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Breakthrough in solid-state storage innovates how biological materials are stored and handled
Scientists have developed a novel method for storing biological materials such as RNA and proteins in a solid-state. The storage in solid-state resembles the form of a pill or a tablet, which dissolves in water for on-demand u... | Biology |
Scientists lure Burmese pythons using radio telemetry during mating/breeding season
University of Florida wildlife scientists are scouting for Burmese pythons in the Everglades by using previously captured pythons to lure, locate and learn how the invasive species is thriving in the Everglades.
This latest effort is a ... | Biology |
Fetuses favor patterns of light that resemble faces over those without face-like features, a new study suggests. The study, published last week in Current Biology, is the first to test visual processing in babies before birth.
The findings suggest that a preference for faces starts even before a baby has ever seen a fa... | Biology |
A new grant will allow Rochester researchers to leverage bacteria and nanomaterials to mimic photosynthesis and produce clean-burning hydrogen fuel.
As the world faces an increasing demand for clean and sustainable energy sources, scientists are turning to the power of photosynthesis for inspiration. With the goal of d... | Biology |
Scientists have created an AI system capable of generating artificial enzymes from scratch. In laboratory tests, some of these enzymes worked as well as those found in nature, even when their artificially generated amino acid sequences diverged significantly from any known natural protein.
The experiment demonstrates t... | Biology |
Living in a greener environment has an impact on the composition of oligosaccharides in mother's breastmilk, which in turn may affect the infant’s health. A study conducted at the University of Turku showed that greater diversity and proportion of green environments in the residential area were associated with increase... | Biology |
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — From a deer’s elaborate branching antlers to the fiddler crab’s oversize claw, the animal kingdom is full of flashy features used in combat to help secure a mate. A te... | Biology |
Introduction
Does an unseen force lurk within genetics? Biologists have made enormous strides over the past 100 years in understanding the role of the millions of parcels that convey our genetic information — DNA, RNA and proteins. But they have also learned about undetectable interactions between these biochemical age... | Biology |
One of the major benefits of certain artificial intelligence models is that they can speed up menial or time-consuming tasks —- and not just to whip up terrible "art" based on a brief text input. University of Leeds researchers have unveiled a neural network that they claim can map an outline of a large iceberg in just... | Biology |
The quickly changing coronavirus has spawned yet another super contagious omicron mutant that’s worrying scientists as it gains ground in India and pops up in numerous other countries, including the United States.Scientists say the variant – called BA.2.75 – may be able to spread rapidly and get around immunity from va... | Biology |
Scientists in Australia have discovered a new species of shark with bizarre, human-like molars that it uses to smash down on prey.
The new species, named painted hornshark (Heterodontus marshallae), is part of the order Heterodontiformes, which are classified by their unique body shape and small horns that protrude fro... | Biology |
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news on fascinating discoveries, scientific advancements and more. CNN — Sometime during the Cretaceous Period, 120 million years ago, a dinosaur wolfed down its last meal — a small mammal the size of a mouse. And it’s still there. A resear... | Biology |
Finding the genes that help kingfishers dive without hurting their brains
If you've ever belly-flopped into a pool, then you know: water can be surprisingly hard if you hit it at the wrong angle. But many species of kingfishers dive headfirst into water to catch their fishy prey. In a new study in the journal Communica... | Biology |
Study: Rising rainfall, not temperatures, threaten giraffe survival
Giraffes in the East African savannahs are adapting surprisingly well to the rising temperatures caused by climate change. However, they are threatened by increasingly heavy rainfall, as researchers from the University of Zurich and Pennsylvania State ... | Biology |
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday announced the fast-tracked approval of an Alzheimer’s drug that modestly slows the brain-robbing disease to those with mild impairment.The drug, Leqembi, is the first that’s been convincingly shown to slow the decline in memory and thinking that defines Alzheimer’s by targetin... | Biology |
This year, Australia’s Great Barrier Reef was hit by another mass bleaching. Scientists say the reef isn’t dying, but it also isn’t thriving. With only about 100 of the 3,000 individual reefs actively monitored, there’s still much to learn. In November, the Great Reef Census—a citizen project led by Earth Hour co-found... | Biology |
University of Wyoming researchers' study of how microscopic creatures called tardigrades survive extreme conditions has led to a major breakthrough that could eventually make life-saving treatments available to people where refrigeration isn't possible.
Thomas Boothby, an assistant professor of molecular biology, and c... | Biology |
Cells with XX or XY chromosomes provide researchers with a new tool to study how differences in sex chromosomes can influence health and developmentThis image depicts a karyotype, or chromosomal profile, created by performing a chromosomal analysis on a sample of human peripheral blood, revealing the full complement of... | Biology |
A diverse set of species, from snails to algae to amoebas, make programmable DNA-cutting enzymes called Fanzors — and a new study from scientists at MIT’s McGovern Institute for Brain Research has identified thousands of them. Fanzors are RNA-guided enzymes that can be programmed to cut DNA at specific sites, much like... | Biology |
Biologists have produced a strain of yeast whose genome is more than 50% synthetic DNA. Standard brewer’s yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) stores its genetic blueprint across 16 chromosomes. In the new strain, 6.5 of those chromosomes were edited and synthesized in the laboratory — and an extra one was stitched togethe... | Biology |
Q&A: Researchers track new invasive insect, the elm zigzag sawfly
A new invasive insect, the elm zigzag sawfly, has arrived in North Carolina. This sawfly, Aproceros leucopoda, is native to East Asia, was first seen in the U.S. in 2021, and it has been detected in five eastern states so far. The insect feeds on the lea... | Biology |
Irvine, Calif., April 20, 2023 — Scientists at the University of California, Irvine have made a remarkable discovery about cellophane bees – their microbiomes are some of the most fermentative known from the insect world. These bees, which are named for their use of cellophane-like materials to line their subterranean ... | Biology |
Rebel Neurons Fuel Appetite in Obesity
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Our appetites should normally be linked to the levels of energy stored in our body, increasing when we need additional fuel. Nevertheless, excessive eating behavior fuels obesity. Researchers have identified a subset ... | Biology |
Friend or foe? Study reveals evolution of controversial human gut microbe
Blastocystis is one of the most common microbes found in our guts but its role in human health is poorly understood. Blastocystis infection can lead to diarrhea, nausea, weight loss and fatigue, yet the microbe's presence is also considered by so... | Biology |
Transgender athletes could be banned from track and field next, as World Athletics president Sebastian Coe backs FINA’s ruling as being ‘in the best interests of sport’ because ‘biology trumps gender’FINA voted that trans women who 'experienced any part of male puberty' can no longer enter female eventsWorld Athletics ... | Biology |
Hip phantom images: In CT slices of a hip phantom, no optimal keV setting could be found to effectively reduce metal artefacts. Adding iterative metal artefact reduction (iMAR) strongly reduced the base artefact level for all energies. (Courtesy: J A Anhaus et al Phys. Med. Biol. 10.1088/1361-6560/ac71f0)
Metal implant... | Biology |
DURHAM, N.C. -- Some animals are quick-change artists. Take the hogfish, a pointy-snouted reef fish that can go from pearly white to mottled brown to reddish in a matter of milliseconds as it adjusts to shifting conditions on the ocean floor.
Scientists have long suspected that animals with quick-changing colors don’t ... | Biology |
The explosion in text-to-image AI models like OpenAI’s DALL-E 2—programs trained to generate pictures of almost anything you ask for—has sent ripples through the creative industries, from fashion to filmmaking, by providing weird and wonderful images on demand. The same technology behind these programs is also making a... | Biology |
Introduction
Just as people in different places seem to operate at different rhythms, so too do different species. They age at their own rates: Some, like the fruit fly, race to adulthood so they can reproduce before their ephemeral food source disappears, while creatures like humans mature slowly over decades, in part... | Biology |
Often referred to as the "powerhouses of the cell," mitochondria are well known for their role as energy suppliers, but these organelles are also critical for maintaining our overall health.Mitochondrial stress is associated with aging and age-related diseases, including neurodegeneration, but there has been a limited ... | Biology |
A new study published in Science Advances today provides evidence that large-scale, offshore, and fully-protected marine areas (MPAs) protect biodiversity without negatively impacting fishing and food security.
