Trichoderma reesei fungus RUT-C30 strain, which was engineered to produce high-yield enzymes. Credit: LNBR-CNPEM Brazilian researchers used genetic engineering to develop a low-cost platform for…
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The mystery of why zebras have their characteristic stripes has perplexed researchers for over a century. Over the last decade, Professor Tim Caro at the…
This photograph was taken before the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic prompted rules on physical distancing and the need to wear masks. UD professor Kathy Coyne (right)…
Two essential enzymes coordinate to read and copy SARS-CoV-2 genetic material (shown as blue spheres). Credit: Rockefeller University Exactly how viruses replicate is a complex…
Most taste cells selectively respond to a specific stimulus type while broadly responsive cells respond to multiple taste qualities. Credit: Jhanna Flora and Kathryn Medler…
An artistic representation of gene regulating elements, which allow cells with the same genetic code to differentiate into many different tissues and play many varied…
Collecting tears from Broad-snouted caiman, Caiman latirostris. Credit: Arianne P. Oriá Bird and reptile tears aren’t so unlike our own, shows a new study in…
Gorilla skull and larynx. Credit: Copyright Dr Jacob Dunn, Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) Study is largest ever investigation into evolution of larynges across species. Scientists…
Study unveils novel mechanism that allows viruses to produce unexpected proteins. Like a scene out of “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” a virus infects a host…
International scientists and Ngātiwai, a Māori tribe, teamed up to sequence the genome of a rare reptile, the tuatara, uncovering some unique aspects of the…
Researchers discover a worker of the hell ant Ceratomyrmex ellenbergeri grasping a nymph of Caputoraptor elegans (Alienoptera) preserved in amber dated to ~99 Ma. Credit:…
The development of mRNA knock-down technologies for use in vertebrate organisms such as zebrafish has been limited. CRISPR-RfxCas13d has been identified as an effective method…
Overall Winner: “Sick” by David Costantini. Viruses are a significant ecological concern because they are responsiblefor a variety of pathological effects in wildlife. This picture…
A female specimen of the deep-sea anglerfish species Melanocetus johnsonii of about 75 mm in size with a 23.5 mm large male fused on her…
Nostrils located on the top of the snout and curved teeth, perfectly adapted for catching slippery prey: The skull of Tanystropheus has several clear adaptations…
The advent of DNA sequencing has given scientists a clearer insight into the interconnectedness of evolution and the web-like path that different organisms take, splitting…
Photograph taken from ALVIN, a manned deep-ocean research submersible, taking sediment cores at the ocean floor of the Dorado Outcrop in 2014. Credit: Geoff Wheat,…
Bullock/Baltimore Oriole hybrid. Credit: Bryan Calk, Macaulay Library, Cornell Lab of Ornithology Baltimore and Bullock’s Orioles Are Not Merging A half-century of controversy over two…
Parent visiting chicks. Credit: Santiago Merino / National Museum of Natural Sciences Madrid Researchers in Spain study how disease vectors such as flying midges sense…
Drought in the Amazon affects larger trees more severely as they are more likely to die from hydraulic failure. Credit: David Bartholomew Small trees that…