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We usually think of bacteria as organisms so small they can be seen only through a microscope. But scientists discovered a giant white bacterium lurking on rotting leaves in the brackish waters of a red mangrove swamp in Guadeloupe in the Lesser Antilles.It’s so large it can be seen easily with the naked eye. But size ...	Biology
Two common respiratory viruses can fuse to form a hybrid virus capable of evading the human immune system, and infecting lung cells – the first time such viral cooperation has ever been observed.Researchers believe the findings could help to explain why co-infections can lead to significantly worse disease for some pat...	Biology
Making stem cells from a patient’s adult cells – rather than human embryos – is one of the holy grails in modern medicine treatments. New research brings us two steps closer. Biomedical engineers and medical researchers at UNSW Sydney have independently made discoveries about embryonic blood stem cell creation that cou...	Biology
Consider the possibility of alien plants. After all, plenty of exoplanets likely have conditions friendly to the development of plants, even if evolution there never makes it as far as complex organisms and animals. But if moss, algae, and lichen envelop lush exoplanets in the faraway realms of the Milky Way, those wor...	Biology
Topline An “all-in-one” vaccine currently in development could protect people from future Covid-19 variants, as well as SARS, MERS and new strains of other coronaviruses from other animals, a study by researchers at the California Institute of Technology found. Image courtesy of Wellcome Leap, Caltech, and Merkin Insti...	Biology
Monk parakeets shown to lose social standing during an absence Monk parakeets take that saying to heart, according to new research by the University of Cincinnati. These loud and gregarious parrots risk losing their hard-won social standing if they are absent from their flock for just eight days, biologists found. And ...	Biology
Researchers at The University of Queensland have found an anti-ageing function in a protein deep within human cells. Associate Professor Steven Zuryn and Dr Michael Dai at the Queensland Brain Institute have discovered that a protein called ATSF-1 controls a fine balance between the creation of new mitochondria and the...	Biology
Scanning electron micrograph of a human T lymphocyte (also called a T cell) from the immune system of a healthy donor. Credit: NIAID Using new machine learning techniques, researchers at UC San Francisco (UCSF), in collaboration with a team at IBM Research, have developed a virtual molecular library of thousands of "co...	Biology
Nano plumbing: An artistic rendering showing how DNA nanotubes could connect artificial cells. (Courtesy: Schulman Lab, Johns Hopkins University) Synthetic cells, engineered to mimic some of the functions performed by living cells, hold promise for applications in biotechnology and medicine. Even the smallest biologica...	Biology
Adélie penguins need an optimal level of sea ice to breed—too much, and access to food is threatened.Image: Louise Emmerson/Australian Antarctic ProgramAs the fervor of Fat Bear Week rages on, a different corner of the animal kingdom is in trouble: The Antarctic penguin community. Australian researchers studying Adélie...	Biology
Forest growing season in eastern U.S. has increased by a month Warming changed timing of budburst, coloration in past century The growing period of hardwood forests in eastern North America has increased by an average of one month over the past century as temperatures have steadily risen, a new study has found. The stu...	Biology
Adult albatrosses on a remote island are being attacked and eaten by an aggressive invasive species — mice. Invasive mice have been wreaking havoc on the ecosystem of Marion Island — located about halfway between South Africa and Antarctica — for decades, chowing down on native invertebrates and the chicks of many seab...	Biology
Neural networks, a type of computer system loosely modeled after the organization of the human brain, are the basis of many artificial intelligence systems for applications such as speech recognition, computer vision and medical image analysis. In the field of neuroscience, researchers often use neural networks to try ...	Biology
Using microbes to get more out of mining waste Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining. Adopting this technique of reusing mining waste, called tailings, could transform the mining industry and create a greener and more sus...	Biology
Study uncovers a unique, efficient method of copper delivery in cells A new study has uncovered a unique way in which the anti-cancer drug elesclomol enables copper delivery in cells, aiding in the search for treatments for copper deficiency disorders such as Menkes disease. Menkes disease is an extremely rare heredita...	Biology
Celiac disease, also called celiac sprue, is a condition that affects mostly the small intestine, although it can have consequences throughout the body. People with celiac disease experience digestive symptoms and potential long-term tissue damage as a result of the immune system attacking the inner lining of the small...	Biology
Species known as marine habitat-forming species -- gorgonians, corals, algae, seaweeds, marine phanerogams, etc. -- are organisms that help generate and structure the underwater landscapes. These are natural refuges for other species, and provide biomass and complexity to the seabeds. But these key species in marine ec...	Biology
