Biology News
October 21, 2024
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Oct. 21, 2024 — In a massive research project spanning five years and stretching the length of the Northeast seaboard, scientists have created a spatial map of the sea that shows how individual fishing communities ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists have generated the genome assemblies of two hidden-neck turtles, unpublished until now. The results, which revealed a new three-dimensional structure of the genome within the phylogenetic group of reptiles, birds and mammals, will ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — To understand how these large snakes can regenerate their intestines without intestinal crypts, scientists sequenced the RNA genes of pythons. By learning more about this process in reptiles, researchers hope to better inform other scientists ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — An international study has found that genetic variations in human carbohydrate-active enzymes may affect how people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) respond to a carbohydrate-reduced ...
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Oct. 21, 2024 — Plants adapt their water consumption to environmental conditions by counting and calculating environmental stimuli with their guard ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Plants the world over are absorbing about 31% more carbon dioxide than previously thought, according to a new assessment. The research is expected to improve Earth system simulations that scientists ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — A new PET scan reliably detects benign tumors in the pancreas, according to new research. Current scans often fail to detect these insulinomas, even though they cause symptoms due to low blood sugar ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — Scientists have discovered the earliest evidence of animal butchery by humans in ...
Oct. 21, 2024 — How can lifeless molecules come together to form a living ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — To whales that hunt with soundwaves in lightless ocean depths, a torn plastic party balloon and a delicious squid may appear remarkably similar, according to a study. Underwater acoustic testing with ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — A new study reveals how the duplication of the salivary amylase gene may not only have helped shape human adaptation to starchy foods, but may have ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers identify the crucial protein for controlling the biosynthesis of steroidal glycoalkaloids and saponins in plants of the genus Solanum and ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — Specific molecular property of lignin in trees determines difficulty of using microbial fermentation to turn trees and other plants into industrial ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — A professor has helped create a powerful new algorithm that uncovers hidden patterns in complex networks, with potential uses in fraud detection, biology and knowledge ...
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Oct. 18, 2024 — New research shows how human activities, like fertilizer use and polluting, are impacting nitrogen-fixing plants which are crucial for maintaining healthy ecosystems by adding nitrogen to the ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — A species of tropical butterfly with unusually expanded brain structures display a fascinating mosaic pattern of neural expansion linked to a cognitive ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — Scientists found that from 1995-2021, occupancy of boulder habitats by lobsters dropped 60%. Meanwhile, the number of lobsters residing in sediment or featureless ledge habitats increased 633% and ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — Journals focused on ferns, clams, or coral reefs had proportionally more of their articles cited by the federal government when protecting species than more prominent, higher-impact journals. The ...
Oct. 18, 2024 — A new study has found that oceanographic connectivity (the movement and exchange of water between different parts of the ocean) is a key influence for fish abundance across the Western Indian Ocean ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers have developed strategies to identify regulators of intestinal hormone secretion. In response to incoming food, these hormones are secreted by rare hormone producing cells in the gut and ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers have analyzed down to the smallest detail the unusual arsenal of weapons that a predatory marine bacterium has at its disposal. Perhaps one day these weapons could also be put to use in ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Scientists have identified a new virulence gene from a whole genome analysis of Providencia rustigianii, which can cause severe food poisoning ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers introduce an innovative approach to image luminescence lifetimes. This simple approach uses readily-available cost-effective equipment, paving the way for advanced studies of chemical ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Environmental DNA, also known as eDNA, is genetic material shed from animals and plants that scientists can use to tell what kinds of organisms are living in an environment. However, scientists ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Novel chemical compounds from a fungus could provide new perspectives for treating colorectal cancer, one of the most common and deadliest cancers worldwide. Researchers have reported on the ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — A new study gets scientists closer to more fully understanding where viruses fit into the global ocean picture of cycling nutrients such as nitrogen, phosphorus and, of particular interest, carbon. ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Many plankton journey from the cold, dark depths of our oceans to the surface, only to eventually drift down again into the darkness in a perpetual rhythm. Yet, how single-celled phytoplankton, most ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Tiny diatoms in the ocean are masters at capturing carbon dioxide from the environment. They fix up to 20 percent of the Earth's CO2. A research team has now discovered a protein shell in these ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers link zearalenone levels to diet quality and call for further ...
