin story

Credit: Jorge Velez-Juarbe GAINESVILLE, Fla. --- Two fossil teeth from a distant relative of North American gophers have scientists rethinking ...

Early-life inflammation induces depression in adolescence

Credit: CAO Peng et al. Early-life inflammation, such as trauma and viral infections, strongly increases the risk of individual for ...

Researcher creates cell lines to help treat mitochondrial diseases in children

Credit: Virginia Tech The mitochondrion has garnered quite the reputation for its role as the "powerhouse of the cell." These ...

Bioengineering discovery paves way for improved production of bio-based goods

Credit: Courtesy of Klaudia Ciurkot Scientists have uncovered a way to control many genes in engineered yeast cells, opening the ...

Researchers find new protein conducting piRNA expression

Credit: HUANG Xinya et al. PIWI-interacting RNAs (piRNAs), a class of conserved non-coding small RNAs, are essential for sex determination, ...

A genome of photosynthetic animals decoded

Genome analysis reveals chloroplast acquisition without gene transfer in photosynthetic sea slugsCredit: Taro Maeda Plants, algae and some bacteria are ...

James Peyer to present at the 8th Aging Research & Drug Discovery Meeting 2021