Biology

Heat and Discomfort can be Felt Thanks to an Ion Channel Receptor’s ‘Suicidal’ Action

Heat and Discomfort can be Felt Thanks to an Ion Channel Receptor’s ‘Suicidal’ Action

Human existence depends on being able to reliably detect heat and discomfort, but scientists have had difficulty figuring out exactly how our bodies perceive these…
Understanding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein could Help in the Development of Vaccines

Understanding the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein could Help in the Development of Vaccines

Although the majority of humanity first learnt about the now-famous disease during the COVID-19 pandemic, the coronavirus family was discovered in the middle of the…
A New Family Tree of Amphibians Shows they Diverged Tens of Millions of Years Later than Previously Believed

A New Family Tree of Amphibians Shows they Diverged Tens of Millions of Years Later than Previously Believed

The Natural History Museum in London’s Senior Curator in Charge of Amphibians and Reptiles, Jeff Streicher, and other researchers have revealed the most comprehensive evolutionary…
A Brief Examination of the Human Body

A Brief Examination of the Human Body

A brief examination of the human body reveals a sophisticated and well-organized biological system. Physicists have developed a novel imaging technology suitable for human usage.…
Investigating Periplasmic Biosynthesis’s Potential for Effective Solar-Driven Chemical Manufacturing

Investigating Periplasmic Biosynthesis’s Potential for Effective Solar-Driven Chemical Manufacturing

For effective solar-driven chemical production, scientists from the University of Chicago and the Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology (SIAT) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences…
Platelets can Mirror the Cognitive effects of Exercise

Platelets can Mirror the Cognitive effects of Exercise

Platelets are blood cells that are largely responsible for blood clotting. They do not duplicate the cognitive benefits of exercise. Exercise has multiple well-documented benefits…
New Technique Exposes Energy-Dependent Radiation Damage to Focused Ion Beam-Milled lamella

New Technique Exposes Energy-Dependent Radiation Damage to Focused Ion Beam-Milled lamella

Ion beam milling is a technique used in materials science and microscopy to prepare thin specimens, often referred to as “lamellae,” for analysis under various…
A Recent Study Provides Insight into How Ion Channels Gate

A Recent Study Provides Insight into How Ion Channels Gate

Ion channels are essential for a variety of biological functions, such as cell division, muscular contraction, and neural communication. Ion channels with many subunits typically…
New Fatty Acids Control Cannibalism in the Advantageous Rhizosphere Bacillus Promotes the Growth of Biofilms

New Fatty Acids Control Cannibalism in the Advantageous Rhizosphere Bacillus Promotes the Growth of Biofilms

Understanding the intrinsic functions of preserving homeostasis and viability in response to environmental influences is crucial when understanding a bacterial population as a multicellular community.…
How Acinetobacter Baumannii, a Hospital Infection, Swiftly Adjusts to New Environmental Circumstances

How Acinetobacter Baumannii, a Hospital Infection, Swiftly Adjusts to New Environmental Circumstances

Antibiotic-resistant microorganisms cause illness in about 670,000 individuals in Europe each year, and 33,000 of them pass away from the diseases. Pathogens that are resistant…
Identified the Mechanism of Bacterial Resistance to the Antibiotic Albicidin

Identified the Mechanism of Bacterial Resistance to the Antibiotic Albicidin

Gene amplification is a biological process through which the number of copies of a particular gene within a cell’s genome is increased. This can lead…
Male Song Sparrows May Become More Adoring’Super’ Fathers as They Live In Cities

Male Song Sparrows May Become More Adoring’Super’ Fathers as They Live In Cities

Animals’ first response to changing environmental conditions is often the development of new behavioral features. As cities become more wildlife habitats, researchers have researched behavioral…
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