Scientists from Russia and Switzerland have probed into nanostructures covering the corneas of the eyes of small fruit flies. Investigating them the team learned how…
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An international research team that included three scientists from the University of Rhode Island’s Graduate School of Oceanography has discovered single-celled microorganisms in a location…
The banyan tree Ficus macrocarpa produces aerial roots that give it its distinctive look. A new study reveals the genomic changes that allow the tree…
Method will help researchers better understand mitochondrial DNA diseases. Scientists from the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer have developed a simple, high-throughput method for transferring isolated…
Tree hyrax from Taita Hills, Kenya. Credit: Hanna Rosti A research team from the University of Helsinki has discovered a tree hyrax in the Taita…
Cryptosporidium “Crypto” parasite. Credit: CDC A chain reaction led by cells lining the intestines tips the immune system off to the presence of the parasite…
A bumblebee on a flower. Credit: Natalie Hempel de Ibarra Big bumblebees take time to learn the locations of the best flowers, new research shows.…
New methods enable scientists at IST Austria to take a look at the innermost of cells: High-resolution images of deep-frozen cells show structures that previously…
A false-color transmission electron micrograph of multiple bacteriophages attached to a bacterial cell wall. Credit: Wikimedia Commons A new genetic approach can accelerate the study…
Humans have taken spiders into space more than once to study the importance of gravity to their web-building. What originally began as a somewhat unsuccessful…
Bacteria image. Credit: The Wistar Institute Dual-acting immuno-antibiotics block an essential pathway in bacteria and activate the adaptive immune response. Wistar Institute scientists have discovered…
18 host proteins play an important role during SARS-CoV-2 infection — two of them are particularly interesting. They could open up new ways to treat…
New study shows that proteins become biochemically addicted to complex interactions without adaptation. A new study at the University of Chicago has shown that elaborate…
Jeff Weinell, a University of Kansas graduate research assistant at the Biodiversity Institute, is lead author of a paper describing Waray Dwarf Burrowing Snake as…
Micrograph showing Rothia cells (light blue) in their native habitat, a bacterial biofilm scraped from the human tongue. Credit: Jessica Mark Welch, Marine Biological Laboratory…
The researchers found that all male superb fairy-wrens produced and maintained vibrant colors, regardless of their ‘natural quality.’ Credit: Alex McQueen In many animals, female…
This photo shows a closeup of the wolf pup’s head, showing her teeth. Credit: Government of Yukon While water blasting at a wall of frozen…
African Salmonella electron microscope image. Credit: Dr. Sian Owen and Dr. Rocio Canals University of Liverpool scientists have exploited the combined power of genomics and…
This rotating image shows the detailed structure of a “spike” from a coronavirus that causes cold symptoms – a milder relative of the virus that…
Dr. Hannah Rees, postdoctoral scientist at the Earlham Institute, UK. Credit: Earlham Institute Plants have the same variation in body clocks as that found in…