Washington, D.C. (May 31, 2023)—In the first-ever “before and after” assessment of the impact of establishing... | Biology |
Plasma-structural coloring: A new colorful approach to an inkless future
New developments for achieving structural coloring through plasma irradiation of graphite can reduce the reliance upon harmful color dyes. Colors achieved by plasma irradiation are completely erasable and can be manipulated using time exposed to t... | Biology |
Malformations in heart, eyes and nervous system: Nano-plastics disrupt growth
Nano-plastics cause malformations. Meiru Wang, researcher at the Institute of Biology Leiden, looked at the extreme effects polystyrene nano-particles could have, using chicken embryos as a model. Her results were quite alarming. Especially a... | Biology |
Deblina Sarkar makes little machines, for which she has big dreams. The machines are so little, in fact, that they can humbly inhabit living cells. And her dreams are so big, they may one day save your mind.
Sarkar is a nanotechnologist and assistant professor at MIT. She develops ultratiny electronic devices, some sma... | Biology |
In the last decade, archaeologists have discovered evidence that foxes may have been kept as pets thousands of years ago—or, at the very least, tolerated to hang around human settlements.OffEnglishTo learn more about the relationship between foxes and our ancestors, I spoke with an archaeologist and a zoologist about t... | Biology |
When driving through a rainstorm, traction is key. If your tires lack sufficient tread, your vehicle will slip and slide and you won't have the grip needed to maneuver safely. When torrential rains hit nearshore, shallow water ecosystems, sea urchins experience a similar challenge. Heavy precipitation can alter the con... | Biology |
How male mosquitoes compensate for having only one X chromosome
The research group of Dr. Claudia Keller Valsecchi (Institute of Molecular Biology, Mainz, Germany) and their collaborators have discovered the master regulator responsible for balancing the expression of X chromosome genes between males and females in the... | Biology |
Timing matters Predicted equivalent dose distributions (EQDRT) for time intervals of 0 hr and 4 h between radiotherapy and hyperthermia in an example thermoradiotherapy case. (Courtesy: CC BY 4.0/H P Kok et al Int. J. Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys. 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2022.10.023)
Thermoradiotherapy is a cancer treatment in w... | Biology |
It may be possible to predict whether a person's lung cancer could return after surgery by zooming in on the seemingly healthy tissue near their tumors, a lab study suggests.
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer deaths in the U.S. One of the most common types is lung adenocarcinoma, which arises in the cells that... | Biology |
Scientists warn that the Amazon is approaching a tipping point beyond which it would begin to transition from a lush tropical forest into a dry, degraded savanna. This point may be reached when 25% of the forest is lost.In a newly released report, the Monitoring of the Andean Amazon Project (MAAP) estimates that 13.2% ... | Biology |
How cells are influenced by their environment as tissues grow
How does an embryo develop? How do children grow, wounds heal or cancer spread? All of this has to do with the growth of body tissue. One of the major research interests of ETH Professor Viola Vogel and her senior assistant Mario C. Benn is to understand thi... | Biology |
Some organisms, such as tardigrades, rotifers, and nematodes, can survive harsh conditions by entering a dormant state known as "cryptobiosis." In 2018, researchers from the Institute of Physicochemical and Biological Problems in Soil Science RAS in Russia found two roundworms (nematode) species in the Siberian Permafr... | Biology |
A lack of sleep and reduced physical activity during pregnancy are linked to risk of preterm birth, according to new research led by the Stanford School of Medicine.
