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Evolutionary Biology
Evolutionary Biology: is the subfield of biology that studies the evolutionary processes that produced the diversity of life on Earth, starting from a single common ancestor. These processes include natural selection, common descent, and speciation.
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MAY 24, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2018Microbiology
Researchers isolated a supercomplex that acts as a kind of battery and helps generate energy for bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 16, 2018Clinical & Molecular DX
Malaria is a lethal disease caused by a parasitic infection. However, some people carry the malaria parasite without eve ...Written By: Kara MarkerMAY 01, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
A new field that is growing in popularity is palaeoproteomics, the study of ancient proteins.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 31, 2018Microbiology
Scientists have learned more about how viruses are able to change to fit into their environment; they use a previously u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 19, 2018Plants & Animals
Palm trees are somewhat iconic for tropical climates, but a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports highli ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 15, 2018Microbiology
New work reveals how the marine food web is directly impacted by atmospheric carbon dioxide.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 15, 2018Genetics & Genomics
RNA defects can cause various diseases, and now researchers have found a bacterial enzyme that targets RNA.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 12, 2018Microbiology
Some viruses, called bacteriophages, can kill specific kinds of bacteria.Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 10, 2018Cell & Molecular Biology
Our cells have specialized parts called organelles, and scientists have learned more about one of them, the Golgi appara ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 08, 2018Microbiology
While unclear, it has been thought that photosynthetic organisms evolved around 2 billion years ago. New research has su ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAR 05, 2018Plants & Animals
As an animal evolves, it can sometimes fork into two separate species. Also known as speciation, this phenomenon depends ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 28, 2018Genetics & Genomics
New research by scientists at the Institut Pasteur has indicated that cells that are not dividing can acquire a certain ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 21, 2018Microbiology
Bioproduction, in which microbes are used to generate molecules like antibodies or therapeutics, is a technique that has ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 19, 2018Plants & Animals
A new paper published in the journal Current Biology underscores how Bornean orangutans appear to be in grave danger. Im ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 14, 2018Microbiology
The revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing tool is made from a bacterial immune system. Researchers knew that it wasn't the o ...Written By: Carmen LeitchFEB 04, 2018Genetics & Genomics
At some point organisms changed, and grew from a single cell into one made up of many cells. But how that happened is no ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 07, 2018Genetics & Genomics
Worms that can reproduce by fertilizing themselves might have lost around a quarter of their genome to do so.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2017Genetics & Genomics
Some of the worst wildlife diseases have been fungal. Now scientists have found that a fungus is impacting snakes.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 29, 2017Microbiology
Not all genetic mutations are harmful; some have no effect at all, and sometimes they might even be helpful.Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 21, 2017Videos
One day in my college biology class we learned about auricular fistulas - the tiny holes that some people have in their ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanDEC 17, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Microfilaments that are capable of conducting electricity, termed nanowires, were discovered in the bacterium Geobacter ...Written By: Carmen LeitchDEC 14, 2017Plants & Animals
Narwhals have become somewhat famous because of that catchy Weebl’s Stuff song. While these unicorns of the sea lo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardNOV 06, 2017Cell & Molecular Biology
Multi-MAP (Multiplexed-alignment of Molecular and Activity Phenotypes), enabled scientists to observe activity in many d ...Written By: Carmen Leitch
MAY 24, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have recently learned more about HIV by studying the evolutionary race between a virus and an anti-viral prot
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2018
Microbiology
Researchers isolated a supercomplex that acts as a kind of battery and helps generate energy for bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 16, 2018
Clinical & Molecular DX
Malaria is a lethal disease caused by a parasitic infection. However, some people carry the malaria parasite without eve
...
Written By:
Kara Marker
MAY 01, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
A new field that is growing in popularity is palaeoproteomics, the study of ancient proteins.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 31, 2018
Microbiology
Scientists have learned more about how viruses are able to change to fit into their environment; they use a previously u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 19, 2018
Plants & Animals
Palm trees are somewhat iconic for tropical climates, but a new study published in the journal Scientific Reports highli
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 15, 2018
Microbiology
New work reveals how the marine food web is directly impacted by atmospheric carbon dioxide.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 15, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
RNA defects can cause various diseases, and now researchers have found a bacterial enzyme that targets RNA.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 12, 2018
Microbiology
Some viruses, called bacteriophages, can kill specific kinds of bacteria.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 10, 2018
Cell & Molecular Biology
Our cells have specialized parts called organelles, and scientists have learned more about one of them, the Golgi appara
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 08, 2018
Microbiology
While unclear, it has been thought that photosynthetic organisms evolved around 2 billion years ago. New research has su
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAR 05, 2018
Plants & Animals
As an animal evolves, it can sometimes fork into two separate species. Also known as speciation, this phenomenon depends
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 28, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
New research by scientists at the Institut Pasteur has indicated that cells that are not dividing can acquire a certain
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 21, 2018
Microbiology
Bioproduction, in which microbes are used to generate molecules like antibodies or therapeutics, is a technique that has
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 19, 2018
Plants & Animals
A new paper published in the journal Current Biology underscores how Bornean orangutans appear to be in grave danger. Im
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 14, 2018
Microbiology
The revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing tool is made from a bacterial immune system. Researchers knew that it wasn't the o
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
FEB 04, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
At some point organisms changed, and grew from a single cell into one made up of many cells. But how that happened is no
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 07, 2018
Genetics & Genomics
Worms that can reproduce by fertilizing themselves might have lost around a quarter of their genome to do so.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2017
Genetics & Genomics
Some of the worst wildlife diseases have been fungal. Now scientists have found that a fungus is impacting snakes.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 29, 2017
Microbiology
Not all genetic mutations are harmful; some have no effect at all, and sometimes they might even be helpful.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 21, 2017
Videos
One day in my college biology class we learned about auricular fistulas - the tiny holes that some people have in their
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
DEC 17, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Microfilaments that are capable of conducting electricity, termed nanowires, were discovered in the bacterium Geobacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
DEC 14, 2017
Plants & Animals
Narwhals have become somewhat famous because of that catchy Weebl’s Stuff song. While these unicorns of the sea lo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
NOV 06, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
Multi-MAP (Multiplexed-alignment of Molecular and Activity Phenotypes), enabled scientists to observe activity in many d
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch