When periodical cicadas surface after years underground, they don’t grope blindly for trees. They head for the shadows, researchers report March 20 in the American Naturalist.
A detailed analysis of Brood XIII cicadas — which…
Category: 5. Biology
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International researchers set new standards for studying tumor microbiota
Recent research shows that tumors in different organs host microbial communities capable of influencing cancer biology, immune responses, and the effectiveness of therapies, highlighting the need to standardize methods for studying…
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Giant Invasive Mantises Are Taking Over Europe
These mantises are increasingly posing a threat to local biodiversity through intense predation and competition for reproduction. Few insects capture attention quite like the mantis. Across cultures and history, these distinctive predators have…
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Ancient Farmers Accidentally Bred Aggressive “Warrior” Plants
An evolutionary “arms race” for light and space drove the early domestication of wheat, according to new research that could provide new insights into crop design. In a new study led by Dr. Yixiang Shan and Professor Colin Osborne, working with…
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Scientists Discover New Way To Eliminate “Zombie Cells” Driving Aging
Scientists uncover a metabolic vulnerability in aging cells that could be key to restoring resilience and combating age-related diseases. As people grow older and become more frail, their bodies often lose tissue reserve capacity. This reserve,…
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New method improves reliability of protein language model predictions
AI language models, used to generate human-like text to power chatbots and create content, are also revolutionizing biology by treating complex biological data like a language. Language models are increasingly used, for example, to…
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AEGIS tool helps scientists study evolution of aging and lifespan
Why do some species live for only weeks while others survive for centuries? Researchers at the Leibniz Institute on Aging – Fritz Lipmann Institute (FLI) in Jena have developed AEGIS, a freely available software tool that enables…
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Cholera-causing bacteria and viruses locked in evolutionary arms race
Cholera-causing bacteria are locked in an evolutionary arms race with a viral nemesis, according to a new genomic study.
Experts at the Wellcome Sanger Institute, icddr,b (International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research,…
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Enhancement of fiber content and cannabinoids of hemp using arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and endophytic fungi
Barnett, S. E. et al. Evaluating the microbiome of hemp. Phytobiomes J. 4 (4), 351–363. https://doi.org/10.1094/pbiomes-06-20-0046-r (2020).
Hughes, M. Defects in natural fibres: their…
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Differential cellulose distribution drives polarized growth of cotton fibers
Vaahtera, L., Schulz, J. & Hamann, T. Cell wall integrity maintenance during plant development and interaction with the environment. Nat. Plants 5, 924–932 (2019).
Cosgrove, D. J. Structure…
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