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January 9, 2025
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Jan. 9, 2025 — International research has found almost 30,000 wild species have been traded in the United States, according to data captured by US wildlife trade monitoring organization Law Enforcement Manage Information ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — A battery that needs feeding instead of charging? This is exactly what researchers have achieved with their 3D-printed, biodegradable fungal battery. The living battery could supply power to sensors for agriculture or research in remote regions. ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — A recent study has uncovered the surprising evolutionary origin of the mammalian outer ear, linking it to the gills of ancient fish and marine invertebrates. The research reveals that both structures are composed of elastic cartilage and shares gene ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Scientists have created the first single cell genomic atlas of mature plants' outer armor layer, called the periderm, and its carbon-capturing phellem cells. The findings will be useful in creating ...
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Jan. 8, 2025 — A new study reveals evidence of electrical signaling and coordinated behavior in choanoflagellates, the closest living relatives of animals. This elaborate example of cell communication offers key ...
Jan. 9, 2025 — Sabre-toothed predators -- best know from the infamous Smilodon -- evolved multiple times across different mammal groups. A new study reveals why: ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — Scientists have created a new atlas of plant cells during immune response, in turn discovering a new rare cell state, called Primary IMmunE Responder (PRIMER), that acts as an immune response hub to ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — Research on fungus spread could help growers predict, monitor and control powdery mildew disease affecting ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — New research has found more than 200 measures to protect sharks and rays across the 22 coastal states of the Mediterranean region. However, while elasmobranchs have made it onto many policy agendas, ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — A new study finds that one of the hottest periods in Earth's history may have driven lampreys apart -- genetically speaking. The work could have implications for how aquatic species respond to our ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — In the same way that ChatGPT understands human language, a new AI model developed by computational biologists captures the language of cells to accurately predict their ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — Nitrogen is an essential component in the production of amino acids and nucleic acids -- both necessary for cell growth and function. Atmospheric nitrogen must first be converted, or 'fixed,' into a ...
Jan. 8, 2025 — A new study reveals that generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) can help expedite the search for solutions to reduce enteric methane emissions ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — When it comes to deciding where they're going to get their next meal, different species of bees may be attracted to different flower ...
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Jan. 8, 2025 — Evolutionary biologists are investigating the extent to which ants learn from past experiences. After being attacked by ants from a particular nest, ants behave more aggressively towards others from ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — In a large-animal model study, researchers have found that heart attack recovery is aided by injection of heart muscle cell spheroids derived from human induced pluripotent stem cells, or hiPSCs, ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Researchers have uncovered a daily mating capacity for medaka, providing important insights into the relationship between the cost of gamete production and sexual ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Cells degrade components that are no longer needed through autophagy. New results show that a weak molecular interaction is essential for this process. By modifying this interaction, it is possible ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Ebola virus, one of the deadliest pathogens, has a fatality rate of about 50%, posing a serious threat to global health and safety. To address this challenge, researchers have developed the first ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — The centromere of chromosomes plays a crucial role in cell division. Using the model plant Arabidopsis thaliana, an international team of researchers has investigated how two crucial proteins -- KNL2 ...
Jan. 7, 2025 — Researchers conducted a high-throughput growth assay and machine learning to address the genetic and environmental interplay on bacterial growth. The findings indicated that the environmental ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — The tiny particles that shed from clothing, packaging and other plastic products are winding up in the fish that people eat, highlighting a need for technologies and strategies to reduce microfiber ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — Computer models predict that hotter, drier conditions in North America will limit the growth of a fungus that normally curbs the spread of the spongy moth, an invasive species that has caused ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — A formula can be used to predict what happens when a new species is introduced into an ecosystem -- whether it will establish itself in the community or fail to gain a foothold and die ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — Scientists have long sought ways to help plants turn more carbon dioxide (CO2) into biomass, which could boost crop yields and even combat climate change. Recent research suggests that a group of ...
Jan. 6, 2025 — Over 450 million years ago, plants began the epic transition from water to dry land. Among the first pioneers were the ancestors of humble hornworts, a group of small, unassuming plants that have ...
Jan. 3, 2025 — Much of our knowledge of the protein PD-1, a leading cancer treatment target, comes from studies in mice. In a comprehensive assessment of PD-1, researchers have found that PD-1 in mice is ...
