progscrape: biology

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

28 days ago royalsocietypublishing.org antarctica biology

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

38 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

35 days ago sciencedirect.com biology

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

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

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

8 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

36 days ago colorado.edu biology

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27 days ago google.com 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

34 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

23 days ago uclahealth.org biology disease

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

36 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.

39 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

39 days ago scientificamerican.com biology

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

39 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

40 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…

44 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

2 months ago newatlas.com biology

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

51 days ago nytimes.com biology

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

45 days ago newatlas.com biology diabetes

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

50 days ago arstechnica.com biology

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

41 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

39 days ago imperial.ac.uk biology

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

50 days ago smithsonianmag.com biology

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

52 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. »

2 months 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

39 days ago onlinelibrary.wiley.com biology texas

Phages with a broad host range are common across ecosystems

49 days ago nature.com biology

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

54 days ago thelancet.com biology covid

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

2 months ago doi.org biology

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