Biology News
May 23, 2024
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May 17, 2024 — New research finds that a continuous, long-term ketogenic diet may induce senescence, or aged, cells in normal tissues, with particular implications for heart and kidney function. But planned breaks ...
May 21, 2024 — While humans feature a sophisticated sense of smell, insects have a much more basic olfactory system. Yet they depend upon smell to survive. Scientists have figured out how fruit flies use a simple ...
May 21, 2024 — The diversity and ecological functionality of bird communities in tropical agroforestry systems are shaped by the surrounding landscape, in particular the extent and composition of the ...
May 21, 2024 — In human populations, it is relatively easy to calculate demographic trends and make projections of the future if data on basic processes such as births and immigration is known. The data, given by individuals, can be also death and emigration, ...
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May 22, 2024 — A substance naturally occurring in i.a. pomegranates, strawberries and walnuts can improve memory and treatment of Alzheimer's disease, a new study ...
May 21, 2024 — Leishmaniasis is a tropical disease affecting a growing number of people worldwide. Each year, between 700,000 and 1 million new cases are reported. ...
May 21, 2024 — Matcha, a finely ground green tea powder, may help keep bacteria that causes periodontitis at ...
May 21, 2024 — The past attempts of honey bee researchers to inventory the fungal diversity in honey bee colonies revealed that Aspergillus flavus is frequently found in hives. In a new study, researchers have ...
May 17, 2024 — A new study of prion diseases, using a human cerebral organoid model, suggests there is a substantial species barrier preventing transmission of chronic wasting disease (CWD) from cervids -- deer, ...
May 21, 2024 — Researchers describe cell-in-cell phenomena in which one cell engulfs and sometimes consumes another. The study shows that cases of this behavior, ...
May 22, 2024 — A new study demonstrates that kangaroos, wallabies and other Australian marsupials fear humans far more than any other ...
May 22, 2024 — Animals and fungi predominantly use two different modes of cell division -- called open and closed mitosis, respectively. A new study has shown that different species of Ichthyosporea -- marine ...
May 10, 2024 — A research team has discovered how carboxysomes, carbon-fixing structures found in some bacteria and algae, work. The breakthrough could help ...
May 21, 2024 — Researchers have used a unique microscopic technique to examine the dynamics of pollen tubes in the Arabidopsis plant. They were able to observe the mechanism of one-to-one pollen tube guidance, a ...
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May 21, 2024 — Currently available flu medications only target the virus after it has already established an infection, but what if a drug could prevent infection in the first place? Now, scientists have designed ...
May 21, 2024 — Scientists discover 'zoned development' in dinosaur skin, with zones of reptile-style scales and zones of bird-like skin with feathers. A new dinosaur skin fossil has been found to be ...
May 21, 2024 — Two new studies detail the changes seen at the single-cell level in pig organs and recipient human bodies before, during, and just after the xenotransplantation surgeries in the ...
May 21, 2024 — Although periodontitis is an extremely prevalent disorder, it is challenging to conduct detailed and comprehensive analyses of its progression at the cellular level. Recently, researchers developed ...
May 20, 2024 — Findings indicate that soil stored under refrigerated or air-dried conditions can still retain the needed information for understanding microbial community composition and structure for many ...
May 20, 2024 — From the small ossicones on a giraffe to the gigantic antlers of a male moose -- which can grow as wide as a car -- the headgear of ruminant hooved mammals is extremely diverse, and new research ...
May 20, 2024 — Variations in water quality can impact the development of the visual system of one species of African fish, suggests a new ...
May 20, 2024 — Using citizen science, photographs, on-water observations and the combination of morphological and genetic data, researchers have provided evidence that the Atlantic cownose ray has recently made a ...
May 20, 2024 — The study's findings show mergansers arrived in the New Zealand region at least seven million years ago from the Northern Hemisphere, in a separate colonisation event to that which led to the ...
May 17, 2024 — Scientists have discovered that a protein responsible for the synthesis of a key plant material evolved much earlier than suspected. This new research explored the origin and evolution of the ...
May 17, 2024 — A team explored the influence the spatial extent of research -- the geographical coverage of data collected -- has on evaluating the sensitivity of different fish species to climate ...
May 17, 2024 — The sweet-taste receptor might be the first stop in a metabolic surveillance system for sugar. The receptor is also expressed in certain intestinal cells, where it may facilitate glucose absorption ...
May 17, 2024 — A paper describes how the moving parts of a particular plant protein control whether plants can grow and make energy-intensive products such as oil -- or instead put in place a series of steps to ...
May 17, 2024 — Marine microbes control the flux of matter and energy essential for life in the oceans. Among them, the bacterial group SAR11 accounts for about a third of all the bacteria found in surface ocean ...
