Researchers Use Bacteria From Space to Create New Biofilm
Scientists at Newcastle University have developed a new “super” biofilm using a key component from Earth’s stratosphere. By using Bacillus stratosphericu, bacteria normally found 20…
Biology News
Pleistocene-Era Plant Revived from Siberian Permafrost
A team of scientists claims that they’ve revived a plant from the Pleistocene era, which lived 32,000 to 28,000 years ago. Silene stenophylla was revived…
Study Shows That Cephalopods Travel Faster in Air Than in Water
A new study, using high-speed photography, shows that squids can save energy by flying rather than swimming. Some species of Cephalopoda can launch themselves into…
Scientists Reconstruct Ancient Permian Ecosystem from Ash-Covered Plants
Paleoecologists have reconstructed a Permian-era swampy forest, filled with long-extinct plant species, thanks to analyses of well-preserved fossils entombed in a layer of volcanic ash…
Genetically Modified Mosquitoes to Fight Diseases
Out of the 750,000 different species of insects covering Earth, there are about 14,000 that feed on blood, getting their sustenance by puncturing the skin…
UCLA Discovery Suggests a Mechanism and Design Principle for the Engineering of Tissue
Researchers at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and the Center for Cell Control at UCLA’s Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied…
Further Investigation into Mystery Tourette-Like Outbreak in a US School
Last week, school administrators at the LeRoy Central School District in northwestern New York state approved a plan that will allow further testing at the…
Study Finds Goats Adjust Their Vocalizations to Surroundings
The sounds that animals make are determined by their genes, but a new study published in the journal Animal Behaviour shows that pygmy goats (Capra…
Virus Gene Syncytin Insinuated Itself in Mammalian DNA Millions of Years Ago
Syncytin is a gene that was found in the human genome, but is bears all of the hallmarks of originating from a virus. Back in…
MicroCHIPS Wireless Drug Implant Releases Timed Dosed Injections
Researchers have announced that a wirelessly-programmed implant, which has been successfully tested in human trials, could save patients the pain of daily injections. The trials…
Canadian Researchers State That a 20-Minute Twice Weekly Workout Keeps You Healthy
While many people struggle working out a couple of times a week, researchers from McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, have come up with the exact number…
Nanoparticles in Food Affect Iron Absorption
A team of researchers studied how large doses FDA-approved polystyrene nanoparticles found in food and vitamins affect a chicken’s ability to absorb iron into their…
Researchers Track Development of T-cells in Living Zebrafish Embryos
For the first time ever, researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Immunobiology and Epigenetics in Freiburg have observed the maturation of immune cells in…
Highest Recorded Rates of Drug Resistant Tuberculosis
Today the World Health Organization has released an updated report on the situation of drug-resistant tuberculosis around the world, and it’s reporting that drug-resistant TB…
Cancer-Causing Mutations Disrupt Cells’ Ability to Differentiate
Researchers have published a series of three papers today in the journal Nature, explaining some of the mysteries of how the mutations in a gene…
Researchers Study Regulatory Gene’s Role in Sperm Quality Control
Researchers at Yale University have discovered how the regulatory gene, p53, oversees quality control in the production of sperm and possibly other cells with damaged…
Mutations in TTN Gene Cause Idiopathic Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM)
The use of modern DNA sequencing platforms has helped researchers find a genetic explanation for idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM). Researchers at Harvard Medical School found…
Researchers Discover that Prions Play Role in Yeast Survival and Evolution
While testing wild strains of yeast containing prions, researchers at MIT discovered that prions awaken dormant stretches of genes that can help the yeast survive…
