Tag: Biology

Omnidirectional cameras reveal the secret underwater lives of marine animalsCredit: Takashi Iwata An international research collaboration has used an omnidirectional ...

Scientists identify genetic pathway that suppresses Lou Gehrig’s Disease

Credit: UNIST Professor Chunghun Lim and his research team in the Department of Biological Sciences unveiled a neuroprotective pathway that ...

New antibiotic clears multi-drug resistant gonorrhea in mice in single dose

Credit: Dunham Lab, Emory University UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa. -- A new antibiotic compound clears infection of multi-drug resistant gonorrhea in ...

Bioengineers learn the secrets to precisely turning on and off genes

Credit: Thomas Gorochowski In a recent study led by the University of Bristol, scientists have shown how to simultaneously harness ...

CU cancer researcher wins two awards to study drug-resistant cancer cells

University of Colorado Boulder researcher Sabrina L. Spencer, PhD., recently won the Damon Runyon-Rachleff Innovation Award (from the Damon Runyon ...

Turns out altruism is for the fish

Osaka City University shows experimental evidence of an altruistic nature in small convict cichlid fishCredit: Shun Satoh, Masanori Kohda OSAKA, ...

A Red List of insect experts in Europe

New EC-funded project will identify trends in taxonomic expertise across Europe to identify gaps in expert knowledgeCredit: Denitza Peneva Insects ...

Starving tumors by blocking glutamine uptake

Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute LA JOLLA, CALIF. - March 19, 2021 - Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys ...

A new focus on musculoskeletal research

UD wins NIH grant for new center with female professors leading the wayCredit: Illustration by Jeffrey C. Chase A pulled ...

Oncotarget: Quantitative proteome profiling stratifies fibroepithelial lesions of the breast

The present Oncotarget work shed light on a brief mechanistic framework of PTs aggressive nature and present potential biomarkers to ...

Chemical cocktail creates new avenues for generating muscle stem cells

The advance could lead to the development of stem cell-based therapies for muscle loss or damage due to injury, age ...

Dogs infected with Leishmania parasites smell more attractive to female sand flies

Credit: Monica E. Staniek Dogs infected with the Leishmania parasite smell more attractive to female sand flies than males, say ...

Effective interventions may prevent disease transmission in changing climate

Study suggests that extreme climate events may increase mosquito populations in KenyaCredit: A. Desiree LaBeaud Aedes aegypti are the primary ...

Parasites may make dogs smell good to insect vector

Credit: Monica E. Staniek, 2019 The protist parasite Leishmania infantum can alter its host's odor to attract female sand flies, ...

New perovskite fabrication method for solar cells paves way to large-scale production

Sulfolane-additive process yields easy fabrication, low cost, top performance, long operating lifeCredit: Los Alamos National Laboratory LOS ALAMOS, N.M., March ...

Using conservation criminology to understand restaurant’s role in urban wild meat trade

Restaurants in Central African urban areas are key drivers in keeping protected wildlife on the menuCredit: WCS KINSHASA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC ...

Scientists study co-evolutionary relationship between rust fungi and wheat and barberry

Credit: Jing Zhao Wheat stripe rust is one of the most important wheat diseases and is caused by the plant-pathogenic ...

Recreational blue crab harvest in Maryland higher than current estimates

First statewide tagging study to estimate Maryland's recreational take finds it amounts to 11% of the male commercial takeCredit: Kim ...

Scientists document first biofluorescent fish in the Arctic

Seasonal daylight makes biofluorescence rare in Arctic waters; snailfish living in iceberg habitats of Greeland buck trend with green and ...

University of Maryland co-publishes the first full reference genome for rye