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Pigments
Pigments make up the colored areas of plant and animal cells. Skin, eyes, and hair are some of the biological entities that contain pigments. Pigments have some important biological functions like camouflage in animals and photosynthesis in plants.
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JUL 24, 2018Chemistry & Physics
Human eyes see visible light, whose wavelength ranges between 400 and 750 nanometers (nm). To visualize anything lower t ...Written By: Daniel DuanJUL 23, 2018Videos
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Use of Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy increases survival rates in Melanoma Brain Metastases patients, with a 4-year s ...Written By: Caitlin WilliamsJUL 12, 2018Microbiology
In this work, the importance of algae to complex food chains was highlighted.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 08, 2018Earth & The Environment
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Now that the scientists have studied the protein and its potential, they will begin to enroll participants in a study.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2018Videos
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This work will change textbooks, and may impact a variety of fields, including the search for extraterrestrial life.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Adults typically produce billions of new blood cells every day.Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 09, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Cutting-edge technologies have allowed researchers to distinguish between the DNA of coral, and its symbiotic partner.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 25, 2018Chemistry & Physics
An international research team led by theoretical physicist Thomas la Cour Jansen has made a discovery about quantum phy ...Written By: Daniel DuanMAY 16, 2018Plants & Animals
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A research team has learned more about the genes that influence our hair color.Written By: Carmen LeitchAPR 25, 2018Cancer
Researchers are looking to biotechnology to enhance the detection of diseases including cancer. A group utilized the co ...Written By: Mauri BrueggemanMAR 31, 2018Videos
Nature can produce incredible displays of color, and we can draw inspiration from them for all sorts of things. Scientis ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 25, 2018Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a crucial step in blood digestion of hookworms that feed and infect the blood of mice. The k ...Written By: Nouran AminMAR 07, 2018Immunology
They say that tattoos are forever, but are they really? A new study of how tattoos work and how the immune system is inv ...Written By: Kara MarkerFEB 23, 2018Microbiology
Nature produces some amazing colors, like the pigments on the feathers of a bird or the wings of a butterfly.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 16, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists created a three-dimensional model of human skin that supported hair growth.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2017Earth & The Environment
You probably know that darker colors absorb more heat. Ever walked barefoot on a blacktop in the summer sun? Ouch! Well ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 20, 2017Videos
In our beauty-centric culture, the only hair we seem to prize is the kind on the heads. Elsewhere on the body, remedies ...DEC 10, 2017Drug Discovery & Development
AAV viral vector gene delivery will soon be approved for FDA approval, and will likely just be the first of many proving ...Written By: Courtney SchaalDEC 05, 2017Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and ...DEC 04, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Fish oil, made from fatty fish like tuna, salmon, and mackerel, is commonly taken as a supplement for a variety of healt ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
JUL 24, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
Human eyes see visible light, whose wavelength ranges between 400 and 750 nanometers (nm). To visualize anything lower t
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
JUL 23, 2018
Videos
Other than health risks associated with certain eye colors, can some colors see better than others? For example,
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
JUL 18, 2018
Immunology
Use of Checkpoint Blockade Immunotherapy increases survival rates in Melanoma Brain Metastases patients, with a 4-year s
...
Written By:
Caitlin Williams
JUL 12, 2018
Microbiology
In this work, the importance of algae to complex food chains was highlighted.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 08, 2018
Earth & The Environment
One of the principal arguments that solar energy comes up against is its obvious dependence on sunlight - and for places
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 28, 2018
Videos
Now that the scientists have studied the protein and its potential, they will begin to enroll participants in a study.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2018
Videos
You’ve surely heard of bioluminescence and fluorescence in animals, but have you heard of iridescence? Iridescence
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 22, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
This work will change textbooks, and may impact a variety of fields, including the search for extraterrestrial life.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Adults typically produce billions of new blood cells every day.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 09, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Cutting-edge technologies have allowed researchers to distinguish between the DNA of coral, and its symbiotic partner.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 25, 2018
Chemistry & Physics
An international research team led by theoretical physicist Thomas la Cour Jansen has made a discovery about quantum phy
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
MAY 16, 2018
Plants & Animals
While many recognize red as the traditional color of blood, you might be surprised to learn that a handful of lizards sp
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 02, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
A research team has learned more about the genes that influence our hair color.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
APR 25, 2018
Cancer
Researchers are looking to biotechnology to enhance the detection of diseases including cancer. A group utilized the co
...
Written By:
Mauri Brueggeman
MAR 31, 2018
Videos
Nature can produce incredible displays of color, and we can draw inspiration from them for all sorts of things. Scientis
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 25, 2018
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers have discovered a crucial step in blood digestion of hookworms that feed and infect the blood of mice. The k
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
MAR 07, 2018
Immunology
They say that tattoos are forever, but are they really? A new study of how tattoos work and how the immune system is inv
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
FEB 23, 2018
Microbiology
Nature produces some amazing colors, like the pigments on the feathers of a bird or the wings of a butterfly.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 16, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
For the first time, scientists created a three-dimensional model of human skin that supported hair growth.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2017
Earth & The Environment
You probably know that darker colors absorb more heat. Ever walked barefoot on a blacktop in the summer sun? Ouch! Well
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 20, 2017
Videos
In our beauty-centric culture, the only hair we seem to prize is the kind on the heads. Elsewhere on the body, remedies
...
DEC 10, 2017
Drug Discovery & Development
AAV viral vector gene delivery will soon be approved for FDA approval, and will likely just be the first of many proving
...
Written By:
Courtney Schaal
DEC 05, 2017
Cancer
Virtually every type of cancer has metastatic potential – that is, the tumor cells can leave its original site and
...
DEC 04, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Fish oil, made from fatty fish like tuna, salmon, and mackerel, is commonly taken as a supplement for a variety of healt
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch