Tag: Biology

Texas A&M researchers found that the small mammals are internally warmed by thermogenic leak from their skeletal muscle, which elevates ...

Neonatal meningitis: the immaturity of microbiota and epithelial barriers implicated

Credit: Biology of Infection Unit, Institut Pasteur Meningitis is associated with high mortality and frequently causes severe sequelae. Newborn infants ...

Dying cells protect their neighbors to maintain tissue integrity

Cells undergoing cell death protect their neighbors to maintain tissue integrityCredit: © Institut Pasteur / Le?o Valon et Romain Levayer ...

The giant panda’s mystery revealed

The evolution of the temporomandibular joint and premolar teeth enabled adaptation to bamboo dietCredit: Pekka Vallittu Although the giant panda ...

Efficient genetic engineering platform established in methylotrophic yeast

Credit: DICP Pichia pastoris (syn. Komagataella phaffii), a model methylotrophic yeast, can easily achieve high density fermentation, and thus is ...

Thyroid cancer now diagnosed with machine learning-powered photoacoustic/ultrasound imaging

Credit: POSTECH A lump in the thyroid gland is called a thyroid nodule, and 5-10% of all thyroid nodules are ...

Computer-assisted biology: Decoding noisy data to predict cell growth

Credit: Institute of Industrial Science, the University of Tokyo Tokyo, Japan - Scientists from The University of Tokyo Institute of ...

Programmable structures from the printer

Credit: Tiffany Cheng, ICD Universität Stuttgart Researchers at the University of Freiburg and the University of Stuttgart have developed a ...

Match matters: The right combination of parents can turn a gene off indefinitely

UMD scientists discover that mating can cause epigenetic changes in nematode worms that last for 300 generationsCredit: Antony Jose/UMD Evidence ...

Red Dead Redemption 2 teaches players about wildlife

Credit: Matthew Silk Players of the popular game Red Dead Redemption 2 learn how to identify real American wildlife, new ...

Ecologists compare accuracy of lidar technologies for monitoring forest vegetation

Findings suggest mobile platforms have great potential for monitoring a variety of forest attributesCredit: Northern Arizona University As light detection ...

Our genes shape our gut bacteria, new research shows

Credit: University of Notre Dame Our gut microbiome -- the ever-changing "rainforest" of bacteria living in our intestines -- is ...

Where does the shape of the Romanesco cauliflower come from?

Credit: © Nathanael Prunet The mystery of the formation of one of the most peculiar plant forms - the Romanesco ...

‘Smart collar’ could prevent tapeworms in dogs

Credit: Yang S-J et al., 2021, PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Dogs infected with echinococcosis play a major ...

Regular monitoring may be only way to prevent large COVID-19 outbreaks in schools

New simulations suggest that waiting until a student tests positive is too late for preventionCredit: Paul Tupper (CC BY 4.0, ...

Biomaterial vaccines ward off broad range of bacterial infections and septic shock

A new vaccine technology combining capture of bacterial pathogens with effective immune-reprogramming biomaterials could be applied to a broad spectrum ...

Mapping biodiversity in South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region

The region includes two Global Biodiversity Hotspots; the project will document the distribution and function of species and ecosystemsCredit: Credit: ...

Researchers overcome winking, napping pigs to prove brain test works

Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. - If you've ever been to an eye doctor, there's a ...

How fishing communities are responding to climate change

Wellesley professor examines how fishers are adapting to climate-related changes in species distribution and locationCredit: Courtesy of Eva Papaioannou What ...

Of the same stripe: Turing patterns link tropical fish and bismuth crystal growth