A study led by researchers from WEHI (Melbourne, Australia) has become the first in the world to unravel the immediate effects of a high-fat diet on our gut health.
The pre-clinical study found even a few meals high in saturated fats can cause…
Category: 5. Biology
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Scientists describe 71 new Australian bee species
A team of Australian researchers has discovered 71 new native bee species belonging to the resin pot bees, or Megachile (Austrochile), which are unique to Australia and present in every state and territory except Tasmania.
As their name suggests,…
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‘Cutting to survive’: How cells remove DNA bridges at the last moment
If DNA bridges persist between chromosomes during cell division, chromosomes are abnormally segregated, leading to genetic instability and cancer. Researchers at UNIST and IBS have experimentally revealed for the first time how a critical protein…
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Cover crops may not be solution for both crop yield, carbon sequestration
People have assumed climate change solutions that sequester carbon from the air into soils will also benefit crop yields.
But a new study from Cornell University finds that most regenerative farming practices to build soil organic carbon — such…
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First-of-its-kind global study shows grasslands can withstand climate extremes with a boost of nutrients
Fertilizer might be stronger than we thought. A new international study featuring faculty at Binghamton University, State University of New York found that fertilizer can help plants survive short-term periods of extreme drought, findings which…
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How did plants evolve the ability to transport massive amounts of protein into seed vacuoles?
How did plants evolve the ability to transport massive amounts of protein into seed vacuoles?
Seed plants, such as soybeans, store large amounts of protein in specialized organelles called protein storage vacuoles. These proteins not only sustain…
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Family of parasite proteins presents new potential malaria treatment target
Researchers from the Francis Crick Institute and the Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) have shown that the evolution of a family of exported proteins in the malaria-causing parasite Plasmodium falciparum enabled it to infect…
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Scientific breakthrough: We can now halve the price of costly cancer drug
The demand for the widely used cancer drug Taxol is increasing, but it’s difficult and expensive to produce because it hasn’t been possible to do it biosynthetically. Until now, that is. Researchers from the University of Copenhagen have cracked…
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How to swim without a brain
Bacteria can do it, amoebas can do it, even blood cells can do it: they all have the ability to move in a goal oriented way in liquids. And they do so despite having extremely simple structures without a central control system (such as a brain)….
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Gut bacteria and acetate, a great combination for weight loss
Researchers led by Hiroshi Ohno at the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan have discovered a new way to reduce obesity. Their study shows that supplying the gut with extra acetate reduces fat and liver mass in both normal…
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