Biology

A review article by Brazilian researchers shows that alterations in the defense cell metabolism may explain why many patients who survive sepsis die within a year or suffer from long-term complicationsCredit: Talita Souza-Siqueira An…

Credit: Vince Calhoun, Georgia Tech Covid-19 patients who receive oxygen therapy or experience fever show reduced gray matter volume in the frontal-temporal network of the brain, according to a new study led by researchers at…

With a frilled head and beaked face, Menefeeceratops sealeyi lived 82 million years ago, predating its relative, TriceratopsCredit: Sergey Krasovskiy A newly described horned dinosaur that lived in New Mexico 82 million years ago is…

YouTube channels run by zoos focus on entertainment over education, according to a new study. The videos also focus disproportionately on mammals, rather than reflecting the diversity of zoos' animals. Conservation was the focus of just…

According to the British Heart Foundation, heart and circulatory diseases cause more than a quarter (27 per cent) of all deaths in the UK, which equates to more than 160,000 deaths each year - or one death every three minutes. The…

Credit: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University (Philadelphia, PA) - Finding ways to optimize energy use is critical to keeping up productivity. This idea applies to the human body overall, as well as to each individual…

Credit: Green Balkans The Saker Falcon (Falco cherrug) is a bird of prey living in plains and forest-steppes in the West and semi-desert montane plateaus and cliffs in the East. The majority of its Central and Eastern European…

Researchers have constructed a map of metabolic changes that occur across multiple tissues after a heart attack in the hope of finding targets for better treatments Researchers have mapped out the changes in metabolism that occur after a…

New study explores children's perception of their own wellbeing using artCredit: Anglia Ruskin University Young children in deprived areas see nature and outdoor spaces as being associated with "happy places", according to a new study…

This genetic analysis revises current interpretation of their natural history, migrations and future vulnerabilityCredit: Nikolay Zinoviev Study Take-Aways: Different African populations were genetically interrelated suggesting…

New practical guidelines for reef restoration will benefit coral ecosystems while also providing coastal communities with effective protection from flood risk New guidelines for coral reef restoration aiming to reduce the risk of flooding…

Credit: Image courtesy: Tatsuo Kaneko and Mohammad Asif Ali from Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology. Point: Novel chiral diacid monomers were synthesized. Chirally interactive BioNylons were prepared. BioNylon…

Credit: Dr. HAN Fangpu's group Dr. HAN Fangpu's group from the Institute of Genetics and Developmental Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences reports the identification and functional study of the maize Knl1 gene in an article…

Credit: Osaka University A group of researchers from Osaka University developed a quadruped robot platform that can reproduce the neuromuscular dynamics of animals (Figure 1), discovering that a steady gait and experimental…

Credit: © 2021 KAUST. The tightly defined ratios of metals in MOFs makes them ideal starting materials for novel catalyst creation. Heating bimetallic metal organic frameworks (MOFs) until their porous structure collapses into…

An international team of researchers at Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH), and University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a gene therapy that successfully treated 48 out of 50 children with a form of severe combined…

Credit: Dr Lori Peacock Researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered how microbes responsible for human African sleeping sickness produce sex cells. In these single-celled parasites, known as trypanosomes, each…

Study shows treatment developed by international team restored immune function in more than 95% of patients in three clinical trialsCredit: Ann Johansson/UCLA Broad Stem Cell Research Center An experimental form of gene therapy developed…

Credit: Chris Thelen, Freelance Photographer Cells called astrocytes normally support our neurons, and now scientists are working to reprogram the star-shaped cells into neurons that help reconnect the brain and body after a spinal…

Whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing of the three extant species of the aquatic mammal shows that they first split from their common ancestor after geological events isolated the South American region from the seaCredit: Erica Martinho …