Tag: Biology

Credit: Dr Thomas Wesener Since the success of the Jurassic Park film series, it is widely known that insects from ...

The chemistry year in review

Many of us view the year's end as a time for reflection, and chemists are no different. As we say ...

Eye-opening study differentiates iPS cells into various ocular lineages

Osaka University-led team reveals how stem cells can be induced to differentiate into the various cells that make up the ...

How the brain reacts to loss of vision

Going blind affects all senses, and disrupts memory ability If mice lose their vision immediately after birth due to a ...

Researchers develop a new houseplant that can clean your home's air

Credit: Mark Stone/University of Washington We like to keep the air in our homes as clean as possible, and sometimes ...

The oldest large-sized predatory dinosaur comes from the Italian Alps

Paleontologists document the oldest ceratosaurian, which predates the massive meat-eating dinosaurs by over 25 million years and sheds light on ...

From eye drops to potential leukaemia treatment

A compound being developed to treat a form of eye disease also kills leukaemia cells An active ingredient in eye ...

Nightlights for stream dwellers? No, thanks

Study: Artificial light harms ecosystem health COLUMBUS, Ohio - Artificial light at night isn't just a health problem for those ...

When 'alien' insects attack Antartica

Terrestrial ecosystems are vulnerable to single introduced insect species Of the known alien (non-native) species found in Antarctica, a non-biting ...

Stick insects: Egg-laying techniques reveal new evolutionary map

New analysis shows understanding the evolution of stick and leaf insects cannot be based on anatomical similarities alone Known for ...

Multicultural creatures of habit

Long-term study reveals migratory patterns of batsCredit: Uwe Hoffmeister Every year trillions of animals migrate for thousands of kilometres between ...

How does your garden grow in space?

Researchers compare two methods of transcriptome analysis to understand how plants adapt to microgravity Astronauts in low-earth orbit could use ...

A new way to use CRISPR

UD engineers develop methods to use CRISPR technology for conditional gene regulationCredit: Photo by Kathy F. Atkinson A team of ...

Researchers find gender separation affects sense of smell

A University of Wyoming researcher and his team have discovered that separating male and female mice, over time, changes the ...

Southwest forest trees will grow much slower in the 21st century

Even forest trees growing in average conditions may decline in productivity as much as 75 percentCredit: John D. Shaw, US ...

Red wolf DNA found in mysterious Texas canines

Newly discovered canine population has unique genes that may have been lost to the captive breeding population.Credit: Courtesy of Ron ...

Sarpeshkar elected to the National Academy of Inventors

Credit: John Sherman HANOVER, NH -- Rahul Sarpeshkar, professor of engineering at Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth, has been ...

New insight on inflammatory regulation could inform future pain drug development

Researchers have identified a new form of inflammatory regulation that increases our response to painful stimuli A novel way in ...

Biologists identify promising drug for ALS treatment

University of Alberta scientists find a new application for an existing drug, with potential to slow progression of the devastating ...

Broading the biodiversity catalogue of spider populations in the Iberian Peninsula