Oct. 17, 2024 — Researchers have introduced a novel method for identifying the crucial set of gut microbes commonly found in humans and essential for health. The researchers said the discovery offers innovative ...
Oct. 16, 2024 — A new study suggests that the use of high potency cannabis leaves a distinct mark on DNA, providing valuable insights into the biological impact of cannabis ...
Oct. 16, 2024 — A commonly used strategy in the development of messenger RNA (mRNA) medicine is based on the destruction of disease-causing mRNA. Achieving the opposite and stabilizing health-promoting mRNA is still ...
Oct. 16, 2024 — Grasslands are responding to climate change almost in real time, according to new ...
Oct. 16, 2024 — Climate change has a negative impact on food security. Researchers have now conducted a study to investigate the natural variation of different chickpea genotypes and their resistance to drought ...
Friday, October 18, 2024
- Loss of 'nitrogen Fixers' Threatens Biodiversity, Ecosystems
- Butterfly Brains Reveal the Tweaks Required for Cognitive Innovation
- American Lobster Population, Habitat Preferences Shifting, Study Finds
- Smaller, More Specific Academic Journals Have More Sway Over Policy
- Better Ocean Connectivity Boosts Reef Fish Populations
Thursday, October 17, 2024
- Gut Instincts: Intestinal Nutrient Sensors
- Marine Bacterium: Catching Prey With Grappling Hooks and Cannons
- Providencia Rustigianii Has Virulence Gene Akin to Salmonella's
- New Method for Measuring Luminescence Lifetime Offers Breakthrough in Scientific Imaging
- Environmental DNA and Epidemics in Wood Frogs
- A Mushroom for Colorectal Cancer Therapy
- Identifying the Genes That Viruses 'steal' From Ocean Microbes
- Plankton Balloon to Six Times Their Size in Newly Discovered Mode of Oceanic Travel
- New Discovery Reveals How Diatoms Capture Carbon Dioxide So Effectively
- Study Finds Widespread Exposure to Hormone-Disrupting Chemical During Pregnancy
- Researchers Help Redefine Core Microbiome, Opening New Chapter in Precision Health
Wednesday, October 16, 2024
- High Potency Cannabis Use Leaves Unique Signature on DNA, Study Shows
- Don't Kill the Messenger RNA!
- Grasslands Live in the Climate Change Fast Lane
- Chickpeas: Sustainable and Climate-Friendly Foods of the Future
- Zebrafish as a Model for Studying Rare Genetic Disease
- Bacterial Vaccine Shows Promise as Cancer Immunotherapy
- Uncovering a Way for Pro-B Cells to Change Trajectory
- 'Two for the Price of One' Scientists Discover New Process to Drive Anti-Viral Immunity
- Nitrogen Pollution and Rising Carbon Dioxide: A Joint Threat to Grassland Biodiversity?
- Alaska's Iliamna Lake Harbor Seals Genetically Isolated from Entire Pacific Ocean
- One in Three Plants Call Islands Home: Many at Risk
- Fearful Memories of Others Seen in Mouse Brain
- Elucidating the Neural Basis of Reduced Sexual Receptivity in Female Mice During the Non-Estrus Phase
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
- New Bacteria-Based Therapy Shows Promise for Fighting Cancer
- Does Fermented Black Garlic Extract Help Treat Prostate Cancer?
- Seven New Frog Species Discovered in Madagascar: Sounds Like Something from Star Trek
- New Test Improves Diagnosis of Allergies
- Bonobos May Be More Vulnerable Than Previously Thought, Suggests Genetics Study
- Simulated Mission to Mars: Survey of Lichen Species
Monday, October 14, 2024
- Scientists Have Successfully Bred Corals to Improve Their Heat Tolerance
- Adaptability of Trees Persists After Millions of Years of Climate Change
- Protein Involved in Balancing DNA Replication and Restarting Found
Saturday, October 12, 2024
Friday, October 11, 2024
- Cord Blood Cells Can Build a Better Human Immune System Into Mice
- A New Method Makes High-Resolution Imaging More Accessible
- Dance, Gibbon, Dance!
