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Adding a form of cellulose can prevent ice cream from becoming unpleasantly crunchy

Ice cream can be a culinary delight, except when it gets unpleasantly crunchy because ice crystals have grown in it.

21 Mar 2022

Threespine stickleback fish study details how parasite resistance in hosts arises

They thrive everywhere from bustling cities to remote rainforests -; even in our own backyards. Pervasive and unapologetic mooches, parasites rely on other organisms for their survival.

3 Mar 2022

Researchers optimize a route for two-step synthesis of antiviral plant protectant

Plant viruses are of great variety and harm. Virus disease pandemics and epidemics were estimated to have a global economic impact in the tens of billions of dollars.

3 Mar 2022

Researchers suggest a sustainable approach in seafood production

Farming Atlantic salmon necessitates a large amount of wild-caught fish as feed, but it only accounts for a small portion of the world’s farmed fish production.

3 Mar 2022

Researchers create a regulatory map of zebrafish genome

The zebrafish is an important model organism for studying things like genetic diseases. A regulatory map of its genome has been successfully created using high-throughput experiments and AI methods, a team led by Uwe Ohler now reports in Cell Genomics and Nature Machine Intelligence.

25 Feb 2022

Environmental DNA analysis for tracking potential sources of fecal contamination

"Who's peeing in the water?" Unlikely as it may seem, there is a great deal of science behind this question. Determining the source of fecal contamination-;an important public health issue-;requires years of research.

25 Feb 2022

Researchers engineer strains of nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium to produce ammonia

Researchers from Washington State University have engineered strains of the ubiquitous, nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium Azotobacter vinelandii to produce ammonia and excrete it at high concentrations, transferring it into crop plants in lieu of conventional chemical fertilizers.

18 Feb 2022

Researchers elucidate how early embryo cells begin to independently produce proteins

It happens in the first hours after fertilization: The cells of the early embryo begin to independently produce proteins, the building blocks for cells and organs.

16 Feb 2022

Genetic testing helps uncover the international criminal networks behind ivory trafficking

A team led by scientists at the University of Washington and special agents with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has used genetic testing of ivory shipments seized by law enforcement to uncover the international criminal networks behind ivory trafficking out of Africa.

15 Feb 2022

Could DNA from Air Help us to Measure Animal Biodiversity?

In this interview, we speak to Professor Elizabeth Clare about her latest research into environmental DNA and how it can help to measure animal biodiversity.

From York University 15 Feb 2022

Three proteins as potential new therapeutic targets in movement disorders

Three members of a family of proteins have been identified that are important to helping us fine tune the activity of brain chemicals which enable us to walk or stand at will, scientists report.

11 Feb 2022

Study compares the chromosomal position of genes from diverse animals

Many of today's marine invertebrates, including sponges and jellyfish, have chromosomes with the same ancient structure they inherited from their primitive ancestors more than 600 million years ago, according to a new study.

9 Feb 2022

Researchers decipher the genome of Steller’s sea cow from fossil bones

During the Ice Age, giant mammals such as mammoths, sabre-toothed cats and woolly rhinoceroses once roamed Northern Europe and America.

9 Feb 2022

CRISPR-Cas9 likely to cause unforeseen genetic variations, researchers warn

Commonly referred to as “genetic scissors,” the CRISPR-Cas9 opens up new avenues for disease treatment—however, treatments must be effective.

4 Feb 2022

Researchers discover a sustainable approach for drug development

Although several people think of medicines as purely synthetic compounds, nature is an important element of most of the medications humans depend on.

4 Feb 2022

New computer tool identifies over 100,000 novel viruses

Viruses are the major group of biological agents widely recognized.

4 Feb 2022

Research offers new insight into climate change in the Early Holocene

New insight into how our early ancestors dealt with major shifts in climate is revealed in the research, published today [27 Jan] in Nature Ecology & Evolution, by an international team, led by Professor Rick Schulting from Oxford University's School of Archaeology.

28 Jan 2022

Fish News and Research

Latest Fish News and Research

Adding a form of cellulose can prevent ice cream from becoming unpleasantly crunchy

Threespine stickleback fish study details how parasite resistance in hosts arises

Researchers optimize a route for two-step synthesis of antiviral plant protectant

Researchers suggest a sustainable approach in seafood production

Researchers create a regulatory map of zebrafish genome

Environmental DNA analysis for tracking potential sources of fecal contamination

Researchers engineer strains of nitrogen-fixing soil bacterium to produce ammonia

Researchers elucidate how early embryo cells begin to independently produce proteins

Genetic testing helps uncover the international criminal networks behind ivory trafficking

Could DNA from Air Help us to Measure Animal Biodiversity?

Three proteins as potential new therapeutic targets in movement disorders

Study compares the chromosomal position of genes from diverse animals

Researchers decipher the genome of Steller’s sea cow from fossil bones

CRISPR-Cas9 likely to cause unforeseen genetic variations, researchers warn

Researchers discover a sustainable approach for drug development

New computer tool identifies over 100,000 novel viruses

Research offers new insight into climate change in the Early Holocene

Study provides insight into replication and transcription machinery of ranaviruses

Predators may buffer the negative impacts of climate change by mitigating against biodiversity loss

Genetic signature of hybrid incompatibilities can be caused by ecology, research shows

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