Intricate Control of Biological Processes With Glowing Nanoparticles and Superballs
New nanoparticles can adjust the beating speed of heart cells by emitting different colors of light. Light from nanoparticle clusters was also able to activate…
New nanoparticles can adjust the beating speed of heart cells by emitting different colors of light. Light from nanoparticle clusters was also able to activate…
Crack open a biology textbook and you will find a standard icon of molecular biology: the table summarizing the standard genetic code. This refers to…
Some bacteria release a toxin that forms pores on other cells. EPFL scientists have studied the pore-forming toxin aerolysin and genetically engineered it to be…
Working with model mice, post-mortem human brains, and people with schizophrenia, researchers at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have discovered that a…
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…
Pax, Latin for ‘peace’ made its way into the scientific name of a new coral discovered off Pacific Panama and described in the journal Bulletin…
The largest fish to walk on land, the voracious northern snakehead, will flee water that is too acidic, salty, or high in carbon dioxide –…
Researchers reporting in the journal Current Biology on October 21, 2019, have captured the loudest bird calls yet documented. The calls are the mating songs…
The habits of a needle-toothed tetrapod that lived more than 370 million years ago have filled in a piece of the evolutionary puzzle thanks to…
Scientists have discovered why climate change may be contributing to the decline of some British butterflies and moths, such as Silver-studded Blue and High Brown…
Plants are evolutionary champions, dominating Earth’s ecosystems for more than a billion years and making the planet habitable for countless other life forms, including us….
Biologists build proteins that avoid crosstalk with existing molecules. Inside a living cell, many important messages are communicated via interactions between proteins. For these signals…
Unique study shows how crabs can work their way through a complex maze in order to find food, and can even remember it two weeks…
A report published in PLOS ONE describes key roles of various microorganisms in the development of the larvae of Scaptotrigona depilis. Researchers warn that this…
How bacteria live — whether as independent cells or in a communal biofilm — determines how they evolve antibiotic resistance, which could lead to more…
University of Massachusetts at Amherst, Brazilian institute researchers record top avian noisemaker. Biologist Jeff Podos at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, with Mario Cohn-Haft at…
A population of humpback whales in the South Atlantic has rebounded after a near-miss with extinction. Intense pressure from the whaling industry in the 20th…
Whether they occur on holiday routes or the daily commute, traffic jams affect cars as well as pedestrians. Scientists at the Research Center on Animal…