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Plant Biology
Plant Biology: or Botany, also called plant science(s) or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plantscientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field.
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SEP 13, 2022Microbiology
H5N1 was first detected in 1996 in poultry in China's Guangdong province. Since then it has led to several outbreaks tha ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 12, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Living things have to contend with aging. Except for a few unusual creatures, like Turritopsis dohrnii, which has an ext ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 08, 2022Microbiology
In the 19th century Sir Ronald Ross, a soldier, pioneer, microbiologist, botanist, and a knight helped shape how we view ...Written By: Mandy WoodsSEP 08, 2022Plants & Animals
Tardigrades, or water bears, hold a strange fascination in the public imagination. Despite being microscopic creatures t ...Written By: Ryan VingumSEP 07, 2022Health & Medicine
Animal agriculture has a massive impact on our world. There are huge environmental consequences to our planet, in part b ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 06, 2022Neuroscience
A study published in Current Biology found that fruit flies have internal sensors, or “absolute heat” recept ...Written By: Kerry CharronSEP 05, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice ...Written By: Carmen LeitchSEP 01, 2022Microbiology
The world is full of microbes, which have been competing with one another for space and resources since they arose. / Im ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 31, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in eLife, an international team of researchers discuss how different mammals respond to the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 30, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
While most of us are born with 2 sex chromosomes in either a combination of XX or XY, there are many cases of people who ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2022Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 20, 2022Technology
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) A ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 19, 2022Microbiology
Citrus greening, known by several other names including yellow dragon disease, Huanglongbing, or Candidatus Liberibacter ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 17, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Surprisingly similar mechanisms of pattern recognition can be found among incredibly diverse organisms.Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 16, 2022Immunology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has mutated many times into new variants, some that we don't hear about, while others ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 15, 2022Plants & Animals
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences discusses hibernation as the sec ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 15, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been able to create stem cells that can mimic the early stages of mouse development. The researchers use ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 14, 2022Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota (U-M) conducted a five-yea ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 14, 2022Genetics & Genomics
Optogenetics is a technique that has been in development for several years, and aims to combine optics and genetics to u ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 10, 2022Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 08, 2022Genetics & Genomics
You may have seen a 'super plant' growing in between the cracks of sidewalks. Portulaca oleracea is commonly known as pu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 04, 2022Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 03, 2022Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUL 28, 2022Technology
A recent study conducted by a team of biofuel experts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and publis ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 13, 2022
Microbiology
H5N1 was first detected in 1996 in poultry in China's Guangdong province. Since then it has led to several outbreaks tha
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 12, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Living things have to contend with aging. Except for a few unusual creatures, like Turritopsis dohrnii, which has an ext
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 08, 2022
Microbiology
In the 19th century Sir Ronald Ross, a soldier, pioneer, microbiologist, botanist, and a knight helped shape how we view
...
Written By:
Mandy Woods
SEP 08, 2022
Plants & Animals
Tardigrades, or water bears, hold a strange fascination in the public imagination. Despite being microscopic creatures t
...
Written By:
Ryan Vingum
SEP 07, 2022
Health & Medicine
Animal agriculture has a massive impact on our world. There are huge environmental consequences to our planet, in part b
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 06, 2022
Neuroscience
A study published in Current Biology found that fruit flies have internal sensors, or “absolute heat” recept
...
Written By:
Kerry Charron
SEP 05, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
An image by Wang Qiang shows a mouse that carries two chromosomes fused together, the first engineered karyotype in mice
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
SEP 01, 2022
Microbiology
The world is full of microbes, which have been competing with one another for space and resources since they arose. / Im
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 31, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in eLife, an international team of researchers discuss how different mammals respond to the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 30, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
While most of us are born with 2 sex chromosomes in either a combination of XX or XY, there are many cases of people who
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2022
Microbiology
It was once hypothesized that a strange, microscopic creature called Saccorhytus, a spiked animal with no anus, was the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 20, 2022
Technology
In a recent study published in Nature Communications, a team of researchers at the University of Massachusetts (UMass) A
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 19, 2022
Microbiology
Citrus greening, known by several other names including yellow dragon disease, Huanglongbing, or Candidatus Liberibacter
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 17, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Surprisingly similar mechanisms of pattern recognition can be found among incredibly diverse organisms.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 16, 2022
Immunology
SARS-CoV-2, which causes COVID-19, has mutated many times into new variants, some that we don't hear about, while others
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 15, 2022
Plants & Animals
A recent study published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences discusses hibernation as the sec
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 15, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Scientists have been able to create stem cells that can mimic the early stages of mouse development. The researchers use
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 14, 2022
Earth & The Environment
In a recent study published in Nature, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota (U-M) conducted a five-yea
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 14, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
Optogenetics is a technique that has been in development for several years, and aims to combine optics and genetics to u
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 10, 2022
Health & Medicine
Zoonotic diseases, which can jump from one species to another, are not unusual. As the world's population rises and the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 08, 2022
Genetics & Genomics
You may have seen a 'super plant' growing in between the cracks of sidewalks. Portulaca oleracea is commonly known as pu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 04, 2022
Cell & Molecular Biology
Researchers used new long-read genetic sequencing technology to show that there are bacterial genomes within the genome
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 03, 2022
Microbiology
The discovery of giant viruses, some of which infect bacterial cells, has changed what we knew about microbes. Image cre
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 28, 2022
Technology
A recent study conducted by a team of biofuel experts at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and publis
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc