By creating protocells in hot, alkaline seawater, a University College London-led research team has added to evidence that the origin of life could have been…
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No evidence of infection found in the bacterial community around shark wounds. A survey of the shark skin microbiome provides the first step toward understanding…
The Bog Bush Cricket, has struggled to expand its range. Credit: Gilles San Martin There’s no place like home: Many insects moving north in response…
Dense connectome from the mouse cerebral cortex, the largest connectome to date. Neurons in the cortex, densely reconstructed from 3-D electron microscopy data. Credit: Reprinted…
New Modeling Tool Has Implications for Better Understanding of Disease Remember domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species and Darwin’s tree of life metaphor…
This picture shows a tagged desmodus rotundus bat in the wild. Credit: Sherri ad Brock Fenton Vampire bats that share food and groom each other…
The image shows a single section from a mouse brain. Neurons in one layer of sensory cortex (the very dense yellow color on the right)…
Dr. Corrado Cali explores 3D reconstructions of extremely complex brain cells known as astrocytes, a key cell involved in memory formation and learning, within KAUST’s…
A temple pit viper from Gombak Valley, Malaysia. Credit: Scientistchic Animal testing will no longer be required to assess a group of deadly neurotoxins, thanks…
A Japan pig seahorse (Hippocampus japapigu) in its natural habitat at Hejie, Kenting, Taiwan.Credit: Jolly Huang CC-BY 4.0 While monitoring of cryptic and elusive tiny…
Researchers identified changes in the genetic code used to translate DNA into protein. Credit: Tomislav Alajbeg Crack open a biology textbook and you will find…
Molecular simulation of an engineered aerolysin pore (light blue color) embedded into a membrane bilayer (cream color) and translocating DNA (red color). Credit: Chan Cao,…
Fossils preserved in Dominican amber reveal a new family, genus and species of microinvertebrate from the mid-Tertiary period, a discovery that shows unique lineages of…
The composition of sclerites of this white and fan-shaped coral is characteristic for this species and differentiates it from others in the same genus. Credit:…
Snakehead side. Credit: Photo courtesy of Noah Bressman The largest fish to walk on land, the voracious northern snakehead, will flee water that is too…
This picture shows a male white bellbird screaming its mating call. Credit: Anselmo d’Affonseca Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on October 21, 2019,…
Pictured is a tropical coastal lagoon at Sosnogorsk in Russia, about 372 million years ago. The lagoon is inhabited by various kinds of fish, but…
Scientists have discovered why climate change may be contributing to the decline of some British butterflies and moths, such as Silver-studded Blue. Credit: Dr. Callum…
The 1KP initiative, a collaborative effort of nearly 200 scientists, spans green algae to land plants, providing a framework for examining 1 billion years of…
This is Dr. Ed Pope holding a shore crab.Credit: Swansea University Unique study shows how crabs can work their way through a complex maze in…