May 17, 2024 — Plants have special corrective molecules at their disposal that can make retrospective modifications to copies of genes. However, it would appear that these 'Tipp-Ex proteins' do not have ...
May 17, 2024 — If fruit fly wings do not develop into the right shape, the flies will die. Researchers have learned how fly embryo cells develop as they need to, opening a window into human development and possible ...
May 16, 2024 — A molecular biologist may have found a new 'rule of biology.' The rule challenges long-held notions that most living organisms prefer stability over instability because stability requires ...
May 16, 2024 — A new sensor is giving researchers the best look yet at ATP levels inside living cells, enabling scientists to study in greater detail than ever before how fluctuations in this cellular currency ...
May 16, 2024 — Sea otters are one of the few animals that use tools to access their food, and a new study has found that individual sea otters that use tools -- most of whom are female -- are able to eat larger ...
May 16, 2024 — In a groundbreaking study an international team of scientists has investigated the evolutionary patterns behind the development of sabre teeth, with some unexpected results along the ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2024
- Drug-Like Inhibitor Shows Promise in Preventing Flu
- Researchers Discover Hidden Step in Dinosaur Feather Evolution
- Studies Reveal Cell-by-Cell Changes Caused When Pig Hearts and Kidneys Are Transplanted Into Humans
- Clarifying the Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Periodontitis With an Improved Animal Model
Monday, May 20, 2024
- Digging Up Good News for Microbial Studies
- Diverse Headgear in Hoofed Mammals Evolved from Common Ancestor
- Cloudy Waters Causes African Fish to Develop Bigger Eyes
- After Hundreds of Years, Study Confirms Bermuda Now Home to Cownose Rays
- Evolutionary History of Extinct Duck Revealed
Friday, May 17, 2024
- Modern Plant Enzyme Partners With Surprisingly Ancient Protein
- Scale Matters in Determining Vulnerability of Freshwater Fish to Climate Changes
- Sweet Taste Receptor Affects How Glucose Is Handled Metabolically by Humans
- Scientists Discover Mechanism of Sugar Signaling in Plants
- Zombie Cells in the Sea: Viruses Keep the Most Common Marine Bacteria in Check
- Plants Restrict Use of 'Tipp-Ex Proteins'
- Fruit Fly Wing Research Offers Window Into Birth Defects
Thursday, May 16, 2024
- A New 'rule of Biology' May Have Come to Light, Expanding Insight Into Evolution and Aging
- New Sensor Gives Unprecedented Look at Changes in Cell's Energy 'currency'
- Otters, Especially Females, Use Tools to Survive a Changing World
- How Did Sabre-Toothed Tigers Acquire Their Long Upper Canine Teeth?
- More Efficient Bioethanol Production Might Be Possible Using Persimmon Tannin to Help Yeast Thrive
- Bioengineered Enzyme Creates Natural Vanillin from Plants in One Step
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
- Regenerating Worms Have Genetic Control Over Their Algal Partners
- Jet-Propelled Sea Creatures Could Improve Ocean Robotics
- From Roots to Resilience: Investigating the Vital Role of Microbes in Coastal Plant Health
- What Fire Ants Can Teach Us About Making Better, Self-Healing Materials
- Access to Gardens and Citizen Science Helps Encourage Conservation Among Children, Study Shows
- Bees and Butterflies on the Decline in Western and Southern North America
- Heating Proteins to Body Temperature Reveals New Drug Targets
- Now We Know, What Gets Roots to Grow: Can Help in Future Droughts
- An Active Agent Against Hepatitis E
- Exploring the Mechanism Behind Drug Eruptions in the Skin
- Drug Compounds to Combat Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Highly Pathogenic Avian Flu Detected in New York City Wild Birds
- Iconic Baobabs: The Origin and Long-Distance Travels of Upside Down Trees
- Some Mice May Owe Their Monogamy to a Newly Evolved Type of Cell
Tuesday, May 14, 2024
- Genetics Provide Key to Fight Crown-of-Thorns Starfish
- Most Dangerous Areas for Whale Shark-Shipping Vessel Collisions Revealed
- Meet the New Insect Killing Utah's Fir Trees
- Far from Toxic, Lactate Rivals Glucose as Body's Major Fuel After a Carbohydrate Meal
- Researchers Uncover What Makes Some Chickens More Water Efficient Than Others
- Virus That Causes COVID-19 Can Penetrate Blood-Retinal Barrier and Could Damage Vision
- Avocado Pruning Residues Used to Produce More Sustainable Food Packaging
- High Genetic Diversity Discovered in South African Leopards
Monday, May 13, 2024
- First Case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Transmitted from Cow to Human Confirmed
- Persistent Strain of Cholera Defends Itself Against Forces of Change, Scientists Find
- Insights Into Protein Evolution
- World's Largest Hummingbird Is Actually Two Species
- Fruit Fly Testes Offer Potential Tool Against Harmful Insects
- New Viruses That Could Cause Epidemics on the Horizon
- Island Birds More Adaptable Than Previously Thought
- Like Dad and Like Mum...all in One Plant
- New Molecule Mimics the Anti-Clotting Action of Blood-Sucking Organisms
- Research on Centromere Structure Yields New Insights Into the Mechanisms of Chromosome Segregation Errors
- How Do Genetically Identical Water Fleas Develop Into Male or Female?
