Tag: Biology

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

Reference genome provides an invaluable resource for crop improvement across wheat, barley, triticale, and ryeCredit: Markus Spiske, public domain As ...

Image methods tested on a SARS-CoV-2 protein improve the 3D reconstructions of macromolec

Credit: Javier Vargas An international study led by the University Complutense of Madrid (UCM) proposed new computational image processing methods ...

The impact of geopolitical boundaries on cycad conservation efforts

Conservation measures across multiple governments and countries necessary to mitigate extinction risksCredit: University of Guam Geopolitical boundaries can have a ...

Climate change ravages coralligenous architects in the Mediterranean

Increasing the vulnerability of the ecosystemCredit: Joaquim Garrabou (ICM-CSIC) Marine heatwaves are dramatically affecting the marine ecosystems of the world ...

Enigmatic circling behavior captured in whales, sharks, penguins, and sea turtles