In the study, which will publish online Sept. 28 in npj Digital Medicine, the researchers collected data from devices worn by more than 1,000 women throug... | Biology |
Three nasal spritzes, now in advanced trials, could trigger stronger immunity than shots in the arm Credit: Dzmitry Kliapitski/Alamy Stock Photo The relentless evolution of the COVID-causing coronavirus has taken a bit of the shine off the vaccines developed during the first year of the pandemic. Versions of the virus ... | Biology |
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An unusual animal with canine teeth similar to those of a saber-toothed cat and the wide-set eyes of a cow lived in South America some 5 million years ago.
In order to success... | Biology |
Humans bite back by deactivating mosquito sperm
New UC Riverside research makes it likely that proteins responsible for activating mosquito sperm can be shut down, preventing them from swimming to or fertilizing eggs.
The study could help control populations of Culex, the common house mosquito that transmits brain-swel... | Biology |
No beast on Earth is tougher than the tiny tardigrade. It can survive being frozen at -272° Celsius, being exposed to the vacuum of outer space and even being blasted with 500 times the dose of X-rays that would kill a human. In other words, the creature can endure conditions that don’t even exist on Earth. This otherw... | Biology |
Breaking news: T.rex had baboon-like numbers of neurons! I never really had an interest in dinosaurs - until I started paying attention to the intersection of growth and life history, energy use, and numbers of brain neurons. How could those creatures possibly get so big? Then, just some months ago a former collaborato... | Biology |
Watch hammerhead sharks get their hammer
For weeks, you’d be hard pressed to tell if the rapidly growing animal was going to become a chicken, a fish, a frog, or even a human.
Then out of nowhere: the hammer.
In an unprecedented look at perhaps the strangest, most captivating animals in the ocean, University of Florida... | Biology |
Understanding nitrogen metabolism could revolutionize tuberculosis treatment
Development of new drugs to effectively target the bacterium that causes tuberculosis (TB) could be one step closer following an important discovery from the University of Surrey.
The Surrey study used a technology called fluxomics to reveal i... | Biology |
CNN — It was only a matter of time before human-caused climate change and pollution reached even the most isolated continent on the planet. As global temperature rises, Antarctica’s pristine landscape is already changing, and new research shows most of the region’s plant and animal species – including its iconic peng... | Biology |
Mushrooms and possibly all fungi have the ability to cool down by “sweating” away water, a new study reveals.
It’s not yet clear why fungi might want to stay cool. However, the discovery sheds light on a potentially fundamental aspect of fungal biology and may even have implications for human health.
“It is, to me, a v... | Biology |
I first held a violin in my late forties. Placing it under my chin, I let go an impious expletive, astonished by the instrument’s connection to mammalian evolution. In my ignorance, I had not realized that violinists not only tuck instruments against their necks, but they also gently press them against their lower jawb... | Biology |
For the past 2,200 years, Andean condors (Vultur gryphus), among the largest known flying birds in the world, have been nesting — and pooping — at a cliffside grotto in northern Patagonia, Argentina. Now researchers are studying the massive pile of guano to learn more about the threatened species and how it has adapted... | Biology |
A research vessel off the coast of the Galapagos Islands recently spotted a rarely seen, ghostly squid with weak, sucker-less tentacles floating in the deep, marking only the second time this elusive species has ever been filmed alive.
Researchers from the Schmidt Ocean Institute, in collaboration with the Charles Darw... | Biology |
The key to a successful sleight-of-hand magic trick is how well a magician manipulates the audience's perception, especially of manual movements, since that is crucial to how we anticipate another's actions. To learn more about how humans experience such misdirection, researchers in the UK performed simple magic tricks... | Biology |
In recent years, steady progress has been achieved in the field of brain-computer interfaces. Devices have been tested and utilized by paralyzed patients to reliably move robotic arms or computer cursors with great dependability. Although such technologies can substantially enhance disabled individuals' freedom, at the... | Biology |
A world-first holistic framework for assessing the mental and psychological wellbeing of wild animals has been developed by UTS Chancellor's Postdoctoral Research Fellow Dr Andrea Harvey, a veterinarian and animal welfare scientist in the TD School at the University of Technology Sydney.
The significance of the study l... | Biology |
Neuroscience tool's structure may lead to next gen versions
In order to more fully understand how diseases arise in the brain, scientists must unravel the intricate way neurons relay messages (either chemical or electrical) along a complex web of nerve cells. One way is by using a tool called DREADDs, which stands for ... | Biology |
Irvine, Calif., Oct. 4, 2022 — A discovery about how some visually impaired adults could start to see offers a new vision of the brain’s possibilities. The finding that the adult brain has the potential to partially recover from inherited blindness comes from a collaboration between researchers in the University of Cal... | Biology |
Experts discover how zebra stripes work to thwart horsefly attacks
Researchers at the University of Bristol have found why zebra fur is thinly striped and sharply outlined.
Their findings, published Feb. 17 in the Journal of Experimental Biology, reveal that stark black-white distinctions and small dark patches are par... | Biology |
Editor’s Note: The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writers. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, a collaboration between journalists and academics to provide news analysis and commentary. The content is produced solely by The Conversation. The Conversation — It’s a hair condition... | Biology |
A new study shows that bats evolved to avoid cancer and the data may uncover how humans can treat or prevent viruses as well as cancer.
A rapid evolution in bats, the only winged mammal, may account for their “extraordinary” ability to both host and survive infections and even to avoid cancer—and that success is in the... | Biology |
Under the right conditions, researchers say, some crop yields could increase by 50 percent or more. Gary J Weathers/Getty Images This past summer, a widespread drought across the United States lowered crop yields by as much as one-third as corn, wheat, barley and other plants suffered from too much heat and too little ... | Biology |
Image source, OceanXImage caption, The reef is mostly made of hard red algae, providing an attractive habitat for marine life such as this moray eelScientists say a unique reef habitat near the mouth of the Amazon river is under threat from plans to drill for oil. The reef was discovered in 2016, and researchers say it... | Biology |
In the fight against warming, a formidable ally hides just beneath our feet. Toby Kiers, evolutionary biologist, taking soil samples beneath one of the oldest trees in the world. Climate correspondent Somini Sengupta and photographer Tomás Munita reported from Chile on scientists building a global atlas of underground ... | Biology |
Just a few swabs from a handful of leaves can say a lot about what animals are roaming in the area.
Two dozen leaf swabs from plants in Uganda’s Kibale National Park revealed a stunningly accurate genetic picture of the park’s vertebrate diversity, researchers report in the Aug. 21 Current Biology. The swabs picked up ... | Biology |
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A recent study by Japanese researchers, published online in Microbiology Spectrum on 6 July 2023, has now provided the answer. By using primary B cells from healthy donors instead of cell lines, the team uncovered the genetic machinery responsible for inducing growth transformation following EBV infection. Ex... | Biology |
Sex is a tricky business, evolutionarily speaking. One problem is that sexually reproducing organisms must suffer the considerable faff of securing a mate (for the males of some species, the struggle to do so can be fatal). Another is that the mixing of two genomes into one offspring means that, per child, each parent ... | Biology |
Hyenas inherit power from mothers, but it's a privilege they pay dearly for, finds 30-year study
In some monarchies, inherited power offers a ladder that can be ascended to absolute authority—be it through diplomacy, ruthlessness, or the passing of time. But in hyena monarchies, inherited power is a slippery downward s... | Biology |
By Paul Jepson and Richard Ladl - University of OxfordWWF’s Living Planet report highlights a 58% decline in the abundance of 3,706 animal species since 1970, reinforcing the fear that humanity is bringing about a sixth mass extinction.The roots of this fear stretch back more than a century, when a series of well-publi... | Biology |
With a huge body, sharp claws, and dagger-like teeth, Tyrannosaurus rex would not have relied on looks to kill. But research suggests its eyes may have contributed to its bone-crushing bite.A study has proposed the keyhole-shaped eye sockets of T rex may have helped to disperse stress across the skull of the fearsome p... | Biology |
About a decade ago, scientists observing clonal raider ants spotted something strange: Although the species is known to be queenless, a few ants were posing as queens of the colony, lording over their hardworking counterparts. These wannabe queens had wing stubs, as well as giant eyes and ovaries.
Researchers had long ... | Biology |
Researchers identify underused strategy for recovering endangered species
During a recent review of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's recovery plans for more than 200 endangered and threatened vertebrate species in the United States, Michigan State University researchers made an interesting discovery.
They found tha... | Biology |
A man developed an "extensive" infection that caused his hands to swell after being bitten by a stray cat that was carrying an unknown species of bacteria, a new case report reveals.
The 48-year-old went to an emergency department in the U.K. because of painful swelling that developed in both his hands eight hours afte... | Biology |
Newly discovered deep-sea enzyme breaks down PET plastic
Plastic pollution is increasingly affecting the health of coasts and oceans. One well-known problem is plastic bottles made from polyethylene terephthalate, or PET.
A new study involving scientists from Professor Ruth Schmitz-Streit's research group at Kiel Unive... | Biology |
Researchers at a Florida university say a small but feisty species of carpet shark with an extraordinary ability to walk on land is evolving to better survive warming seas and the climate crisis.The epaulette shark, commonly found on shallow reefs of Australia and New Guinea, can walk for up to 30 meters on dry land us... | Biology |
We have all experienced the frustration of trying to hold a conversation in a loud pub or restaurant. Now researchers have shown that dolphins may face a similar scenario, showing that they “shout” to each other when faced with background noise.The findings revealed that a noisy environment makes it harder for dolphins... | Biology |
Humans retain an understanding of gestures made by other great apes even though we no longer use them ourselves, according to a new study by researchers at the University of St Andrews.
People playing an online game correctly identified more than half of the gestures made by chimpanzees and bonobos in a pioneering expe... | Biology |
Though humans’ nearly hairless bodies stick out like a cowlick among other primates, our nakedness isn’t unique in the world of mammals. Dolphins and whales are naked, says biological anthropologist Tina Lasisi of the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. There are naked mole-rats. “Elephants, depending on ... | Biology |
Home News Science & Astronomy An artist's impression of a comet flying through space trailed by twin streams of gas and dust. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)A bizarre, volcanic comet has violently erupted, spewing out more than 1 million tons of gas, ice and the "potential building blocks of life" into ... | Biology |
Some 230 million years ago, massive dolphinlike reptiles called ichthyosaurs gathered to breed in safe waters — just like many modern whales do. That’s the conclusion that researchers arrived at after studying a mysterious ichthyosaur graveyard in Berlin-Ichthyosaur State Park in Nevada. The park is home to the world... | Biology |
Psilocybin, the main psychoactive ingredient in magic mushrooms, could be a promising new treatment option for anorexia, early clinical tests have shown.
In a small trial, 10 women with the eating disorder received a single dose of psilocybin, while supported by a therapist, and tolerated the drug's short-term effects ... | Biology |
The search for functional natural compounds that can improve age-related cognitive decline has recently emerged as an important research focus to promote healthy aging. Trigonelline (TG), a plant alkaloid found in coffee, as well as in fenugreek seed and radish, was anticipated to possess cognitive enhancement properti... | Biology |
African trypanosomes mapped for the first time to understand evolution and potential treatments
A parasite which has devastating impacts on agriculture and human health is the first pathogen to have its proteins located and mapped within its cells—providing clues to their function and helping to identify potential drug... | Biology |
The drug-resistant fungus Candida auris (C. auris) was only discovered some 15 years ago but is already one of the world's most feared hospital microbes.
If it gets inside the body, the yeast-type fungus can affect the bloodstream, the nervous system and several internal organs. The World Health Organization (WHO) esti... | Biology |
Rice University bioengineer Jerzy Szablowski has won a prestigious Young Faculty Award from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to identify nongenetic drugs that can temporarily enhance the human body’s resilience to extreme cold exposure.
Jerzy Szablowski (Photo by Jeff Fitlow/Rice University)Szablow... | Biology |
LAWRENCE, Kan. — Around 14 million tons of plastic end up in the ocean every year. But that is not the only water source where plastic represents a significant intrusion.
“We found microplastics in every lake we sampled,” said Ted Harris, associate research professor for the Kansas Biological Survey & Center for Ecolog... | Biology |
With technology evolving quickly, it is not surprising that we are in a spiral of transition, making through daily changes. On the one hand, AIs like Chat GPT and GPT 4 are making a mark, and blockchain is encrypting at its best. On the other side, here are these future technologies that will make a difference. The one... | Biology |
They say that elephants never forget, but what about other animals? A recent study in Current Biology reveals that trained bats remember their training after several years of life in the wild. This study moves scientists one step closer to understanding the complexities of animal memory in nature.Wild Animals and Memor... | Biology |
In 1961, American architect Irving Geis received an unusual commission: he was to draw by hand the first protein structure revealed through X-rays. It was myoglobin, which is responsible for oxygenating muscles and for giving flesh its red color. It is a sort of necklace with 153 pearls, which folds into eight tangled ... | Biology |
New way to count microbes speeds research, cuts waste, could lead to new antibiotics
University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed a new way of counting microorganisms that works as much as 36 times faster than conventional methods, cuts plastic use more than 15-fold, and substantially decreases the cost an... | Biology |
Researchers understand the structure of brains and have mapped them out in some detail, but they still don't know exactly how they process data — for that, a detailed "circuit map" of the brain is needed.
Now, scientists have created just such a map for the most advanced creature yet: a fruit fly larva. Called a connec... | Biology |
Fuzzy, long-legged spiders may attack their prey with an ingeniously gruesome tactic — by covering them in toxic digestive fluids.
Unlike most other spiders, feather-legged lace weavers (Uloborus plumipes) don't have venom-producing glands or a way to inject their prey with toxins through their fangs. Instead, these sp... | Biology |
People demand rights for the unemployed during the Great Depression in 1931 in front of the US Capitol.Credit: Alamy The worst recession in US history shaped how well people would age — before they were even born. Researchers have found1 that the cells of people who were conceived during the Great Depression, which las... | Biology |
Bangkok — Scientists have developed human embryo-like structures without using sperm, an egg or fertilization, offering hope for research onand birth defects but also raising fresh ethical concerns.
Earlier this year, several labs around the world released pre-print studies that had not been peer-reviewed, describing t... | Biology |
Researchers reveal how our muscle cells deteriorate with age, hampering recovery from injury
Researchers have revealed how muscle cells become impaired as we get older, impacting their ability to regenerate and recover after an injury.
A team at Nottingham Trent University analysed the full set of more than 11,000 gene... | Biology |
Killer whales are mama’s boys. A son will trail after his mother, grabbing bits of fish and other food, throughout his life, even as his sisters grow up and have calves of their own. This neediness comes at a significant cost to mom, who forgoes having additional children to look after her boy, according to a new study... | Biology |
Climate Change Is Putting Larger Fish at Risk
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As the old proverb goes, “there’s always a bigger fish.” But will that hold for much longer?
According to a new paper examining drought-induced fish deaths in the Netherlands, climate change is disproportionate... | Biology |
Researchers from the University of Florida and the Seattle Aquarium are exploring 100 meters underwater in the Pacific Northwest this summer to learn more about mysterious ghost sharks, one of the strangest beasts from the depths of the ocean.
Using remotely operated underwater vehicles, or ROVs, the scientists searche... | Biology |
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