Our diet can affect our health in different ways–diet directly impacts the calories and nutrients we consume; it can influence metabolic functions; or have a major effect on the gut microbiome, for some…
Category: 5. Biology
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The Ratio of Fats in Diet Has a Significant Effect on Immunity
Our diet can affect our health in different ways–diet directly impacts the calories and nutrients we consume; it can influence metabolic functions; or have a major effect on the gut microbiome, for some…
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Why simulating an entire cell cycle took years, multiple GPUs and six days per run
By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell—from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell division—scientists have opened a new frontier of computer vision into the essential processes of life. The…
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Herpetologists analyze population decline in regional turtle populations
Are box turtles in worse shape than herpetologists thought? University of Toledo researchers raise the question in new research published in the journal Ecology and Evolution.
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Disorder Drives One of Nature’s Most Complex Machines
“If you know how to dance, you can simply enter the dance and swing from partner to partner, holding hands, just quickly exchanging going across,” he said. “If you don’t know how to dance, all you see is this turbulent melee, and you…
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Camera captures first video of a red fox attacking a wolf pup
We are used to seeing a strict order in nature, with apex predators at the top feeding on those lower down the pecking order. But in video footage from a nature reserve in Italy, we see a red fox turning the tables, attacking and likely killing…
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Finding the Genetic Changes that Matter with Genomic Maps
Advances in genetic technologies have enabled researchers to find regions of the genome that are linked to disease, but it has sometimes been difficult to identify the exact changes within those regions that…
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These birds listen to their parents to avoid being eaten
How do chicks learn safe bird calls from ones that mean possible imminent…
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Scientists Finally See How Plants and Fungi Coordinate a 450-Million-Year Partnership
A new pair of molecular tools is allowing scientists to uncover how plants and fungi coordinate their ancient underground partnership. For about 450 million years, plants and soil fungi have maintained a mutually beneficial partnership. The fungi…
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Cattle grazing boosts nature recovery in Yorkshire Dales
Cattle grazing at a nature reserve in the Yorkshire Dales has increased plant diversity by more than 40%, according to research by the University of Leeds. Allowing native cattle breeds to roam large areas of the landscape at Ingleborough has…
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