Scorpions have a scary reputation, thanks to their alien looks, pincers and stingers. But scorpions are also fascinating critters, as researchers Harper Forbes and Prakrit Jain know. The pair are the lead authors of a paper in ZooKeys describing two previously unknown scorpion species found in California. Also, they we...	Biology
Most birds that flit through dense, leafy forests have a strategy for maneuvering through tight windows in the vegetation -- they bend their wings at the wrist or elbow and barrel through. But hummingbirds can't bend their wing bones during flight, so how do they transit the gaps between leaves and tangled branches? A ...	Biology
Scientists at the National Institutes of Health have identified new genetic risk factors for two types of non-Alzheimer's dementia. These findings were published in Cell Genomics and detail how researchers identified large-scale DNA changes, known as structural variants, by analyzing thousands of DNA samples. The team ...	Biology
A new gene therapy that "resets" the brain's reward system could help treat alcohol use disorder, a new study in monkeys suggests. In monkeys who tend to drink heavily when provided lots of alcohol, surgically injecting a gene therapy into the brain increased the production of the so-called feel-good hormone dopamine, ...	Biology
The Tara Pacific program and expedition focused on coral reefs across the Pacific Ocean and used a coordinated sampling effort to address questions at multiple scales using a common suite of samples. Here, we highlight some of the Tara Pacific achievements, discussing the benefits of long-duration sea expeditions for i...	Biology
Novel nano-optical technology tracks communications in living cells Microbes may be among the smallest living things on Earth, but bioimaging to understand the chemistry that fuels these organisms could reveal important clues about the intricacies of gene function and the health of the planet. Because of this, scientis...	Biology
Cells have a fascinating feature to neatly organize their interior by using tiny protein machines called molecular motors that generate directed movements. Most of them use a common type of fuel, a kind of chemical energy, called ATP to operate. Now researchers from the Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology an...	Biology
The Washington Post published a report Monday slamming Discovery Channel’s "Shark Week" programming for featuring too many White males as shark experts and continuing to peddle "negative messages" about sharks.The report highlighted a study done by the Public Library of Science led by Allegheny College biology professo...	Biology
New research can help better predict the health and sustainability of 'grassy' ecosystems Newly published research from UNC Greensboro's Dr. Kevin Wilcox and colleagues will help scientists better predict how global changes—such as droughts, fires, and heat waves—will impact the health and sustainability of the Earth's...	Biology
New genetic technology developed to halt malaria-spreading mosquitoes Malaria remains one of the world's deadliest diseases. Each year malaria infections result in hundreds of thousands of deaths, with the majority of fatalities occurring in children under five. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently a...	Biology
Cephalopods like octopuses, squids and cuttlefish are highly intelligent animals with complex nervous systems. In “Science Advances”, a team led by Nikolaus Rajewsky of the Max Delbrück Center has now shown that their evolution is linked to a dramatic expansion of their microRNA repertoire.If we go far enough back in e...	Biology
People of normal weight may be able to extend their life span by restricting calories, according to a new study that attempted to measure the pace of aging in people asked to cut their calorie intake by 25% over two years. “We’ve known for nearly 100 years that calorie restriction can extend healthy life span in a vari...	Biology
Image: Shutterstock (Shutterstock)The mind-altering effects of a well-known parasite may extend to more species than we thought. In new research this month, Yellowstone scientists are making the case that Toxoplasma gondii infection can influence the behavior of gray wolves in the area. It appears to increase their odd...	Biology
Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Leprosy can damage the nerves, leading to disabilityLeprosy bacteria may hold the secret to safely repairing and regenerating the body, researchers at the University of Edinburgh say. Animal experiments have uncovered the bacteria's remarkable ability to almost double the size o...	Biology
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. Scientists based in China have created a monkey chimera with two sets of DNA, experimental work they say could ultimately benefit medical research and the conservation of enda...	Biology
In a changing ecosystem, Yellowstone grizzly bears are resilient Grizzly bears in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem have been able to gain the body fat they need for hibernation even as population densities have increased and as climate change and human impacts have changed the availability of some foods, according to ...	Biology
The Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei), the world's largest freshwater turtle and one of the most endangered species on Earth, is now essentially doomed to extinction after the last known remaining female washed up dead in Vietnam. The female turtle, which was around 5 feet (1.5 meters) long and weighed ...	Biology
Science & Society Picture Library via Getty Images toggle caption Lice have irked humans for many centuries. In this 1497 woodcut printed in Strasbourg, Germany, a man is de-loused. Science & Society Picture Library via Getty Images Lice have irked humans for many centuries. In this 1497 woodcut printed in Strasbourg, ...	Biology
New research has uncovered a surprising link between empathy and our health. The study suggests that while empathy is highly valued in our society, it may come at a biological cost for some individuals. The findings have been published in the journal Biological Psychology. Empathy, the ability to understand and share t...	Biology
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine has been awarded to a pair of scientists who developed the technology that led to the mRNA Covid vaccines. Professors Katalin Kariko and Drew Weissman will share the prize. The technology was experimental before the pandemic, but has now been given to millions of people around ...	Biology
Progress on Self-Cloning Crops A Q&A with Mary Gehring, plant biologist at MIT’s Whitehead Institute, about synthetic apomixis. My latest essay, about why it is difficult to genetically engineer rice, was published today in Works in Progress magazine. I hope you’ll read the piece and send me your thoughts. Lots of fun ...	Biology
image: Where bats are excluded, young tree seedlings are munched by three times more caterpillars and other insects, according to new research from the University of Illinois. view more Credit: Elizabeth Bielke, University of Illinois URBANA, Ill. – Bats help keep forests growing. Without bats to hold their population...	Biology
Detailed map of the heart provides new insights into cardiac health and disease The study also presents a new tool that uncovers the effects of drugs on heart rate In a new study, published today (12 July) in Nature, researchers have produced the most detailed and comprehensive human Heart Cell Atlas to date, including...	Biology
A protein hidden in plain sight helps cells time their escape When a cell is getting ready to divide, it needs to duplicate its DNA, which is divided among its chromosomes, and arrange the chromosomes so that each new cell gets one complete set. If the chromosomes get sorted incorrectly, the resulting cells with the wr...	Biology
It’s the most famous mathematical sequence in biology—the description of a spiral with a particular ratio found in the evolution of plants going back millions of years, and that is seen today in succulents like this aloe, but also in pineapples, sunflowers, and pinecones. Named for the Italian mathematician that discov...	Biology
(Credit:Photo credit: Eric Bronson, Michigan Photography.) A mounted skeleton of the Buesching mastodon, based on casts of individual bones produced in fiberglass, on public display at the University of Michigan Museum of Natural History in Ann Arbor. The Buesching mastodon is a nearly complete skeleton of an adult mal...	Biology
Researchers describe the first molecular processes in the eye when light hits the retina Researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI have deciphered the molecular processes that first occur in the eye when light hits the retina. The processes—which take only a fraction of a trillionth of a second—are essential for h...	Biology
Lung cancer radiotherapy From left to right: xenon-enhanced ventilation CT, showing a right upper lung tumour causing obstruction and non-ventilation; functional lung evaluation; registration with simulation CT; standard plan; functional-lung-avoidance plan. The arrows highlight regions with the most prevalent function...	Biology
A massive hammerhead shark that recently washed up dead on a beach in Alabama was carrying 40 unborn pups, a necropsy (animal autopsy) has revealed. But it is unclear what killed the expectant mother. The female great hammerhead (Sphyrna mokarran), which measured around 14 feet (4.3 meters) long, was discovered April 2...	Biology
A growing pile of evidence indicates that the tens of trillions of microbes that normally live in our intestines — the so-called gut microbiome — have far-reaching effects on how our bodies function. Members of this microbial community produce vitamins, help us digest food, prevent the overgrowth of harmful bacteria an...	Biology
Abstract Genetic liability to substance use disorders can be parsed into loci that confer general or substance-specific addiction risk. We report a multivariate genome-wide association meta-analysis that disaggregates general and substance-specific loci from published summary statistics of problematic alcohol use, prob...	Biology
High-quality sequencing of nearly the entire kākāpō population, funded through a Genomics Aotearoa project, is helping New Zealand to manage the health of this critically endangered species. Not only is it already making a difference to kākāpō survival, but establishing sequencing methods to work with populations under...	Biology
Cellular Atlas of Amygdala Reveals New Treatment Target for Cocaine Addiction Findings could help address an unmet medical need and shed light on the molecular underpinnings of addiction Published Date By: Topics: Share This: Article Content Researchers at University of California San Diego School of Medicine and the S...	Biology
Science & Technology New study tracks cephalopod nervous system development, finds striking similarities to process of vertebrates Four squid embryos in their egg sac. These are the squid species Doryteuthis pealeii. Credit: Kristen Koenig New study tracks cephalopod nervous system development, finds striking similarit...	Biology
For the first time ever, researchers have succeeded in cryopreserving and reviving pieces of adult coral—a breakthrough that could eventually help save reefs struggling from the effects of climate change. Using antifreeze and liquid nitrogen, scientists froze coral fragments in a glasslike state, then thawed and return...	Biology
A Japanese researcher has told a major genetics conference that he has created eggs from the cells of male mice. The research, still in its early stages, involved turning male XY sex chromosomes into female XX ones. Prof Katsuhiko Hayashi from Osaka University is working on developing fertility treatments. The developm...	Biology
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Around the world, a parasitic fungus transforms ants into “zombies.” The fungus is like something out of a horror movie: The organism hijacks the body and brain of its...	Biology
The Tyrannosaurus rex, and other members of the tyrannosaurus family, are not the only carnivorous dinosaur to have tiny arms, according to a study recently published in Current Biology. Researchers from Ernesto Bachmann Paleontological Museum in Neuquén, Argentina, discovered fossilized remains of the Meraxes gigas, a...	Biology
As we intensify our plans to explore the moons of Jupiter and Saturn and colonize mars, some may argue that we stand at the beginning of the epoch of space exploration. In an effort to outline the hazards of intensifying space exploration, an international team of invasion biologists wrote a paper in the Oxford Academi...	Biology
An antiviral drug used to treat COVID-19 may be driving the virus that causes the disease to evolve, a new study suggests. But is this concerning, or particularly surprising? Not at this point, and not really, experts told Live Science. Scientists analyzed more than 15 million SARS-CoV-2 genomes — genetic material from...	Biology
COVID-19 may continue to dominate headlines, but this year’s biomedical advances weren’t all about “the Rona.” 2022 saw fruitful and seemingly fantastical research that could one day mean good news for patients. Growing synthetic embryos Two reports this year revealed how to fabricate the early stages of mammalian life...	Biology
Researchers use genomes of 241 species to redefine mammalian tree of life Research led by a team of scientists from the Texas A&M School of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences puts to bed the heated scientific debate regarding the history of mammal diversification as it relates to the extinction of the non-avia...	Biology
Certain physical traits of flowers affect the health of bumblebees by enabling the transmission of a harmful pathogen, research at the University of Massachusetts Amherst has shown. The scientific experiment masterminded by Jenny Van Wyk – who is a postdoctoral researcher and the study’s lead author – confirms that the...	Biology
A team of scientists in Israel say they’ve accomplished an incredible feat of biology: The creation of a completely human-like embryo model without the need for a sperm or egg. The synthetic embryos were grown using stem cells instead and appeared to have the same structures and components of a typical human embryo up ...	Biology
To conserve precious and fragile biodiversity hotspots, a crucial step is knowing how the fruit eaters are doing. To assist in that, scientists and students at Michigan State University (MSU) have supersized a database to keep track of such animals and birds. In this month's open-access journal Global Ecology and Bioge...	Biology
Scientists record first-ever brain waves from freely moving octopuses Scientists have successfully recorded brain activity from freely moving octopuses, a feat made possible by implanting electrodes and a data logger directly into the creatures. The study, published online in Current Biology on February 23, is a critic...	Biology
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Scientists from Trinity College Dublin believe our brains could use quantum computation. Their discovery comes after they adapted an idea developed to prove the existence of quantum gravity to explore the human brain and its workings. The brain functions measured were also correlated to short-...	Biology
Enzyme ATE1 plays role in cellular stress response, opening door to new therapeutic targets A new paper in Nature Communications illuminates how a previously poorly understood enzyme works in the cell. Many diseases are tied to chronic cellular stress, and UMBC's Aaron T. Smith and colleagues discovered that this enzym...	Biology
Every year from the age of 20 my mother, Jean Combes, who has died aged 96, recorded the time of year that four tree species – oak, ash, horse chestnut and lime – came into leaf. What started in 1947 as a personal project, driven by a simple love of nature, turned out to demonstrate with textbook clarity that the long-...	Biology
PISCATAWAY, N.J. — No invention signifies humanity’s ingenuity and intelligence quite like the computer. A miracle of the modern age, countless works of science fiction have predicted an inevitable confrontation in the not-so-distant future: man versus machine. Now, according to researchers at Rutgers University, it ap...	Biology