- Nature's 3D Printer: Bristle Worms Form Bristles Piece by Piece
- Research Shows That 'softer' Proteins Can Cross Into the Nucleus Quicker
- Plant Virus Treatment Shows Promise in Fighting Metastatic Cancers in Mice
Friday, May 10, 2024
- Cellular Activity Hints That Recycling Is in Our DNA
- Research Explores Ways to Mitigate the Environmental Toxicity of Ubiquitous Silver Nanoparticles
- Scientists Unlock Key to Breeding 'carbon Gobbling' Plants With a Major Appetite
Thursday, May 9, 2024
- New Rhizobia-Diatom Symbiosis Solves Long-Standing Marine Mystery
- High School Student Helps Transform 'crazy Idea' Into Innovative Research Tool
- New Sex-Determining Mechanism in African Butterfly Discovered
- Saturated Soils Could Impact Survival of Young Trees Planted to Address Climate Change
- Fluidic Systems Resembling Blood Vascular Tissues: Artificial Blood Vessels and Biomedicine
- An Epigenome Editing Toolkit to Dissect the Mechanisms of Gene Regulation
Wednesday, May 8, 2024
- New Record Holder for Smallest Dispersers of Ingested Seeds: Woodlice
- An Adjuvant Made in Yeast Could Lower Vaccine Cost and Boost Availability
- Marine Bacteria Team Up to Produce a Vital Vitamin
- Scientists Find Ancient, Endangered Lamprey Fish in Queensland, 1400 Km North of Its Previous Known Range
- Acceptance of Animals in Urban Environments
- Limited Adaptability Makes Freshwater Bacteria Vulnerable to Climate Change
- Natural Compounds That Selectively Kill Parasites
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
- Why Is Breaking Down Plant Material for Biofuels So Slow?
- Chimps Learn and Improve Tool-Using Skills Even as Adults, Study Finds
- Intermittent Fasting Protects Against Liver Inflammation and Liver Cancer
- Bee Body Mass, Pathogens and Local Climate Influence Heat Tolerance
- Progression of Herpesvirus Infection Remodels Mitochondrial Organization and Metabolism
- How a 'conductor' Makes Sense of Chaos in Early Mouse Embryos
- Free-Forming Organelles Help Plants Adapt to Climate Change
- First Effective Treatment Found for Spitting Cobra Snakebite
- Fruit Fly Model Identifies Key Regulators Behind Organ Development
- Engineers Develop Innovative Microbiome Analysis Software Tools
Monday, May 6, 2024
- Using Advanced Genetic Techniques, Scientists Create Mice With Traits of Tourette Disorder
- High-Pressure Spectroscopy: Why 3,000 Bars Are Needed to Take a Comprehensive Look at a Protein
- Improved Nutrition, Sanitation Linked to Beneficial Changes in Child Stress and Epigenetic Programming
Friday, May 3, 2024
- Aligned Peptide 'noodles' Could Enable Lab-Grown Biological Tissues
- Genomes of 'star Algae' Shed Light on Origin of Plants
- How E. Coli Get the Power to Cause Urinary Tract Infections
- Plants Utilize Drought Stress Hormone to Block Snacking Spider Mites
- Source of Pregnancy Complications from Infections Revealed by Placenta Map
- New Discovery of a Mechanism That Controls Cell Division
- Novel Chemical Tool for Understanding Membrane Remodeling in the Cell
Thursday, May 2, 2024
- For Microscopic Organisms, Ocean Currents Act as 'expressway' To Deeper Depths
- Scientists Track 'doubling' In Origin of Cancer Cells
- Deeper Understanding of Malaria Parasite Development Unlocks Opportunities to Block Disease Spread
- Promising New Treatment Strategy for Deadly Flu-Related Brain Disorders
- New Approach in the Synthesis of Complex Natural Substances
- Activation of Innate Immunity: Important Piece of the Puzzle Identified