Tag: Biology

Network model findings could shape public health policy for airborne virusesCredit: Anna Sawulska and Maurizio Porfiri WASHINGTON, April 13, 2021 ...

Anti-reflective films: What high-tech can learn from plants

KIT spinoff phytonics develops an antireflective film modeled on petals - innovation to be experienced digitally at Hannover Messe 2021 ...

Smell you later: Exposure to smells in early infancy can modulate adult behavior

Scientists explore how 'imprinting' on some smells by newborn mice affects adult social behaviorsCredit: Hirofumi Nishizumi from University of Fukui ...

Study shows multiple factors shape timing of birth in mule deer

Credit: Joe Riis A five-year study of mule deer does and newborn fawns in western Wyoming shows that migrating deer ...

ISSCR launches new podcast

The Stem Cell Report with Martin Pera highlights the stories behind impactful scienceCredit: Credit: ISSCR Skokie, IL - The International ...

Simple genetic modification aims to stop mosquitoes spreading malaria

Genetically modifying mosquitoes to express antimalarial genes and pass them on to their offspring is being tested as a new ...

A new fluorescent probe that can distinguish B cells from T cells

Unlike traditional antibody-based fluorescent staining methods, the new dye directly binds to the cell membranes of the target cellsCredit: Institute ...

Aged bone marrow niche impedes function of rejuvenated hematopoietic stem cells

Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - When leukemia strikes an older person, it is in part due to the aging ...

Frog species with 6 sex chromosomes offer new clues on evolution of complex XY systems

The O. swinhoana frog species is the first vertebrate known to retain descendant genes that now determine sex in mammals, ...

Study reveals the 3D structure of human uterine endometrium and adenomyosis tissue

Credit: Niigata University Niigata, Japan- New insights into the three-dimensional (3D) morphology of the human uterine endometrium could advance our ...

For tomato genes, one plus one doesn’t always make two

Credit: Xingang Wang/Lippman lab, CSHL/2021 Both people and tomatoes come in different shapes and sizes. That is because every individual ...

USC Stem Cell study reveals neural stem cells age rapidly

Researchers at Keck School of Medicine of USC conduct first-ever study of Abl1 gene's role in neural stem cell biology ...

Technique allows mapping of epigenetic information in single cells at scale

Credit: Mandy Meijer Histones are tiny proteins that bind to DNA and hold information that can help turn on or ...

Bigger brains gave squirrels the capacity to move up in the world

Credit: Ornella Bertrand Squirrels and other tree-dwelling rodents evolved to have bigger brains than their burrowing cousins, a study suggests. ...

Poop core records 4,300 years of bat diet and environment

An inaccessible cave preserved clues to Jamaica's climate past in the sedimentary layers of bat guanoCredit: Sherri and Brock Fenton ...

Petra Fromme honored with the prestigious Anfinsen Award

Credit: The Biodesign Institute at Arizona State University Arizona State University researcher Petra Fromme has received the 2021 Christian B. ...

Can we end the cage age?

Switch to cage-free alternatives for farm animals is possible, but only with appropriate supporting measuresCredit: Kipster Between 2018 and 2020, ...

Lighting the way to folding next-level origami

Recent findings by Slovenian and German scientists artfully explore potential to transform proteins into custom-made structuresCredit: Credit: Fabio Lapenta / ...

Brain damage caused by plasticisers

Bayreuth biologists investigate effects of bisphenols on nerve cellsCredit: Image: Peter Machnik The plasticisers contained in many everyday objects can ...

Early cannabis use linked to heart disease