Jan. 3, 2025 — Each year, most species of bacteria in a Wisconsin lake rapidly evolved, apparently in response to dramatically changing seasons, and then evolved ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — Researchers have successfully repaired damaged mouse hearts using a protein from zebrafish. They discovered that the protein Hmga1 plays a key role in heart regeneration in zebrafish. In mice, this ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — Viral infections may play a role in Alzheimer's ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — An ancient brain circuit, which enables the eyes to reflexively rotate up as the body tilts down, tunes itself early in life as an animal develops, a new study ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — Biologists have revealed genetics behind the alternating sexes of walnut trees. The research reveals a mechanism that has been stable in walnuts and their ancestors going back 40 million years -- and ...
Jan. 2, 2025 — Engineers showed that some types of soil bacteria can influence a plant's balance of growth and defense. The bacteria produce an enzyme that can lower a plant's immune activity and allow ...
Jan. 1, 2025 — Researchers have traced a cellular route Ebola virus (EBOV) uses to traverse the inner and outer layers of skin and emerge onto the skin's surface. The study identifies new cell types within the ...
Wednesday, January 8, 2025
Tuesday, January 7, 2025
- Cell-Based Therapy Improves Outcomes in a Pig Model of Heart Attacks
- Fishy Business: Male Medaka Mating Limits Revealed
- How Our Cells Dispose of Waste and Ways to Control It
- Scientists Advance Nanobody Technology to Combat Deadly Ebola Virus
- Key and Lock: How Important Proteins 'dock' To the Centromere
- Canceling Effect of Genetics and Environmental Changes on Bacterial Growth
Monday, January 6, 2025
- Microplastics Widespread in Seafood People Eat
- Climate Change Is Accelerating Forest Defoliation by Helping Invasive Species Spread
- A New Way to Determine Whether a Species Will Successfully Invade an Ecosystem
- Tiny Plants Reveal Big Potential for Boosting Crop Efficiency
- Hornwort Genomes Provide Clues on How Plants Conquered the Land
Friday, January 3, 2025
- Scientists Unveil Surprising Human Vs Mouse Differences in a Major Cancer Immunotherapy Target
- Some Bacteria Evolve Like Clockwork With the Seasons
Thursday, January 2, 2025
- Zebrafish Protein Unlocks Dormant Genes for Heart Repair
- Herpes Virus Might Drive Alzheimer's Pathology
- Newborn Brain Circuit Stabilizes Gaze
- Genetics of Alternating Sexes in Walnuts
- These Bacteria Perform a Trick That Could Keep Plants Healthy
Wednesday, January 1, 2025
- Study Traces Ebola's Route to the Skin Surface
- System to Auto-Detect New Variants Will Inform Better Response to Future Infectious Disease Outbreaks
- Key Players in Brain Aging: New Research Identifies Age-Related Damage on a Cellular Level
- Revealing a Key Mechanism of Rapid Centromere Evolution
Tuesday, December 31, 2024
Monday, December 30, 2024
Friday, December 27, 2024
- Urgent Action Needed to Protect the Parma Wallaby
- Virus That Threatened Humanity Opens the Future
- Researchers Introduce Boltz-1, a Fully Open-Source Model for Predicting Biomolecular Structures
Thursday, December 26, 2024
- How Do Monkeys Recognize Snakes So Fast?
- Coral Reef Nightlife Becomes More Predatory With Artificial Light
- 'Unbreakable' Lassa Vaccine Shows Promising Results
Wednesday, December 25, 2024
- Scientists Discover a 'Goldilocks' Zone for DNA Organization, Opening New Doors for Drug Development
- Fly Vs. Wasp: Stealing a Defense Move Helps Thwart a Predator
Monday, December 23, 2024
Friday, December 20, 2024
- Researchers Take 'significant Leap Forward' With Quantum Simulation of Molecular Electron Transfer
- Study Reveals Right Whales Live 130 Years -- Or More
- Research Points the Way to Lifesaving Antiparasitic Drugs While Unlocking a Scientific Mystery
- Researchers Discover Replication Hubs for Human Norovirus
- Tiny, Wireless Antennas Use Light to Monitor Cellular Communication
- Programming Cells: Revolutionizing Genetic Circuits With Cutting-Edge RNA Tools
- Growing Safer Spuds: Removing Toxins from Potatoes
- Hidden Mechanism of Swallowing Revealed by Caenorhabditis Elegans
