Tag: Biology

47 million year old fly found with a full bellyCredit: © Senckenberg It was not the fly itself that caught ...

Revealing the way a critical enzyme works in the cell

Credit: Gisou van der Goot (EPFL) S-acylation is the process of chemically linking a lipid to protein via a thioester ...

Tracing and controlling High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza

Credit: Kohei Ogasawara Scientists have discovered a route of introduction for High Pathogenicity Avian Influenza Virus (HPAIV) H5N8 into Japan ...

The narwhal’s tusk reveals its past living conditions

Credit: Photo: ©Paul Nicklen / paulnicklen.com Every year, a new growth layer is added to the narwhal's spiralled tusk. The ...

Researchers test using environmental DNA to monitor grass pollen levels

Credit: Carsten A. Skjøth Grass pollen is a major outdoor allergen, responsible for widespread and costly respiratory conditions including allergic ...

NIH-led team sets new bar in retinal imaging

By eliminating extraneous light, the scientists improved resolution by 33%Credit: Johnny Tam, Ph.D., National Eye Institute A team led by ...

Lehigh U. researchers: ‘One step closer to unlocking mysteries of the bio/nano interface’

Proteins choreograph the infinitesimal dance of living cells and functional biomaterialsCredit: Lehigh University | Thamma, Kowal, Falk, Jain An interdisciplinary ...

Firefly tourism takes flight, sparking wonder and concern

First comprehensive review on the growing global phenomenon of firefly tourismCredit: Spencer Black Firefly beetles rank among the world's most ...

Fishers at risk in ‘perfect storm’

Credit: Laurence Hartwell Stormier weather will increasingly force fishers to choose between their safety and income, researchers say. Climate change ...

Bacterial competition in situations of food scarcity prevents survival of mutants

Study compares the phenomenon observed in the species E. coli to a "tragedy of the commons", in which individual interests ...

Scientists aim to root out rapid apple decline culprit

Credit: Allison Usavage, Cornell University ITHACA, N.Y. - Since 2013, a mysterious phenomenon has been killing apple trees across North ...

Deciphering the impacts of small RNA interactions in individual bacterial cells

Credit: Anustup Poddar Bacteria employ many different strategies to regulate gene expression in response to fluctuating, often stressful, conditions in ...

In Panama, nitrogen-fixing trees unlock phosphorus and other scarce nutrients

By enriching soils, they benefit forest recovery and carbon storageCredit: Credit: Sarah Batterman. A new study, published this week in ...

Forget the fly swatter: Biologists map genes to fight stable flies

Stable flies cause $2B in agriculture losses each year -- and they're so annoyingCredit: Pia Untalan Olafson Researchers hope to ...

Delmic licenses Cryo Workflow Tools developed together with Max Planck scientists

New product to be launched in March simplifies cryo electron tomographyCredit: MPI of Molecular Physiology In comparison to the conventional ...

University of Minnesota scientists discover attacking fungi that show promise against emerald ash borer

Credit: N/A Since its introduction, the emerald ash borer (EAB) has become the most devastating invasive forest insect in the ...

Sharing shears: Conserved protein segment activates molecular DNA scissors for DNA repair

Credit: PNAS Scientists at Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) have uncovered mechanisms underlying the activation of the MRN complex-- ...

Study of mosquito protein could lead to treatments against life-threatening viruses

Credit: Geoffrey Mueller, Ph.D. The mosquito protein AEG12 strongly inhibits the family of viruses that cause yellow fever, dengue, West ...

Manure improves soil and microbe community

Credit: Lindsey Slaughter In the dry air and soil of Texas' Southern High Plains, improving soil health can be tough. ...

Bacteria and viruses: a network of intestinal relationships