Potent therapy candidate for fatal prion diseases
Drug development is typically slow: the pipeline from basic research discoveries that provide the basis for a new drug to […]
Groundbreaking study reveals oceanic seabirds chase tropical cyclones
A new study published today in Current Biology, “Oceanic Seabirds Chase Tropical Cyclones,” reveals that the rare Desertas Petrels (Pterodroma
Under pressure: How comb jellies have adapted to life at the bottom of the ocean microbiologystudy
The bottom of the ocean is not hospitable: there is no light; the temperature is freezing cold; and the pressure
A promising weapon against measles microbiologystudy
What happens when measles virus meets a human cell? The viral machinery unfolds in just the right way to reveal
To protect corals from summer heatwaves, we should help their microbial symbionts evolve heat tolerance in the lab microbiologystudy
Most coral reef restoration efforts involve restocking reefs with nursery-grown corals. However, if these corals are of the same stock
Bird flu stays stable on milking equipment for at least one hour microbiologystudy
Bird flu, or H5N1 virus, in unpasteurized milk is stable on metal and rubber components of commercial milking equipment for
Last surviving woolly mammoths were inbred but not doomed to extinction
The last population of woolly mammoths was isolated on Wrangel Island off the coast of Siberia 10,000 years ago, when
Global database reveals large gaps in our knowledge of four-footed animals
Researchers developed TetrapodTraits — a global database of animals with four feet — which can now be applied for better
Long-standing marine mystery solved: How algae get nitrogen to grow microbiologystudy
In a new study, scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology, the Alfred Wegener Institute and the University
New deep-learning model outperforms Google AI system in predicting peptide structures microbiologystudy
Researchers at the University of Toronto have developed a deep-learning model, called PepFlow, that can predict all possible shapes of