Otoliths — the fish's black box — also keeps an eye on the metabolism
Fish otoliths record information on fish metabolism; analyses of old and new otoliths can therefore provide new knowledge about how ...
Tag: Biology
Why do Hydra end up with just a single head?
The ability of Hydra to regenerate or maintain a single head results from a subtle balance between activating and inhibiting ...
Unraveling of 58-year-old corn gene mystery may have plant-breeding implications
Credit: Surinder Chopra Research Group/Penn State In discovering a mutant gene that "turns on" another gene responsible for the red ...
Bee surveys in newest US national park could aid pollinator studies elsewhere
Entomologists Meiners, Griswold and Messinger-Carril publish in 'PLOS One'Credit: Therese Lamperty LOGAN, UTAH, USA - Declines in native bee populations ...
New combination blood test for pancreatic cancer may catch disease earlier
Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Research Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Jan. 17, 2019) -- A new approach to pancreatic cancer ...
Recognition for biotechnology influencer
Kelvin Lee receives Marvin J. Johnson Award in Microbial and Biochemical TechnologyCredit: Photo by Evan Krape As the director of ...
UCLA scientists create a renewable source of cancer-fighting T cells
Credit: UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center A study by UCLA researchers is the first to demonstrate a technique for ...
Scientists learn how common virus reactivates after transplantation
Antibody-producing B cells, not disease-fighting T cells, protect against reactivation of cytomegalovirus SEATTLE -- Jan. 17, 2019 -- A new ...
Insilico to present latest advances in AI for drug discovery at R&D Data Intelligence Leaders Forum
Credit: Insilico Medicine Thursday, January 17, 2019 - Insilico Medicine, a Rockville-based company developing the end-to-end drug discovery pipeline utilizing ...
Body-painting protects against bloodsucking insects
A study by researchers from Sweden and Hungary shows that white, painted stripes on the body protect skin from insect ...
Wired for obesity
Scientists are piecing together how genes involved in neural development can affect body weightCredit: Dr. Sebastien Bouret, CHLA Leading a ...
Models of life
Artificially produced cells communicate with each otherCredit: Aurore Dupin / TUM Friedrich Simmel und Aurore Dupin, researchers at the Technical ...
Size matters — To livebearer fish, big fins are a big deal
Females love males with big dorsal fins, but the appendages first evolved for males to fight other malesCredit: UC Riverside ...
The cytoskeleton of neurons has been found to be involved in Alzheimer's disease
A researcher at the UPV/EHU-University of the Basque Country has participated in the study into the impairment of the dynamics ...
A new way to transfer energy between cells
Researchers have described new behaviour in energy metabolism that contradicts the evidence available until now Researchers from the Catalonian Institute ...
Future Science Group celebrates 10 years of Immunotherapy
Future Science Group (FSG; London, UK) is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of the journal Immunotherapy with a two-part Special Focus ...
Global change could also affect hake fisheries in Tierra del Fuego
Isotopic ecology: Reconstructing diets from the pastCredit: María Bas/ Lluís Cardona (UB-IRBio) A scientific study published in the journal Global ...
Scientists from TU Dresden search for new methods to cure neurodegenerative diseases
Credit: CRTD Most neurons in the human brain are generated from neural stem cells during embryonic development. After birth, a ...
Cultivating 4D tissues — the self-curving cornea
Scientists at Newcastle University have developed a biological system which lets cells form a desired shape by moulding their surrounding ...
Sea slug study illuminates how mitochondria move
Massive energy needed for nerve cells to keep 'talking'Credit: Scott Wiseman for Scripps Research JUPITER, FL - Jan. 16, 2019 ...
