Tag: Biology

The Cyclostomata is an ancient group of aquatic colonial suspension-feeders from the phylum Bryozoa. The fact that they have unique ...

Database developed on key mollusk to study pollution in coastal areas

Credit: University of Córdoba Scrobiculariaplana is a type of wedge clam widely found along the coasts and estuariesof northern Europe, ...

Overgrowth of gut yeast in newborns may increase asthma risk

Trans-kingdom imbalances in the gut microbes of newborns may increase the risk of asthma later in life, providing a possible ...

Human land use wasn’t always at nature’s expense

Credit: Ganta Srinivas Nearly three-quarters of Earth's land had been transformed by humans by 10,000BC, but new research shows it ...

Scientists at IRB Barcelona discover the cause of neurodegeneration in Lafora disease

Credit: IRB Barcelona Lafora disease is an inherited neurodegenerative condition that initially develops with seizures in adolescence and evolves with ...

Atomic-level insights gained for a key lipid-binding protein implicated in cancer

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys LA JOLLA, CALIF. - April 20, 2021 Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys have identified, at an ...

Clinical trial assesses stem cells’ ability to prevent major cause of preemie deaths

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - A phase 2 clinical trial whose results were released today in STEM CELLS Translational ...

Designing healthy diets – with computer analysis

Credit: Creative Commons A new mathematical model for the interaction of bacteria in the gut could help design new probiotics ...

Learning about system stability from ants

Credit: James Herndon A new type of collective behaviour in ants has been revealed by an international team of scientists, ...

Light up your mind: A novel light-based treatment for neurodegenerative diseases

Researchers review growing knowledge on the methods and applications of light therapy in treating neurodegenerative diseasesCredit: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay ...

Shedding light on the long and the short of plant growth

Credit: John Innes Centre What keeps some plants squatting close to the soil while others - even those closely related ...

Who is selling and trafficking Africa’s wild meat?

Study looks at different types of traffickers and sellers in citiesCredit: Michelle Wieland/WCS BRAZZAVILLE, Republic of Congo (April 19, 2021) ...

Stone Age black bears didn’t just defecate in the woods – they did it in a cave too

Scientists have sequenced ancient DNA from soil for the first time and the advance will transform what is known about ...

What does the study of domesticated birds tell us about the evolution of human language?

Looking for keys of the human language evolution in bird singingCredit: UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA Language is one of the most ...

Mirror, mirror…viewing your own face, even subconsciously, is rewarding

Researchers from Osaka University find that subconscious viewing of your own face can activate reward pathwaysCredit: Osaka University Osaka, Japan ...

Fat grafts enhanced with ADSCs show promise in treating facial scleroderma

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - A study released today in STEM CELLS Translational Medicine suggests a new way to ...

Corals go hungry long before they bleach

UK waters are home again to the bluefin tuna

Credit: Tom Horton Atlantic bluefin tuna have returned to UK waters and can once again be seen during the summer ...

Where’s my horse-sized rabbit?

Kyoto University examines the lack of size diversity in rabbits and haresCredit: Adrienne Stroup (https://adriennestroup.wordpress.com/) Japan -- Next to cat ...

Search for biomarkers of injury severity to assist patients with spinal cord trauma