Thursday, December 19, 2024
- Brain Inflammation Alters Behavior According to Sex, Mouse Study Finds
- Shiitake-Derived Functional Food Shows Suppression of Liver Fibrosis Progression
- New Software Unlocks Secrets of Cell Signaling
- A User Manual for Yeast's Genetic Switches
- Tinkering With the 'clockwork' Mechanisms of Life
- A Festive Flying Reptile Family Reunion 150 Million Years in the Making
- An Inexpensive Fix for California's Struggling Wildflowers
- New 'molecular Flipbook' Gives Researchers the Best Look Yet at Ribosomal Motion
- Evolutionary Study Reveals the Toxic Reach of Disease-Causing Bacteria Across the Plant Kingdom
- How a New Gut Microbe Drives the Gut-Lung Axis
- Scientists Design Workaround That Improves Response to Flu Vaccine
- Chart of Life Extended by Nearly 1.5 Billion Years
- Study Shows Role of Cells' Own RNA in Antiviral Defense
- How Tech Used by WWI Flying Aces Inspired New Cellular Behavior Discovery
- Discovery Provides Hope in Fighting Drug-Resistant Malaria
Wednesday, December 18, 2024
- Living in the Deep, Dark, Slow Lane: Insights from the First Global Appraisal of Microbiomes in Earth's Subsurface Environments
- Carnivorous Squirrels Documented in California
- Histone Modification Important for Correct Blood Cell Formation
- Nature's Instructions: How Fungi Make a Key Medicinal Molecule
- Phytochromes: The 'eyes' That Enable Microalgae to Find Their Way in the Depths
- Building a Backbone: Scientists Recreate the Body's 'GPS System' In the Lab
- Giant Virus Encodes Key Piece of Protein-Making Machinery of Cellular Life
Tuesday, December 17, 2024
- 'Bad' Bacteria Can Trigger Painful Gut Contractions; New Research Shows How
- Images of Crucial Cell Receptors Show Promising New Drug Targets
- Significant Advancement Made in Engineering Biology and Clean Energy
- Fossil Predator Is the Oldest Known Animal With 'saber Teeth'
- The Longevity Factor Foxo3 Mediates 'unfit' Cell Elimination to Ensure Healthy Body Construction
- Salmon Genes Unlock Secrets of Puberty and Evolution
- Study Maps Bed Bugs' Genomes in Unprecedented Detail to Find out Why They Just Won't Die
- Scientists Find a Vulnerability in Antibiotic Resistance Mechanism
- Discouraged Zebrafish Help Reveal How Ketamine Works in the Brain
Monday, December 16, 2024
- Threat of Abrupt Mortality Events Keeps Endangered Monkey Population at Risk, Despite Decades of Growth
- Detailed Bedbug Genome Analysis May Improve Pesticides
- Across Southeastern US, Weedy Rice Steals Herbicide Resistance from Crop Rice
- Flavonoid Powerhouse: Kaempferol's Role in Taming Allergic Responses
- Bioengineered Yeast Microbes as Targeted Drug Delivery Systems
- Study Assesses Virulence of Cryptococcus Strains, Laying Groundwork for Improved Treatment
- Influenza Virus Genome: Finally Discovered in Its Coat
- Staphylococcus Aureus Thwarts Vaccines by Turning on a Protein That Halts Immune Response
- It's Complicated: Researchers Discover Unexpected Complexity of Sexual Differentiation in African Clawed Frog
- Yeast as Food Emulsifier? Easily Released Protein as Strong as Casein
- Flu Virus Remains Infectious in Refrigerated Raw Milk, Study Reveals
- Researchers Discover New Neurons That Suppress Food Intake
Friday, December 13, 2024
- A Low Omega-6, Omega-3 Rich Diet and Fish Oil May Slow Prostate Cancer Growth
- A New Twist: The Molecular Machines That Loop Our Chromosomes Also Twist DNA
- Activating the Hidden Pharmaceutical Potential of Bacteria
- Image Tool to Help AI Scour Wildlife Shots for Climate Change Clues
- Intermittent Fasting Inhibits Hair Regeneration in Mice
Thursday, December 12, 2024
- Study Sheds Light on the Origin of the Genetic Code
- Overfishing Has Halved Shark and Ray Populations Since 1970
- Scientists Collect 'microbial Fingerprints' Found in Household Plumbing
- How the Dirt Under Our Feet Could Affect Human Health
- Uncovering Hidden Consequences of Catch-and-Release Sport Fishing
- Barn Swallow Research Offers Real-Time Insight on How New Species Form
- Your Immune Cells Are What They Eat
- Diverse Virus Populations Coexist on Single Strains of Gut Bacteria
- Ugh, My Stomach: Identifying Amino Acids That Prevent Sporulation in Food Poisoning
- Deep-Sea Hydrothermal Vent Bacteria Hold Key to Understanding Nitrous Oxide Reduction