progscrape: 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

19 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…

23 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

41 days ago newatlas.com biology

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

31 days ago nytimes.com biology

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

24 days ago newatlas.com biology diabetes

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

30 days ago arstechnica.com biology

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

20 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

18 days ago imperial.ac.uk biology

Ants that seem to defy biology – They lay eggs that hatch into another species

29 days ago smithsonianmag.com biology

New study sheds light on how sexual self-disclosure relates to relationship quality

31 days ago psypost.org biology

Ant queen lays eggs that hatch into two species: « Bizarre discovery of interspecies cloning “almost impossible to believe,” biologists say. »

44 days ago science.org biology

A never-before-seen hybrid bird (from a blue jay father and a green jay mother) has been observed in Texas

19 days ago onlinelibrary.wiley.com biology texas

Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems

28 days ago nature.com biology

Researchers have found the longest known case of COVID-19 in a person living with HIV

34 days ago thelancet.com biology covid

Cathartocytosis, a newly discovered process of cellular material ejection, identified in mouse cells during reprogramming

47 days ago doi.org biology

Causal relationships between gut microbiome and hundreds of age-related traits: evidence of a replicable effect on ApoM protein levels

40 days ago doi.org biology

Tatum Bioscience makes case for scalable cancer vaccine

23 days ago betakit.com biology cancer vaccine

Scientists uncover extreme life inside the Arctic ice

36 days ago news.stanford.edu arctic biology

Sunken World War II debris has become surprisingly useful for sea creatures: « A new study has found evidence to suggest that warheads tossed into the sea can serve as viable habitat for several species of marine life, but that doesn't mean we should leave them at the bottom of the ocean

22 days ago gizmodo.com biology

Crystal structures reveal how clusterin’s flexible tails prevent protein aggregation and facilitate clearance in the extracellular space

42 days ago nature.com biology

Age-related trends in amyloid positivity in Parkinson’s disease without dementia

33 days ago doi.org biology disease

Scientists map the stress response system in plants, and research suggests that this understanding could help develop crops more resilient to drought, disease, and other stresses, strengthening food security and sustainable farming

42 days ago durham.ac.uk biology disease

Explore a microbial world in Cellscape - a game by Kate Solbakk

20 days ago spillhistorie.no biology game

Glow-in-the-dark succulents are here

52 days ago popsci.com biology

An analysis of 35 hours of footage from 15 birds, published on August 18 in the journal Current Biology, shows that Streaked Shearwaters (Calonectris leucomelas) were pooping every four to 10 minutes…

2 months ago scientificamerican.com biology

Dingoes are not domestic dogs – new evidence shows these native canines are on their own evolutionary path

58 days ago theconversation.com biology

Evolutionarily conserved grammar rules viral factories of amoeba-infecting giant viruses

50 days ago pnas.org biology

When resources are low, animals often sacrifice reproduction

59 days ago pnas.org biology

A black goo was oozing from a ship on the Great Lakes — and teeming with life

2 months ago cnn.com biology

Five of six Channel Island fox subspecies evolved larger brain-to-body ratios than mainland gray foxes

59 days ago dornsife.usc.edu biology

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