Unearthing barriers to tenure for Indigenous scholars

Research conducted by the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa is unearthing the unique challenges that Indigenous faculty face in earning tenure, academia's "golden ticket." In a study published in the journal Environment and ...

Biologists find what colors a butterfly's world

As butterflies flit among flowers, they don't all view blossoms the same way. In a phenomenon called sexually dimorphic vision, females of some butterfly species perceive ultraviolet color while the males see light and dark. ...

New study shows how the Epstein-Barr virus transforms B cells

B cells or B lymphocytes are an important part of the body's immune system. When healthy B cells are infected with the Epstein-Barr virus (EBV), they undergo growth transformation, a process that immortalizes B cells, leading ...

Study casts light on signal-dependent formation of mitochondria

Known as the power plant of the cell, mitochondria are essential to human metabolism. Human mitochondria consist of 1,300 different proteins and two fatty biomembranes. The vast majority of mitochondrial proteins are produced ...

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