“Current evaluations of the heat tolerance of insects such as moths, flies, and beetles paint a differentiated — and at the same time alarming — picture,” says study author Dr. Kim Holzmann, a researcher at the Chair of Animal Ecology and…
Category: 5. Biology
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Low-intensity preconditioning boosts neurological outcomes
The team led by Prof. Lin Zhu from Guangzhou Sport University have demonstrated that 4-week low-intensity treadmill exercise before the onset of an ischemic stroke can significantly reduce brain injury and improve neurological…
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Sino Biological launches antigens for the 2026-2027 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccine strains
The World Health Organization (WHO) has announced its recommendations for the 2026–2027 Northern Hemisphere influenza vaccine composition. The update highlights two key developments: the continued spread of A (H3N2) subclade…
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Tomato and pepper production faces emerging threats
A research team composed of plant virologists from the Plant Virus Department at Leibniz Institute DSMZ-German Collection of Microorganisms and Cell Cultures, the Italian National Research Council and BASF-Nunhems Italy, has recently published…
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How moss helped solve a grave-robbing mystery
In 2009, a scandal was exposed at a cemetery just outside of Chicago. Workers at Burr Oak Cemetery in Alsip, Illinois, were accused of exhuming old graves, dumping the remains elsewhere on the cemetery grounds, and reselling the burial plots….
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Post-catalysis structures of mitochondrial complex I with ubiquinol-10 bound in the active site
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Parey, K., Wirth, C., Vonck, J. & Zickermann, V. Respiratory complex I — structure, mechanism and evolution. Curr….
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Diagnosis model of early malignant pulmonary nodules based on clinical laboratory data
Leiter, A., Veluswamy, R. R. & Wisnivesky, J. P. The global burden of lung cancer: current status and future trends. Nat. Reviews Clin. Oncol. 20, 624–639 (2023).
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Linker histones consolidate heterogenous nucleosome fiber contacts by linking together multiple nucleosomes
McGinty, R. K. & Tan, S. Nucleosome structure and function. Chem. Rev. 115, 2255–2273 (2015).
Baldi, S., Korber, P. & Becker, P. B. Beads on a string-nucleosome array arrangements and folding…
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Sustained release and efficacy of Kn2-7-loaded chitosan nanoparticles under low pH conditions
Rosenstein, I. J. et al. Effect on normal vaginal flora of three intravaginal microbicidal agents potentially active against human immunodeficiency virus type 1. J. Infect. Dis. 177, 1386–1390. https://doi.org/10.1086/517820 (1998).
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Design-driven optimization of low-cost reagent formulations for reproducible and high-yielding cell-free gene expression
Hunt, A. C. et al. Cell-free gene expression: methods and applications. Chem. Rev. 125, 91–149 (2025).
Silverman, A. D., Karim, A. S. & Jewett, M. C. Cell-free gene expression: an expanded…
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