Category: 5. Biology

A new University of Utah-led study has discovered the mechanism behind a decades-old evolutionary mystery-how “selfish chromosomes” cheat the rules of genetic inheritance. The researchers found that rogue chromosomes hijack…

A new LMU study shows how proteins function reliably even without a stable 3D structure – and the crucial importance not only of short sequence motifs, but also of the chemical characteristics.

Many proteins do not only consist of…

Cells behave like cities and organelles carry out infrastructural roles: Mitochondria are powerhouses, the endoplasmic reticulum serves as a transport hub and lysosomes help with waste disposal.

Communication between different…

Snakes are depicted as slithering around on the ground. But the snake behavior that humans find even more alarming is when they raise body parts off the ground in strike poses or climbing stances. A recent study in Journal of the Royal Society…

How can AI be used to improve weather science? This is what an upcoming study due to be presented at The 14th International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026) hopes to address as a team of…

A genetic mutation that helps animals like yaks and Tibetan antelopes survive at high altitudes may hold the key to repairing nerve damage in conditions such as cerebral paralysis and multiple sclerosis (MS). The…

An international team of researchers has achieved a breakthrough in the production of doxorubicin, a vital chemotherapy agent. The study identifies and resolves molecular “bottlenecks” that have limited the natural production of…

How are patients substituting traditional painkillers for cannabidiol (CBD) to manage their diseases? This is what a recent study published in Frontiers in Public Health and was funded by the National…

For their discovery of genomic imprinting, developmental biologists Davor Solter and Azim Surani will receive the 2026 Paul Ehrlich and Ludwig Darmstaedter Prize, endowed with €120,000, on March 14 at Frankfurt’s Paulskirche….