The first end-to-end (‘telomere-to-telomere’) completely gapless DNA sequence of a human chromosome is a major…
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Biology is the scientific study of life and living organisms, encompassing a vast range of topics from the molecular mechanisms inside cells to the behavior of ecosystems and the evolution of species over time. It explores how organisms grow, reproduce, interact with their environments, and adapt to changing conditions. Subfields such as genetics, microbiology, physiology, ecology, and evolutionary biology provide focused lenses through which scientists investigate the complexity of life. As a foundational science, biology not only deepens our understanding of the natural world but also drives advancements in medicine, agriculture, biotechnology, and conservation.
Ultra-black fish skin absorbs more than 99.5% of light in a new, extremely efficient way,…
Finding ends a century-long search for microbes that live on manganese. Caltech microbiologists have discovered…
Multiple approaches used to investigate adaptive coloration of Dasymutilla gloriosa. Driving across the arid American…
Researchers Have Generated the First Complete X Chromosome Sequence Researchers at the National Human Genome…
Wits researchers find that aardvarks feeding in the daytime during droughts might be starving. Aardvarks…
Over time goldenrod plants and the gall flies that feed on them have been one-upping…
This week, scientists of the Institute of Bee Health of the University of Bern have…
To combat COVID-19, we need to regulate our immune systems to resemble those of bats.…
Microbial cells are found in abundance in marine sediments beneath the ocean and make up…
Most bird species are slow to change their tune, preferring to stick with tried-and-true songs…
Venus flytraps catch spiders and insects by snapping their trap leaves. This mechanism is activated…
Metagenome Database Detects Phage-Derived Antibacterial Enzyme Scientists demonstrate that the information about host bacteria-bacteriophage (phage)…
Supergenes Play a Larger Role in Evolution Than Previously Thought Massive blocks of genes—inherited together…
A report in the journal Current Biology on July 9 offers a detailed description of the…
Many animals remain motionless or play dead after being attacked by a predator in the…
Researchers often study the genomes of individual organisms to try to tease out the relationship…
A deep-sea soft coral garden habitat has been discovered in Greenlandic waters by scientists from…