Biology
Less Is More: Keeping Biofloc Volume Low Boosts Survival and Profit in Giant Prawn Nursery
A four-week experiment shows that maintaining biofloc volume at 2 to 5 milliliters per liter significantly improves survival, feed efficiency...
Seagrass Survives Coastal Pollution by Splitting Microbial Labor Between Root Zones
A field study along a tropical nutrient and sulfide gradient shows that seagrasses reconfigure root exudates and compartmentalize microbial functions...
Epigenetics Is Not the Anti-Reductionist Savior Science Hoped For, Bioethicist Warns
A University of Montreal bioethicist argues that calls to make epigenetics a biosocial science rest on five flawed assumptions that...
Peer Bork, computational biology pioneer who mapped life’s networks, dies at 62
Computational biology pioneer Peer Bork, who shaped protein network analysis, microbiome research and the TREC coastal ecosystems project, has died...
Gut Microbes and Tryptophan Metabolism Linked to Aggression in Stressed Chickens
A multi-omics study shows that chronic corticosterone stress in broiler chickens reshapes gut bacteria and plasma metabolites, reducing hypothalamic serotonin...
Cell Death Protein GSDME Emerges as Ominous Sign for Gastric Cancer Patients
New research shows that the pyroptosis executor GSDME is upregulated in gastric cancer, where it correlates with advanced stage, immunosuppressive...
Leech Genome Study Maps the Full Arsenal of Antithrombotic Genes in the Asian Buffalo Leech
An integrated whole-genome and transcriptome study of the Asian buffalo leech has cataloged 72 known antithrombotic genes and identified 38...
Cold and Dark Keeps Herbicide Selection Media Potent for Weeks, Study Finds
Researchers show that bensulfuron-methyl remains stable in refrigerated, dark-stored plant tissue culture media for up to three weeks, but degrades...
Tau Filaments Act Like Prions, Imposing Their Disease Signature on Mouse Brains
Injecting tau filaments from Alzheimer's and corticobasal degeneration patients into wild-type mice induces endogenous tau pathologies with identical folded structures,...
Moth Larvae Defy Expectations at Alpine Mega-Project Construction Sites
A field study along the Turin-Lyon railway found that habitat and environmental factors, not artificial construction lighting, best explained moth...
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Mothers who receive childcare support from maternal grandparents show more parental warmth, finds NTU Singapore study
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University of Seville Breaks 120-Year-Old Mystery, Revises a Key Einstein Concept
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Bee body mass, pathogens and local climate influence heat tolerance
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Researchers record first-ever images and data of a shark experiencing a boat strike
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Groundbreaking Clinical Trial Reveals Lubiprostone Enhances Kidney Function
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