Tag: Biology

Credit: Earlham Institute Respiratory viruses such as SARS-CoV-2 (causing COVID-19) can often catalyse an overactive immune response that leads to ...

Root cause: Plant root tips are constrained to a dome shape common to arch bridges

Researchers from Osaka University, Nara Institute of Science and Technology, and Kobe University find that plant root tips are constrained ...

Wrasses dazzle: how fairy wrasses got their flamboyant colours

Coral reef fish diverged in 'evolutionary arms race' during last ice ageCredit: Yi-Kai Tea. With their exuberant colours, fiery personalities ...

Low-level thinning can help restore redwood forests without affecting stream temperatures

Credit: David Roon, OSU CORVALLIS, Ore. - Selectively cutting trees in riparian zones to aid forest restoration can be done ...

Microplastic sizes in Hudson-Raritan Estuary and coastal ocean revealed

Rutgers research shows stormwater could be important source of plastic pollutionCredit: NOAA Rutgers scientists for the first time have pinpointed ...

Single cell sequencing opens new avenues for eradicating leukemia at its source

Technology may boost international research efforts to find drugs that eradicate cancer at its sourceCredit: Jude Al-Sabah/DKFZ A new method, ...

When foams collapse (and when they don’t)

February 27, 2021

High-speed video microscopy reveals the complex mechanics of foam collapseCredit: Tokyo Metropolitan University Tokyo, Japan - Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan ...

Oahu marine protected areas offer limited protection of coral reef herbivorous fishes

Credit: Noam Altman-Kurosaki Marine protected areas (MPAs) around O?ahu do not adequately protect populations of herbivorous reef fishes that eat ...

Agents of food-borne zoonoses confirmed to parasitise newly-recorded in Thailand snails

Credit: Apiraksena K, Namchote S, Komsuwan J, and Krailas D. Parasitic flatworms known as agents of food-borne zoonoses were confirmed ...

Unburdening China of cancer: Trend analysis to assist prevention measures

By collating trends on incidence, mortality, and risk factors for cancer, researchers hope to inform policies, create awareness, and stop ...

How photoblueing disturbs microscopy

Credit: Team Markus Sauer / University of Wuerzburg The latest developments in fluorescence microscopy make it possible to image individual ...

Maternal instincts lead to social life of bees

The social life of bees: once solitary, behaviour plays a role in gene selection for socialnessCredit: Associate Professor Sandra Rehan, ...

Warming may promote spread of invasive blue catfish

Study raises concerns of further establishment in U.S. East Coast estuariesCredit: © M. Fabrizio/VIMS. A study by researchers at William ...

Pesticide imidacloprid threatens future for key pollinator

Credit: Dr. Nigel Raine/ University of Guelph An insecticide used to control pest infestations on squash and pumpkins significantly hinders ...

Flickering the neural activities with LED lights

A bird's eye view of the brain activity offers new insights into the brain-behavior relationship of the individuals who together ...

Could a common barnacle help find missing persons lost at sea?

UNSW marine scientists have used a barnacle to develop two equations that can help estimate when and where a local ...

Development of an electroceutical to drastically reduce high-risk, preterm labor

Detection of preterm labor early by sensing the signals of uterine contractions with the use of a non-invasive electroceutical. Prevention ...

Retroviruses are re-writing the koala genome and causing cancer

Credit: A. Gillett The koala retrovirus (KoRV) is a virus which, like other retroviruses such as HIV, inserts itself into ...

Scientists use Doppler to peer inside cells

February 25, 2021

Process leads to Scientists use Doppler to peer inside cells, leading to better, faster diagnoses and treatments of infectionCredit: Purdue ...

Openly available toolkit to help lab-based coronavirus research