Biology News
November 19, 2024
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Nov. 19, 2024 — Cell-to-cell communication through nanosized particles, working as messengers and carriers, can now be analyzed in a whole new way, thanks to a new method involving CRISPR gene-editing technology. The particles, known as small extracellular vesicles ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Researchers have developed a new bio-inspired approach to building complex 3D microfluidic networks by utilizing plant roots and fungal hyphae as molds. The team grew plants and fungi in ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — Up until recently, habituation -- a simple form of learning -- was deemed the exclusive domain of complex organisms with brains and nervous systems, such as worms, insects, birds, and mammals. But a new study offers compelling evidence that even ...
Nov. 19, 2024 — A research article shows that Eradivir's patent-pending antiviral therapeutic called EV25 reduces lung viral loads of advanced-stage influenza in preclinical studies quicker and more effectively than ...
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Nov. 19, 2024 — In most people, the lung-infecting pathogens known as respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) and human metapneumovirus (hMPV) trigger mild cold-like ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Phosphorus, a nutrient in soil essential for sustaining most forms of life, is increasingly disappearing from land as it is washed into waterways throughout the United States, according to a new ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Many living organisms are able to regenerate damaged or lost tissue, but why some are particularly good at this and others are not is not fully understood. Molecular biologists have now made an ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — A newly discovered pterosaur fossil is shedding light on the evolutionary journey of these ancient flying reptiles. This complete specimen, named Skiphosoura bavarica, provides crucial insights into ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Different species of seabirds can coexist on small, isolated islands despite eating the same kind of fish. A researcher has been involved in developing a mathematical model that can be used to better ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Too much of a good thing is no good at all. Living organisms enjoy sunlight -- in fact, many need it to stay alive -- but they tend to avoid light that is too bright. Animals go to their shelter, ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — An international team of researchers has achieved an unprecedented milestone: the creation of mouse stem cells capable of generating a fully developed mouse using genetic tools from a unicellular ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — Hepatitis E viruses (HEV) typically cause liver infections. They can, however, also infect other organs and cause neurological disorders. Little is yet known about how this process works. A research ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — A new study reveals alarming risks that pesticides pose to ground-nesting bees, which are crucial for pollination and food production. As agriculture increasingly relies on pesticides to protect ...
Nov. 18, 2024 — The history of a major animal group, composed of millions of species of insects, arachnids, and nemotodes, has been elusive -- until now. A team has now identified the oldest known ecdysozoan in the ...
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Nov. 18, 2024 — Researchers have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on ...
Nov. 16, 2024 — To stem the surging antibiotic resistance public health crisis, scientists seek solutions inside the mechanics of bacterial infection. A new study has found a vulnerability related to magnesium ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — From the Carnival in Rio de Janeiro to the shoulders of pirates: parrots are synonymous with color for people across the world. In a new study, scientists uncover a 'switch' in the DNA of ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — Mountain lions in greater Los Angeles are proactively shifting their activity to avoid interacting with cyclists, hikers, joggers and other recreationists, finds a new ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — Scientists have created a new 'biocooperative' material based on blood, which has shown to successfully repair bones, paving the way for personalised regenerative blood products that could ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — Animals and plants also live and thrive on public squares. This creates opportunities for greater biodiversity and well-being for the human population. Researchers have studied at 103 locations in ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — Hunted nearly to extinction during 20th century whaling, the Antarctic blue whale, the world's largest animal, went from a population size of roughly 200,000 to little more than 300. The most ...
Nov. 15, 2024 — Stress is a double-edged sword when it comes to memory: stressful or otherwise emotional events are usually more memorable, but stress can also make it harder for us to retrieve memories. Now, ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — An international research team has uncovered a new mechanism crucial to the production of cellular proteins. When this mechanism is disrupted, the blueprints used by the cell to produce proteins are ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — How do animal behavior researchers feel about the feelings of animals? A new survey helps to answer that ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Forests provide biodiversity, ecosystem functions, income and much more. How can these diverse and seemingly diverging demands be met? An international research team addressed this question by ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — StitchR, a new gene therapy technique, delivers large genes in two parts to treat muscular dystrophies by restoring critical proteins in animal ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Fifty years of change on iconic limestone pavements has revealed mixed fortunes for one of the most distinctive landscapes in the UK. The findings, which reveal large changes since the 1970s, are ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — The COVID-19 pandemic has taught us all the importance of educating the public about viral infections. Besides educating the general public, we need to equip the next generation of scientists by ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — 'Cool' white lights -- such as those in modern car headlights -- endanger moths by causing them to fly erratically, new research ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — A new technique allows researchers to separate external and internal DNA to identify microbes colonizing the hostile environment of the Atacama ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Scientists have developed a new technology to efficiently isolate a specific subset of gut bacteria from fecal samples that are recognized by IgA antibodies. These 'IgA-coated' bacteria are ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Two conflicting memories can both be activated in a worm's brain, even if only one memory actively drives the animal's behavior, finds a new ...
