Tag: Biology

Credit: City University of Hong Kong The global problem of unowned domestic cats, driven by the cats' phenomenal reproductive success, ...

Credit: Courtesy of Van Andel Institute GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (Feb. 9, 2021) -- Scientists have devised a new approach for ...

Credit: Fabien L. Condamine Understanding the interaction of organisms in the evolution of species is an important topic in ecology. ...

Credit: Wilfried Guiblet and Dani Zemba, Penn State DNA sequences that can fold into shapes other than the classic double ...

Bats carried aloft to almost 2,000 metres by air currentsCredit: Adria Baucells Bats are the only mammals that can actively ...

Why coronavirus survives for less time on porous materials and the implications for the safety of different materials in schools, ...

Scientists are working toward advances that, using nanotechnology, could lead to a hospital bed or doorknob that naturally destroys viruses.Credit: ...

Credit: ETH Zurich /Giulia Marthaler Scientific and public health experts have been raising the alarm for decades, imploring public officials ...

Credit: Rich Merrill Scientists studying forest dwelling butterflies in Central and South America have discovered that changes in the way ...

Credit: Bobby Rajesh Malhotra_CeMM When human cells have to adapt due to a wide variety of external influences, the BAF ...

Credit: (Giannios, IRB Barcelona) Adult progenitor cells are present in the Drosophila fly as early as its larvae stage. These ...

Scientists engineer a light-activated protein that can be used to study single synapses of neuronsCredit: Hideji Murakoshi Neurons are the ...

Credit: MostPhotos/Tatiana Mihailova Our consumer products, such as food, cosmetics and clothes, might be filled with nanomaterials - unbeknownst to ...

Genetic research using Smithsonian collections reveals the evolutionary path of six toxic butterfly speciesCredit: Robert Robbins, Smithsonian. The Atala butterfly ...

Credit: William Anderegg If you live with seasonal allergies and feel like the pollen seasons feel longer and longer every ...

Credit: Ben Wigler/CSHL, 2021 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL) Assistant Professor Peter Koo and collaborator Matt Ploenzke reported a way ...

The global COVID19 pandemic may be an opportunity to rethink the model of sustainable tourisCredit: ICTA-UAB Researchers from the Institute ...

Monster claw snaps shut 10,000 times faster than blink of an eyeCredit: Patek Lab, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- The ...

Credit: Image credit: Ericka Coni Under increasing global warming, tropical fish are escaping warmer seas by extending their habitat ranges ...

Credit: Pauline Zamprogno, ARTORG Center for Biological Engineering Research The lung is a complex organ whose main function is to ...