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Researchers analyzed about 150 trees to map the communities of microbes living in 16 species, in a recent study in Nature

20 days ago scientificamerican.com biology

Bacteria, acids, and enzymes in ants can kickstart the fermentation process that turns milk into yogurt, say researchers who add ants to their yogurt making recipe.

28 days ago cell.com biology

Newly developed assay rapidly measures interactions between tiny particles in the bloodstream

27 days ago aibn.uq.edu.au biology

‘Google for DNA’ brings order to biology’s big data

25 days ago nature.com biology google

Scientists have identified a single gene that gives rise to a rare form of diabetes, unique to newborn babies

14 days ago sciencealert.com biology diabetes

Sexual selection drives sex difference in adult life expectancy across mammals and birds

29 days ago science.org biology

Knocking out a gene doesn’t always rob the target cells of their mRNA and protein

2 days ago pnas.org biology mrna

Researchers discovered that wild Pacific white-sided dolphins host a surprisingly diverse community of potentially cross-species pathogens, revealing how even common marine mammals can play an important role in understanding ocean and public health connections.

3 days ago doi.org biology

Doctors in China say they transplanted a genetically modified pig liver into a 71-year-old man who lived 171 days after the procedure, and 38 of those days were with the pig organ in place – a first to be published in a peer-reviewed journal.

24 days ago edition.cnn.com biology china

Scientists found out which of the lipids and metabolites in the dead brain stick around for as much as 48 hours

19 days ago mdpi.com biology brain

The production of ‘food boluses’ by Antarctic krill and implications for organic matter transport

22 days ago royalsocietypublishing.org antarctica biology

Sussex scientists find ‘off switch’ that could turbo-charge cancer immunotherapy and prolong lives

32 days ago sussex.ac.uk biology cancer

Parental heat stress was passed to offspring as heightened fear, elevated baseline cortisol, and exaggerated stress responses in ducks

30 days ago sciencedirect.com biology

Forgetting is an active dopamine-involved process rather than a brain glitch

25 days ago news.flinders.edu.au biology brain

Brain region-specific and systemic transcriptomic alterations in a human alpha-synuclein overexpressing rat model

2 days ago doi.org biology brain

In a new study, a team of geologists and biologists resurrected ancient microbes that had been trapped in permafrost ice—in some cases for around 40,000 years

30 days ago colorado.edu biology

Scientists uncovered a key brain mechanism involved in appetite and how the body knows when it’s full, by discovering how MRAP2 proteins move and organize MC4R receptors on the cell surface to control hunger signals

28 days ago st-andrews.ac.uk biology brain

A new simple blood test could provide faster and more accurate diagnosis of ALS by measuring cell-free DNA, and this test could eventually allow neurologists to rule out other neurological diseases and also detect ALS disease earlier to provide better treatment and improve life expectancy

17 days ago uclahealth.org biology disease

Microsoft Says AI Can Create 'Zero Day' Threats In Biology

31 days ago technologyreview.com ai biology biotech microsoft

Scientists have created egg-like cells capable of fertilization using DNA from ordinary skin cells in what could be a major breakthrough for infertility research.

33 days ago sciencealert.com biology

Scientists discovered six new gecko species hidden in plain sight in pristine deserts of southern Africa, thanks to their loud, barking mating calls

33 days ago scientificamerican.com biology

Scientists unlock secret to Venus flytrap’s hair-trigger response

33 days ago arstechnica.com biology

As teams of Asian weaver ants gain more members, they strategically use their grippy feet to become ever more efficient at pulling leaf tips, a new study in Current Biology found

34 days ago scientificamerican.com biology

Spirals in the umbilical cord help to keep babies cool before birth, new research finds: « The spiral design of the blood vessels in the cord appears to affect the exchange of oxygen and heat…

38 days ago manchester.ac.uk biology

In the largest study of its kind, scientists accurately documented the massive change in animal morphology over the last 1,000 years, with domesticated animals growing larger across the board and their wild relatives becoming smaller

56 days ago newatlas.com biology

To Find Out How Hands Evolved, Look to Your Anus, a New Study Suggests.

46 days ago nytimes.com biology

Enzyme behind diet-induced obesity and diabetes can be ‘switched off’

39 days ago newatlas.com biology diabetes

Making digits seems to involve gene activity that was needed to make a cloaca

45 days ago arstechnica.com biology

The pan-cancer proteome atlas, a mass spectrometry-based landscape for discovering tumor biology, biomarkers, and therapeutic targets

35 days ago cell.com biology cancer

Amazing images show how antibiotics pierce bacterial armour: « UK researchers have shown for the first time in stunning detail how life-saving antibiotics act against harmful bacteria

33 days ago imperial.ac.uk biology

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