Nov. 14, 2024 — Scientists have advanced their NeuroMechFly model, simulating fruit fly movement in the real world. With integrated vision and smell, NeuroMechFly v2 helps us understand brain-body coordination, ...
Nov. 13, 2024 — A new study uncovers vulnerabilities in drug-resistant TB, offering hope for improved ...
Monday, November 18, 2024
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Friday, November 15, 2024
- Biologists Reveal the Genetic 'switch' Behind Parrot Color Diversity
- Mountain Lions Coexist With Outdoor Recreationists by Taking the Night Shift
- Scientists Transform Blood Into Regenerative Materials, Paving the Way for Personalized, Blood-Based, 3D-Printed Implants
- Biodiversity in the City: Designing Urban Spaces for Humans and Animals
- One or Many? Exploring the Population Groups of the Largest Animal on Earth
- Stress Makes Mice's Memories Less Specific
Thursday, November 14, 2024
- Slow Editing of Protein Blueprints Leads to Cell Death
- Scientific Thought on Emotions in Animals
- Diverse and Diverging Demands on Forests in Germany
- New Discovery Enables Gene Therapy for Muscular Dystrophies, Other Disorders
- New Study Reveals Half a Century of Change on Britain's Iconic Limestone Pavements
- Revolutionizing Biology Education: Scientists Film 'giant' Mimivirus in Action
- 'Cool' White Car Headlights More Likely to Dazzle Moths
- Living Microbes Discovered in Earth's Driest Desert
- A New Technology to Isolate Immunostimulatory Members of the Human Gut Microbiota: Next-Generation IgA-Seq
- How Conflicting Memories of Sex and Starvation Compete to Drive Behavior, Study in Worms Shows
- NeuroMechFly V2: Simulating How Fruit Flies See, Smell, and Navigate
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
- Researchers Reveal Why a Key Tuberculosis Drug Works Against Resistant Strains
- Linking Data on Genetics, Traits and Environment Gives Crop Breeders a Wider Lens
- Climate Change Threatens Key Ocean Plankton Groups
- New Species Discovered With Refined DNA Technology
- How Studying Fruit Flies Can Help Us Understand Congenital Defects
- On the Origin of Life: How the First Cell Membranes Came to Exist
- The Blue-Green Sustainable Proteins of Seaweed May Soon Be on Your Plate
- Human Stem Cell-Derived Heart Cells Are Safe in Monkeys, Could Treat Congenital Heart Disease
- Cell Aging in One Organ Can Snowball Into Multi-Organ Failure
- Key Influenza-Severity Risk Factor Found Hiding in Plain Sight on Our Antibodies
- Bird Brain from the Age of Dinosaurs Reveals Roots of Avian Intelligence
- We May Be Overestimating the Association Between Gut Bacteria and Disease, Machine Learning Study Finds
- More Evidence That Europe's Ancient Landscapes Were Open Woodlands: Oak, Hazel and Yew Were Abundant
Tuesday, November 12, 2024
- From Pets to Pests: Researchers Explore New Tool to Fight Disease-Carrying Insects
- Bioluminescent Proteins Made from Scratch Enable Non-Invasive, Multi-Functional Biological Imaging
- Synthetic Cells Emulate Natural Cellular Communication
- One Genomic Test Can Diagnose Nearly Any Infection
- Using CRISPR to Decipher Whether Gene Variants Lead to Cancer
- Bulges Calculated in the Supercomputer: How Cells Digest Their Internal Canal System
- DNA Packaging Directly Affects How Fast DNA Is Copied in Cells
- Remarkable New Swimming Sea Slug in the Deep Sea
Monday, November 11, 2024
- 'Sleepy Cannabis': Cannabinol Increases Sleep, Study Suggests
- A New Wrinkle in Turtles: Their Genomes Fold in a Unique Way, Researchers Find
- A Milestone in the Study of Octopus Arms
- The Shellowship of the Ring: Two New Snail Species Named After Tolkien Characters
- The Mystery of 'selfish' B Chromosomes in Rye Solved
- International Canine Gene Research Database Accelerates Biomedical Research
- Secret Behind the Corpse Flower's Famous Stench
- A New Paradigm in High-Speed Photoacoustic Small Animal Whole-Body Imaging
