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Biology
Biology: the study of living organisms, divided into many specialized fields that cover their morphology, physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin, and distribution. This includes plants, animals, and other qualities of organisms or class of organisms.
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AUG 13, 2020Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2020Genetics & Genomics
People typically think of gender in binary terms, but in the natural world, there are many examples of sexual fluidity.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 12, 2020Immunology
In recent years, the number of people diagnosed with celiac disease has increased drastically, even with many undiagnose ...Written By: Kara MarkerAUG 12, 2020Neuroscience
A new study shows that even low air pollution levels can influence the development of children’s brains. It ...Written By: Amanda MikyskaAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica ...Written By: Nouran AminAUG 11, 2020Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 11, 2020Neuroscience
By selectively breeding zebrafish, researchers from the Max Planck Institute have found that distinct personality traits ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 11, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells rely on a network of tiny filaments to give them form and support their structure. One crucial filament is a prote ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2020Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 11, 2020Cardiology
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a common cardiovascular condition with plenty of treatment options and preventi ...Written By: Jasper CantrellAUG 11, 2020Immunology
Scientists have discovered a key protein that regulates the immune system to fight off infections. Fascinatingly, the pr ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 10, 2020Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at Utah State University grew cannabis to study until the Controlled Substances Act came into force in 1970. ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 10, 2020Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Kor ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2020Cancer
Researchers have developed a technique to measure mitochondria activity in cells using a molecule from fireflies. The me ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAUG 10, 2020Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
We have known for decades that lead harms the body. This work can help explain how that happens.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 09, 2020Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has changed research and is now making impacts in clinical medicine.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 07, 2020Cardiology
The time it takes for a person experiencing cardiac arrest to get help can make the difference between life and death.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2020Plants & Animals
The Associated Press reports that the world's smallest and rarest wild pig species is undergoing its own virus lockd ...Written By: Tiffany DazetAUG 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
In a study published in Science Advances, scientists propose a new method for diagnosing gastric cancer, the third leadi ...Written By: Tara FernandesAUG 06, 2020Cell & Molecular Biology
Cilia are like little antennae on cells, and most cells have one. If they're dysfunctional, it can cause serious problem ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 06, 2020Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have created a point-of-care device that can provide diagnostic results for breast cancer in under an hour. ...Written By: Tara Fernandes
AUG 13, 2020
Plants & Animals
In 2007, an outbreak of yellow fever devastated the howler monkey population of El Parque El Piñalito. A genetic mutatio
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
People typically think of gender in binary terms, but in the natural world, there are many examples of sexual fluidity.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 12, 2020
Immunology
In recent years, the number of people diagnosed with celiac disease has increased drastically, even with many undiagnose
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
AUG 12, 2020
Neuroscience
A new study shows that even low air pollution levels can influence the development of children’s brains. It
...
Written By:
Amanda Mikyska
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at Rice University worked to program a bacterium, Escherichia coli, to produce a synthetic "noncanonica
...
Written By:
Nouran Amin
AUG 11, 2020
Drug Discovery & Development
Scientists from Oxford University have shown that a single gene can make some strains of Staphylococcus aureus (the bact
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2020
Neuroscience
By selectively breeding zebrafish, researchers from the Max Planck Institute have found that distinct personality traits
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 11, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cells rely on a network of tiny filaments to give them form and support their structure. One crucial filament is a prote
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2020
Microbiology
While we can exert a degree of control over our surroundings, we still share the world and our bodies with microbes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 11, 2020
Cardiology
Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a common cardiovascular condition with plenty of treatment options and preventi
...
Written By:
Jasper Cantrell
AUG 11, 2020
Immunology
Scientists have discovered a key protein that regulates the immune system to fight off infections. Fascinatingly, the pr
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 10, 2020
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers at Utah State University grew cannabis to study until the Controlled Substances Act came into force in 1970.
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 10, 2020
Chemistry & Physics
Researchers at the Center for Self-assembly and Complexity (CSC), within the Institute for Basic Science (IBS, South Kor
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2020
Cancer
Researchers have developed a technique to measure mitochondria activity in cells using a molecule from fireflies. The me
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
AUG 10, 2020
Cardiology
When a blood clot forms in an artery that supplies the brain with oxygen, obstructing it, a stroke can occur. Strokes ca
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Microbiology
Tuberculosis is caused by a bacterium, and it can infect immune cells called macrophages in the lungs that would normall
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
We have known for decades that lead harms the body. This work can help explain how that happens.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microbes ruled the ancient world, and complex animals trace back to those unicellular organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 09, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
The CRISPR gene-editing tool has changed research and is now making impacts in clinical medicine.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 07, 2020
Cardiology
The time it takes for a person experiencing cardiac arrest to get help can make the difference between life and death.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2020
Plants & Animals
The Associated Press reports that the world's smallest and rarest wild pig species is undergoing its own virus lockd
...
Written By:
Tiffany Dazet
AUG 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
In a study published in Science Advances, scientists propose a new method for diagnosing gastric cancer, the third leadi
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
AUG 06, 2020
Cell & Molecular Biology
Cilia are like little antennae on cells, and most cells have one. If they're dysfunctional, it can cause serious problem
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 06, 2020
Clinical & Molecular DX
Researchers have created a point-of-care device that can provide diagnostic results for breast cancer in under an hour.
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes