Scientists at the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) provide deeper insights into neural thirst control. Their study published recently in Nature Communications indicates that…
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Researchers urge UK to keep EU ban on pesticide which has detrimental effect on pollinators. Just like us, many insects need a decent night’s sleep…
Myotis nimbaensis, shown here, is a new species of bat named for the mountain range in which it is found, the Nimba Mountains in West…
Catnip and silver vine have been known as cat attractant plants. Cat lovers use dry leaves of these plants and toys stuffed with the leaves…
Biologists used crystallography performed at Berkeley Lab’s Advanced Light Source to reveal the new virus’s unusual protein structure. A team of HIV researchers, cellular biologists,…
New research led by BirdLife International, the University of East Anglia (UEA) and British Antarctic Survey highlights how a proposed network of marine protected areas…
Heliconius melpomene butterflies mating in captivity in Panama. Credit: Kelsey Byers Butterflies have evolved to produce a strongly scented chemical in their genitals that they…
A reconstruction of Psittacosaurus illustrating how the cloacal vent may have been used for signalling during courtship. Credit: Bob Nicholls/Paleocreations.com 2020 For the first time…
Quadruple-helix DNA structure. Credit: Imperial College London New probes allow scientists to see four-stranded DNA interacting with molecules inside living human cells, unraveling its role…
Researchers at the University of Tsukuba in Japan have discovered a group of neurons in the mouse brainstem that suppress unwanted movement during rapid eye…
Marine mussels are commonly used to monitor water quality in coastal areas. Credit: University of Plymouth Microscopic fibers created during the laundry cycle can cause…
A Hesperapis regularis bee visits a flower of Clarkia cylindrica at Pinnacles National Park. Credit: Tania Jogesh Study of flowers with two types of anthers…
Novel methods for culturing previously “unculturable” bacteria. Credit: Molina-Menor, Gimeno-Valero, Peretó and Porcar The culture-dependent study allowed to isolate a surprisingly large number of diverse…
Researchers have found a simple way to eliminate almost all sequencing errors produced by a widely used portable DNA sequencer, potentially enabling scientists working outside the…
Two gray wolves (lower left) confront a pack of dire wolves over a bison carcass in Southwestern North America 15,000 years ago. Credit: Art by…
A new Northwestern University-led study is unfolding the mystery of how RNA molecules fold themselves to fit inside cells and perform specific functions. The findings…
This photo shows a brown tree snake in a tree. Credit: Bjorn Lardner, United States Geological Survey Researchers reporting in Current Biology on January 11, 2021,…
The Burgess Shale food web is one of eight ancient food webs that were analyzed for similarities. Credit: Jennifer Dunne If you want to understand…
This is an image of RPE implant embedded in the sub-retinal space of a non-human primate model. The background retinal vessels highlighted by fundus fluorescein…
Four little brown bats. Credit: Joseph Hoyt of Virginia Tech Since 2006, a fungal disease called white-nose syndrome has caused sharp declines in bat populations…