Cell & Microbiology
Jun 10, 2020
Discovery of a malaria parasite's internal clock could lead to new treatment strategies
The parasites responsible for malaria seem to march to their own beat.
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Ecology
Jun 1, 2020
Turn off the porch light: 6 easy ways to stop light pollution from harming our wildlife
As winter approaches, marine turtle nesting in the far north of Australia will peak. When these baby turtles hatch at night, they crawl from the sand to the sea, using the relative brightness of the horizon and the natural ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 27, 2020
Circadian oscillation of a cyanobacterium doesn't need all three Kai proteins to keep going
Circadian rhythms are driven by a highly autonomous, self-sustaining circadian clock within cells, telling us when to sleep or wake up in a 24-hour cycle.
Plants & Animals
May 19, 2020
How animals sense Earth's magnetic field
The secrets behind magnetoreception—that is, the ability of some animals to sense Earth's magnetic field—are beginning to gradually unravel, thanks in part to a new study that demonstrates magnetic sensitivity in a completely ...
Other
May 5, 2020
Electrical activity in living organisms mirrors electrical fields in atmosphere
Most electrical activity in vertebrates and invertebrates occurs at extremely low frequencies, and the origin—and medical potential—of these frequencies have eluded scientists. Now a Tel Aviv University study provides ...
Biotechnology
May 5, 2020
Plants pass on 'memory' of stress to some progeny, making them more resilient
By manipulating the expression of one gene, geneticists can induce a form of "stress memory" in plants that is inherited by some progeny, giving them the potential for more vigorous, hardy and productive growth, according ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 23, 2020
Sparkling dolphins swim off our coast, but humans threaten these natural light shows
It was 2 am on a humid summer's night on Sydney's coast. Something in the distance caught my eye—a pod of glowing dolphins darted towards the bow of the boat. I had never seen anything like it before. They were electric ...
Veterinary medicine
Apr 13, 2020
Discovery of a drug to rescue winter depression-like behavior
A group of animal biologists and chemists at the Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (WPI-ITbM), Nagoya University, has used a chemical genomics approach to explore the underlying mechanism of winter depression-like ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 13, 2020
Small protein that synchronizes the circadian clocks in shoots and roots
Five years ago, researchers from the Centre for Research in Agricultural Genomics (CRAG) led by the CSIC Research Professor Paloma Mas made the breakthrough discovery that the circadian clocks in the growing tip of the plant ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 8, 2020
Researchers uncover importance of aligning biological clock with day-night cycles
Timing is everything. A fresh example supporting the old saying has been found in connection with the systems regulated by biological clocks.
