When it comes to biodiversity, researchers and the public tend to focus on large-scale patterns. This overlooks a hidden but precious diversity: small, inconspicuous wasps, midges, flies, beetles and other insects that live in plants. These tiny…
Category: 5. Biology
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Hidden insect diversity in grass shoots threatened by mowing
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Researchers warn ESA loopholes may speed coral loss around Guam
The United States government is rolling back conservation policies in a way that demonstrably risks accelerating already at-risk coral reefs around its island territory, Guam, in the Pacific Ocean. Part of the issue is the way the Endangered…
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MLKL in liver parenchymal cells promotes liver cancer in murine metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease
Llovet JM, Kelley RK, Villanueva A, Singal AG, Pikarsky E, Roayaie S, et al. Hepatocellular carcinoma. Nat Rev Dis Primers. 2021;7:6.
Anstee QM, Reeves HL, Kotsiliti E, Govaere O, Heikenwalder M….
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Bacteriological quality, antimicrobial resistance profile of Escherichia coli, and associated risk factors in tap water, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Odonkor, S. T. & Ampofo, J. K. Escherichia coli as an indicator of bacteriological quality of water: an overview. Microbiol. Res. 4(1), e2 (2013).
Bedada, T. L. et al. Virological and…
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Uncovering the bactericidal potential of extract and multi-targeting phytochemicals from Mirabilis longiflora L. leaves against multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Bacillus cereus
Safdar, N. et al. Economic burden of antimicrobial resistance on patients in Pakistan. Front. Public. Health. 13, 1481212 (2025).
Dadgostar, P. Antimicrobial resistance: Implications and costs….
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Allosteric and energetic remodeling of a PDZ domain by protein domain extensions
Mistry, J. et al. Pfam: The protein families database in 2021. Nucleic Acids Res. 49, D412–D419 (2020).
Wang, Y., Zhang, H., Zhong, H. & Xue, Z. Protein domain identification methods and…
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Hyperglutaminolysis drives senescence and aging through arginine-mTORC1 axis activation
Reagents and antibodies
Adriamycin HCl (ADR, S1208), Bafilomycin A1 (BafA1, S1413) were purchased from Selleck (Houston, USA); ammonium chloride (NH4Cl) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) were purchased from CHRON Chemical (Chengdu, China);…
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Exposing a hidden anchor for HIV replication
The tiny shell protecting the HIV virus resembles a slightly rounded ice cream cone, but there is nothing sweet about it. More than 40 million people worldwide live with AIDS because of this virus, and treatments must continually evolve as HIV…
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Most roadless areas in Great Britain are smaller than 1 km², fragmenting wildlife habitats
Britain’s landscape is highly fragmented by roads, with researchers from Cardiff University finding that more than 70% of the UK’s roadless areas are smaller than 1 km2. The researchers say that more than 60% of roadless patches in the UK are…
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Identifying priority Southern Ocean conservation hotspots
New research shows that maintaining and adopting proposed marine protected areas (MPAs) in the Southern Ocean could almost double the protection of genetic hotspots from 28% to about 54%. These actions would stave off an otherwise high likelihood…
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