Bacteria help plants grow better
New study may in the long term lead to new varieties that require less fertilizerCredit: © Barbara Frommann/University of Bonn ...
Tag: Biology
Can a 3D printed beetle model simulate the real thing?
Researchers assess the feasibility of using 3D printed insects in mating studiesCredit: Photo Courtesy: Huai-Jun Xue, Institute of Zoology, Chinese ...
Two studies support key role for immune system in shaping SARS-CoV-2 evolution
New findings and novel technology could inform COVID-19 treatment and vaccine-development effortsCredit: National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases/NIH, 2020 ...
New method offers insights into tension-sensitivity of potassium channels
Experiments with a novel time-lapse system show that potassium channel exhibit hysteresis in their responses to membrane tensionCredit: Masayuki Iwamoto ...
How to tame a restless genome
Credit: Ipsaro/Joshua-Tor lab, CSHL/2021 Short pieces of DNA--jumping genes--can bounce from one place to another in our genomes. When too ...
Team cracks eggs for science
How birds defend against brood parasitesCredit: Photo by Jeffrey P. Hoover CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- Avian brood parasites lay their eggs ...
Corals carefully organize proteins to form rock-hard skeletons
Scientists' findings suggest corals will withstand climate changeCredit: Kevin Wyman/Rutgers University Charles Darwin, the British naturalist who championed the theory ...
Where Siberian orchids thrive: New hotspot of orchids discovered near Novosibirsk
Credit: Alexander Dubynin Orchids of the Boreal zone are rare species. Most of the 28,000 species of the Orchid family ...
Complete chromosome 8 sequence reveals novel genes and disease risks
This full assembly may contain clues to ape and human divergence; certain immune, brain and heart disorders; and other biomedical ...
‘Bug brain soup’ expands menu for scientists studying animal brains
By mashing up brains from various insect species, neuroscientists at the University of Arizona were able to count the neurons ...
Living fossils: Microbe discovered in evolutionary stasis for millions of years
Credit: Photo by Duane Moser, Desert Research Institute. It's like something out of science fiction. Research led by Bigelow Laboratory ...
Fostered flamingos just as friendly
Credit: Paul Rose Flamingo chicks raised by foster parents from another flamingo species develop normally, scientists say. Six Chilean flamingo ...
Light shed on the coordination of neural stem cell activation
Credit: © Nicolas Dray, Laure Mancini and Laure Bally-Cuif, Institut Pasteur In all adult vertebrates, neural stem cells can be ...
Weather radar for ecological forecasting can lessen hazards for migratory birds
Credit: Kyle Horton/CSU Forecasts aren't just for the weather. Scientists can use weather radar and related technology to chart the ...
Gorillas do not bluff when they chest beat: honest signalling indicates body size
The chest beats given by adult male gorillas reliably indicate their body sizeCredit: Jordi Galbany / Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund ...
Stanford researchers and others illuminate mystery of sea turtles’ epic migrations
Credit: Dana Briscoe, et al. / Frontiers in Marine Science "Not all those who wander are lost ... " --J.R.R. ...
Scientists identify new differences between the sexes in age-related changes to brain stem cells
Credit: Image credit: Yue Wang, Xiuli Zhao, and Eric Wait. Ageing and age-related brain disease do not affect women and ...
3D imaging creates molecular maps of hidden microbial communities on coral reefs
Credit: Dr. Ben Mueller Researchers from the University of Hawai'i (UH) at Mānoa, University of British Columbia (UBC), San Diego ...
How did 500 species of a fish form in a lake? Dramatically different body clocks
Scientists discover first nocturnal cichlid species from Africa's lake Malawi that offers clues into the evolution of sleepCredit: Justin Marshall, ...
Oregon researchers identify pathway that transitions brain from plasticity to stability
Work in the developing nervous system of fruit fly larvae involves the same cells and genes that are found in ...
