(Phys.org) —A trio of Iowa State University researchers has predicted, in a paper published in The American Naturalist, that the painted turtle (Chrysemys picta) faces extinction over the next century ...

Biology - Ecology

May 06, 2013 1.9 / 5 (12) 6 |

(Phys.org) —As is the case in all areas of science, our understanding of evolutionary biology is… well, evolving. Two such areas are macroevolution (any evolutionary change at or above the level of species ...

Biology - Evolution

Mar 18, 2013 3.8 / 5 (6) 0 |

To infect its host, the respiratory pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa takes an ordinary protein usually involved in making other proteins and adds three small molecules to turn it into a key for gaining access to human cells. ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

May 07, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

(Phys.org)—Biological systems are characterized by a form of molecular recycling – and proteins do not escape this fate. In particular, unneeded or damaged proteins biochemically marked for destruction ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Sep 24, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

Nectar-feeding bats and busy janitors have at least two things in common: They want to wipe up as much liquid as they can as fast as they can, and they have specific equipment for the job. A study in the Proceedings of th ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

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(Phys.org) —A new study by scientists in the U.S. and Taiwan has shown that birds have colorful and patterned feathers because of specific cellular interactions involving stem cells rather than through ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 26, 2013 4.7 / 5 (3) 0 |

(Phys.org) -- A team of researchers in the US has successfully encoded a 5.27 megabit book using DNA microchips, and they then read the book using DNA sequencing. Their experiments show that DNA could be used ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Aug 17, 2012 5 / 5 (14) 14 |

Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a new technique to see how different types of cells interact in a living mouse. The process uses light-emitting proteins that glow when two types of cells ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

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Cupping a tiny, translucent eel in the palm of his hand, New York environmental researcher Chris Bowser shook his head in amazement. "This is worth about one dollar," he said.

Biology - Ecology

May 11, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

Water mites of the family Torrenticolidae are tiny, heavily sclerotized and crawling water creatures presently known from all continents except Antarctica. More than 400 species are described so far but this ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 15, 2013 not rated yet 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Gene duplications are arguably the driving force of organismal evolution – and if they survive, such duplicate genes will diverge in both regulatory and coding genomic regions. Coding ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Jan 31, 2012 4.6 / 5 (7) 1 |

(Phys.org)—Males and females... Mars and Venus... XY and XX chromosomes—all are common memes. At the same time, the evolution of therian (placental and marsupial) sex chromosomes is less widely understood. ...

Biology - Evolution

Apr 18, 2012 4 / 5 (14) 18 |

(Phys.org) -- New York City is the nexus of all things intellectual, cultural and academic. (Being a native New Yorker, I admit being somewhat biased.) Either way, one highlight in this complex and vibran ...

Biology - Evolution

Aug 08, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 0 |

A 13-year-old dolphin was Saturday being transported to an ocean pen off a South Korean island for training to prepare it for release back into the wild after four years in a Seoul zoo, officials said.

Biology - Plants & Animals

May 11, 2013 not rated yet 0

Humpback whales are able to pass on hunting techniques to each other, just as humans do, new research has found. A team of researchers, led by the University of St Andrews, has discovered that a new feeding ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 25, 2013 4 / 5 (1) 0 |