- Evolution in Real Time
- Genomic Study Identifies Human, Animal Hair in 'man-Eater' Lions' Teeth
- How Innate Immunity Envelops Bacteria
Thursday, October 10, 2024
- Red Milkweed Beetle Genome Offers Insight Into Plant-Insect Interactions
- How Playing Songs to Darwin's Finches Helped Biologists Confirm Link Between Environment and the Emergence of New Species
- How a Bunch of Seemingly Disorganized Cells Go on to Form a Robust Embryo
- Faulty 'fight or Flight' Response Drives Deadly C. Difficile Infections, Research Reveals
- Early Human Species Benefited from Food Diversity in Steep Mountainous Terrain
Wednesday, October 9, 2024
- In Studying the Mating Rituals of Fruit Flies, Scientists May Have Learned Something About How Brains Evolve
- Researchers Discover New Insights Into Bacterial Photosynthesis
- Do Fungi Recognize Shapes?
- Original or Copy: How Chlamydia Manipulate the Host Cell
- Tiny Antibodies to Fight the Dangerous Effects of Opioids
- Researchers Discover How Plants Produce a Novel Anti-Stress Molecule
- You Get Your Energy from Your Mom: A New Study Explains Why
- Having a Sweet Tooth Is Linked to Higher Risk of Depression, Diabetes, and Stroke, Study Finds
- Adding Vagus Nerve Stimulation to Training Sessions May Boost How Well Sounds Are Perceived
- Keeping It Together: How Calcium Signals Help Cells Bury Their Dead Neighbors
- Over 160,000 New Viruses Discovered by AI
- The Bright and Dark Sides of Pacific Salmon Biotransport
- A Matter of Taste: Electronic Tongue Reveals AI 'inner Thoughts'
- Another Step Towards Decoding Smell
Tuesday, October 8, 2024
- Team Engineers New Enzyme to Produce Synthetic Genetic Material
- Adding Fall Blooming Plants May Help Both Managed and Wild Bees in Cities
- Scientists Discover Novel Series of SARS-CoV-2 Mpro Inhibitors for Potential New COVID-19 Treatments
- New Seed Fossil Sheds Light on Wind Dispersal in Plants
- What We Can Learn from Hungry Yeast Cells
- The Secret Strength of Our Cell Guards
- Rates of a Tick-Borne Parasitic Disease Are on the Rise
- New Species of Clearwing Moth from Guyana Discovered in Wales
Monday, October 7, 2024
- New Insights Into How Mars Became Uninhabitable
- Macaques Give Birth More Easily Than Women: No Maternal Mortality at Birth
- How Cells Maintain Their Central Processing Unit for Cell Division
- Low Stream Diatom Biodiversity Potentially Decreasing Stream Oxygen Production in Remote Islands
- What Turns Bacteria Into Spirals?
- After Injury, These Comb Jellies Can Fuse to Become One
Friday, October 4, 2024
- How Cells Recognize and Repair DNA Damage
- Pterosaurs Needed Feet on the Ground to Become Giants
- Drier Winter Habitat Impacts Songbirds' Ability to Survive Migration
- Wastewater Bacteria Can Breakdown Plastic for Food
- Achieving Precise Timing for DNA Droplet Division: A Step Towards Artificial Cells
- New Mechanism Uncovered for the Reduction of Emu Wings
Thursday, October 3, 2024
- How Doxycycline for STI Prevention Affects the Gut Microbiome
- Ant Agriculture Began 66 Million Years Ago in the Aftermath of the Asteroid That Doomed the Dinosaurs
- 2-Billion-Year-Old Rock Home to Living Microbes
- Promising 'first' In Alzheimer's Drug Development
- Plants Have a Backup Plan
- Study Identifies Potential Novel Drug to Treat Tuberculosis
- Engineers Create a Chip-Based Tractor Beam for Biological Particles
- New Findings Supply Corrective to Evolutionary Hypothesis
- Small Brains Can Accomplish Big Things, According to New Theoretical Research
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Plant Compound Used in Traditional Medicine May Help Fight Tuberculosis
- Study of Monkey Fossils Found in Cave Sheds Light on the Animals' Extinction Centuries Ago
- Neuroscience Breakthrough: Entire Brain of Adult Fruit Fly Mapped
- Scientists Create Flies That Stop When Exposed to Red Light
- Scientists Decode Key Mutation in Many Cancers
- How a Bacterium Becomes a Permanent Resident in a Fungus
- A Leap in Behavioral Modelling: Scientists Replicate Animal Movements With Unprecedented Accuracy