- Super Microscope Shows Nanoscale Biological Process for the First Time
Friday, November 8, 2024
- Heartier Heinz? How Scientists Are Learning to Help Tomatoes Beat the Heat
- Elephant Turns a Hose Into a Sophisticated Showering Tool
- How Plants Grow Thicker, Not Just Taller
- Deep-Sea Corals Are Home to Previously Unknown Bacteria With Extremely Small Genomes
- Power of Aesthetic Species on Social Media Boosts Wildlife Conservation Efforts, Say Experts
Thursday, November 7, 2024
- Insect-Killing Fungi Find Unexpected Harmony in War
- New Study Maps Dramatic 100-Million-Year Explosion in Color Signals Used by Animals
- Defense or Growth -- How Plants Allocate Resources
- Scientists Find Space-for-Time Substitutions Exaggerate Urban Bird--Habitat Ecological Relationships
- Research Shows Caterpillar Fungus Can Slow Down Growth of Cancer Cells
- GPS System for Microorganisms Could Revolutionize Police Work
- Finding Function for Noncoding RNAs Using a New Kind of CRISPR
Wednesday, November 6, 2024
- How Plants Evolved Multiple Ways to Override Genetic Instructions
- Use of 'genetic Scissors' Carries Risks
- Study Expands Understanding of How Fecal Microbiota Transplants May Work to Restore Gut Health
- The Egg or the Chicken? An Ancient Unicellular Says Egg
- A New Approach to Modeling Complex Biological Systems
Tuesday, November 5, 2024
- Microbes in Mouth Reflect Lifestyle Choices
- Testing Thousands of RNA Enzymes Helps Find First 'twister Ribozyme' In Mammals
- Deaf Male Mosquitoes Don't Mate
- Gut Microbes Play a Key Role in Regulating Stress Responsiveness Throughout the Day, Research Finds
- Researchers Develop Artificial Plants That Purify Indoor Air, Generate Electricity
- A Molecular Switch Reshapes a Dividing Cell in Minutes
Monday, November 4, 2024
- Bacteria Breakthrough Could Accelerate Mosquito Control Schemes
- Not the Usual Suspects: Novel Genetic Basis of Pest Resistance to Biotech Crops
- Fossil of Huge Terror Bird Offers New Information About Wildlife in South America 12 Million Years Ago
- How the Keto Diet Could One Day Treat Autoimmune Disorders
- New Research Identifies Ways to Protect Neurons from the Negative Effect of High-Fat Diet on Multiple Sclerosis Progression
Friday, November 1, 2024
- Increased Rates of Severe Human Infections Caused by Streptococcus Subspecies
- Evolutionary Paths Vastly Differ for Birds, Bats
- More Resources Needed to Protect Birds in Germany
- Bee Gene Specifies Collective Behavior
- Researchers Challenge Longstanding Theories in Cellular Reprogramming
- Water Fern Gains More Evidence as Safe Potential Global Food Insecurity Solution
Thursday, October 31, 2024
- Stem Cell-Like Approach in Plants Sheds Light on Specialized Cell Wall Formation
- MRSA's Double Defense Against Antibiotics
- How Fruit Flies Achieve Accurate Visual Behavior Despite Changing Light Conditions
- Immune System Review Provides Insight Into More Effective Biotechnology
- 'Wearable' Devices for Cells
- New Findings on Animal Viruses With Potential to Infect Humans
- A Newly Developed Algorithm Shows How a Gene Is Expressed at Microscopic Resolution
- Why Elephants Never Forget but Fleas Have, Well, the Attention Span of a Flea
- High Survival Rates Explain 20 Years of Rapid Expansion of Wolves in Germany
- A New Piece in the Grass Pea Puzzle -- Updated Genome Sequence Published
Wednesday, October 30, 2024
- Alcohol Consumption Among Non-Human Animals May Not Be as Rare as Previously Thought, Say Ecologists
- New Genetic Web Tool to Help Restore Climate-Resilient Marine Ecosystems
- Scientists Develop Cellulose Recycling Method With Applications Ranging from Textiles to Medical Devices
- New Pathway for Sensing Cold Temperatures Identified in Rice
- Solar-Powered Animal Cells
- Algae Research Provides Insight on Immune Health
- Complexity of Tumors Revealed in 3D