In spring 1858, the German scientist Rudolf Virchow published an unorthodox vision of the nature of living organisms. In his book, Cellular Pathology, he argued that the human body was simply “a cell state in which every cell is a citizen”. From a single originator, all other cells are derived, he argued, and when thei...	Biology
This graphic depicts how scientists believe water interacts with rock at the bottom of Enceladus’ ocean to create hydrothermal vent systems. These same chimney-like vents are found along tectonic plate borders in Earth’s oceans, approximately 7000 feet below the surface. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/Southwest Research Inst...	Biology
New insights into an old drug: Scientists discover why aspirin works so well New research has revealed important information about how aspirin works. Even though this drug has been available commercially since the late 1800s, scientists have not yet fully elucidated its detailed mechanism of action and cellular targets...	Biology
A better understanding of gas exchange between the atmosphere and ocean can improve global climate models The injection of bubbles from waves breaking in turbulent and cold high-latitude regions of the high seas is an underappreciated way in which atmospheric gases are transported into the interior ocean. An improved m...	Biology
"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below." Salesforce’s ProGen designed sequences based on the “sentences” of biological proteins. Scientists are investigating whether the AI could identify treatment for disorders like rheumatoid arthritis and multiple sclerosis. ...	Biology
Between 6.4 and 5.8 million years ago, most of the land bridge that connects North and South America had already emerged and the channels connecting both Pacific and Atlantic oceans were shallow. Recent fossil discoveries in the northern Panama Canal area suggest that marine species interchange persisted across these s...	Biology
Forest growing season in eastern US has increased by a month, finds study The growing period of hardwood forests in eastern North America has increased by an average of one month over the past century as temperatures have steadily risen, a new study has found. The study compared present-day observations of the time spa...	Biology
Image source, Katherine HawkesImage caption, The sunfish was found deceased on a beach at Great YarmouthThe discovery of a dead sunfish on a Norfolk beach is "incredibly important" to scientists studying the biggest bony fish in the world and potential climate change links, an expert said.The juvenile fish, measuring a...	Biology
New study challenges our understanding of the immune system Researchers have created a radical new view of how immune cells recognise threats such as viruses. The discovery could be used to design better vaccines and to gain a deeper insight into autoimmune diseases and allergies. Method - The researchers applied an in...	Biology
A new gadget takes advantage of sharks’ sixth sense to send the fish scurrying away from deadly hooks. Sharks, rays and their relatives can detect tiny electric fields, thanks to bulbous organs concentrated near their heads called ampullae of Lorenzini. So researchers developed SharkGuard, a cylindrical device that att...	Biology
Scalloped hammerhead sharks hold their breath to keep their bodies warm during deep dives into cold water where they hunt prey such as deep sea squids. This discovery, published today in Science by University of Hawai'i at Manoa researchers, provides important new insights into the physiology and ecology of a species t...	Biology
Last November, Northeastern University student Andre Neto Caetano watched the live, late-night launch of NASA’s Artemis 1 from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on a cellphone placed on top of a piano in the lobby of the hotel where he was staying in California. “I had, not a flashback, but a flash-forward of seeing mayb...	Biology
Call them plant motors. Or plant muscles. Tiny bulges of specialized cells in a mimosa plant can fold its feathery leaflets together in seconds, then relax — and do it again. A new look at these bulges on the Mimosa pudica plant has revealed more details of how a leaf manages its unusually fast folding, says biomechani...	Biology
Animals cover themselves in all kinds of unsavory fluids to keep cool. Humans sweat, kangaroos spit and some birds will urinate on themselves to survive hot days. It turns out that echidnas do something much cuter — though perhaps just as sticky (and slightly icky) — to beat the heat. The spiny insectivores stay cool b...	Biology
Neanderthals have long been portrayed as our dim-witted, thuggish cousins. Now groundbreaking research has – while not confirmed the stereotype – revealed striking differences in the brain development of modern humans and Neanderthals.The study involved inserting a Neanderthal brain gene into mice, ferrets and “mini br...	Biology
New Michigan State University research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences shows that plants such as oak and poplar trees will emit more of a compound called isoprene as global temperatures climb. Isoprene from plants represents the highest flux of hydrocarbons to the atmosphere beh...	Biology
