Biology

"Biology books will need to be amended": Scientists identify molecule that slims without diet

Scientists in Australia say they have identified a previously unseen way the body controls stored sugar.

White sugar and brown sugar
Laboratory mice.

Tiny DNA tweak flips biological sex, researchers report

 Ryugu.

Space sample reveals all five building blocks of DNA, scientists say

A woman drinking water

Anxious thoughts about aging may speed biological wear and tear, research says


Waste not want not: Biofuels can be developed from organic household waste - study

This new biofuel would have several advantages, namely that the emissions produced from these biofuels contain significantly fewer harmful chemicals.

 AN ISRAELI company is turning the contents of your trash can into clean energy.

Knowing the Land of Israel part 3: Discovering little wonders in Ashkelon National Park

Lycaenid caterpillars have called this place home since before the first Canaanites set up camp on the Ashkelon beach so many millennia ago.

 THE ADULT of the Tarucus butterfly, seen in Ashkelon National Park.

Hebrew U. discovery offers new, predictive tool for cancer that uses nano informatics and AI

Hebrew University discovery to ‘revolutionize’ cancer treatment with a new, predictive-tool ‘breakthrough’ in predicting cancer using nano informatics and AI.

 Illustration.

Eucalyptus leaves for koalas are causing harm to the ecological balance in the Negev

Hebrew University researchers recommend that reforestation efforts give priority to species with minimal damage to the environment

 Anemones in the Negev.

Israel research identifies harmful biomass posing risk of infections to animals, humans

Those tiny organisms, found everywhere on the Earth’s surface, are also important in influencing various processes, including soil health and pollutant decomposition.

 Dr. Naama Lang-Yona.

Israeli researchers measure interaction between immune cells and cancer cells

A new technology developed at Bar-Ilan University will help oncologists and other medical professionals to determine the best way to treat patients.

 Photo (left to right): Tal Goldberg, Dr. Shahar Alon, Michal Danino, Prof. Gonen Singer

What causes bookworms to digest old books?

The same thing that attracts silverfish to old books causes celiac disease, say scientists.

 A book containing George Washington’s personal copies of the US Constitution and Bill of Rights, displayed at Christie’s auction house in New York.

Self-dyeing, plastic-free vegan leather can be grown from bacteria, study shows

Their new process could also theoretically be adapted to have bacteria grow materials with various patterns and vibrant colors and to make more sustainable alternatives to other textiles.

The self-dyeing vegan, plastic-free leather is  a step forward in the quest for more sustainable fashion. (Illustrative).

TAU researchers explain how viruses decide whether to become good or bad

In an arms race between bacteria and viruses, the submicroscopic infectious agents improve their decision making by adopting defense systems built against them

 This digitally-colorized scanning electron micrograph depicts four magenta-colored, spherical methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) bacteria in the process of being phagocytized by a blue-colored human white blood cells in this undated handout photo.

U of Haifa finds 'groundbreaking discovery' in Parkinson's research

A new study undertaken at the University of Haifa has, for the first time, found a connection between PD and the ECM in the brain.

 Professor Shani Stern