Salinity changes threatening marine ecosystems, new study shows A groundbreaking study published today reveals the critical yet severely understudied factor of salinity changes in ocean and coastlines caused by climate change. The study was co-authored by an international team of researchers, including Dr. Cliff Ross, ...	Biology
Oct 07 According to a new study published in the peer-reviewed journal The American Biology Teacher, non-animal teacher methods are at least as effective as animal dissections and may be more effective. As noted by the study’s abstract, animal dissection is practiced to varying degrees around the world and is particula...	Biology
Newly sequenced hornet genomes could help explain invasion success The genomes of two hornet species, the European hornet and the Asian hornet (or yellow-legged hornet) have been sequenced for the first time by a team led by UCL (University College London) scientists. By comparing these decoded genomes with that of the...	Biology
The tiny blobs of lab-grown human brain tissue were just specks, each measuring a few millimeters in diameter. Researchers at Stanford University made them by cultivating human stem cells into three-dimensional clumps of tissue. Called brain organoids, these simplified structures contain some of the cells and propertie...	Biology
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — A giant sunfish believed to be the world’s heaviest bony fish has been discovered in the Azores archipelago, Portugal, weighing a whopping 2,744 kilograms (3 tons). Re...	Biology
Newly discovered probiotic could protect Caribbean corals threatened by deadly, devastating disease Researchers with the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History have discovered the first effective bacterial probiotic for treating and preventing stony coral tissue loss disease (SCTLD), a mysterious ailment that...	Biology
Scientists believe gonorrhoea might deserve the credit for why humans are one of the few species who look after their grandchildren.The evolution of all life is driven by a single imperative, reproduction, and the biology of most animal species is optimised for that purpose at the cost of longer lifespans. Humans are o...	Biology
November 16, 2022• Physics 15, s158Physicists have shown that a mathematical transformation called a conformal map can be used to predict how leaves grow. A. Dai and M. Ben Amar [1] In his 1917 book, On Growth and Form, D’Arcy Thompson pioneered the use of mathematics in biology. Now physicists Anna Dai and Martine Ben...	Biology
Scientists have genetically engineered a hummingbird bobtail squid to remove its pigment, creating an almost completely transparent animal with only its three hearts and brain showing when light hits it at the right angle. According to NPR, "The see-through squid are offering scientists a new way to study the biology o...	Biology
In India, children under 16 returning to school this month at the start of the school year will no longer be taught about evolution, the periodic table of elements, or sources of energy. The news that evolution would be cut from the curriculum for students aged 15–16 was widely reported last month, when thousands of pe...	Biology
Toward a Better World The successful transfer of a gene that produces HMW-HA paves the way for improving the health and lifespan of humans, too. In a groundbreaking endeavor, researchers at the University of Rochester have successfully transferred a longevity gene from naked mole rats to mice, resulting in improved hea...	Biology
For many locusts, life in a swarm is a picnic. Crowded conditions create a locust-eat-locust world. But it turns out some migrating insects deploy a “don’t-eat-me” pheromone that can deter their cannibalistic companions. When jammed together, juvenile migratory locusts (Locusta migratoria) emit a volatile compound know...	Biology
Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Heidelberg University in Germany have shown that sex differences in animals vary dramatically across species, organs and developmental stages, and evolve quickly at the gene level but slowly at the cell type level. Mammals have different traits depending on sex, like antle...	Biology
Scientists have developed a new device inspired by octopus suckers that can deliver drugs without requiring needles or pills. They've already tested it in humans in a small, short trial. The 0.4 by 0.2 inch (1.1 by 0.6 centimeters) patch can stick to the inner lining of the cheek, stretch across it and increase the abs...	Biology
It wasn't until 1957 when scientists earned special access to the molecular realm. After 22 years of grueling experimentation, John Kendrew of Cambridge University finally uncovered the 3D structure of a protein. It was a twisted blueprint of myoglobin, the stringy chain of 154 amino acids that helps infuse our muscles...	Biology
A well-preserved skull of a European great ape which could be among the earliest ancestors of the human race has been reconstructed by scientists using CT scans. The researchers say their results are consistent with the idea that this species represents one of the earliest members of the human and great ape family. T...	Biology
An imbalance of fungi in the gut could contribute to excessive inflammation in people with severe COVID-19 or long COVID. A study found that individuals with severe disease had elevated levels of a fungus that can activate the immune system and induce long-lasting changes. The work, published on 23 October in Nature Im...	Biology

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