Wildlife camera photos of various species at cheetah marking trees in Namibia. Credit: Cheetah Research Project team Marking trees are important hotspots of communication for cheetahs: Here they excha...
阅读全文RIT scientists studied how the viral spike proteins in several SARS-CoV-2 variants interact with the host cell receptors known as ACE2 in both humans and various bats of genus Rhinolophus, pictured he...
阅读全文Credit: University of Maryland How did Tyrannosaurus rex catch its food? Looking at T. rex's fossilized skull, the answer may seem obvious: monstrous jaws and sharp teeth capable of delivering a multi...
阅读全文University of Vermont (UVM) researchers mimicked climate change-triggered extreme precipitation events in an experiment at the UVM Jericho Research Forest in northwestern Vermont. They discovered seve...
阅读全文性信息素通信是一种古老且特异的通信形式，普遍地被昆虫利用来定位配偶和促进交配。自1959年第一种昆虫性信息素——蚕蛾醇被鉴定以来（Butenandt et al., 1959），昆虫性信息素鉴定和相关感受机制研究一直是化学生态...
阅读全文非酒精性脂肪肝病（NAFLD）是普遍发生的肝脏类疾病，可进一步发展成非酒精性脂肪肝炎（NASH）。NASH主要病理特征包括肝脂肪变性、肝炎、肝纤维化等。肝细胞死亡与炎症是造成NASH发展成终点肝病如肝硬化、肝癌等的重要...
阅读全文中科院研究成果为金鱼从头驯化奠定基础 桂建芳院士团队研究成果被选作《中国科学：生命科学》（英文版）封面文章。受访者供图 基于精准分子设计育种技术创建的金鱼新品系。受访者供图 《中国科学报》记者从中科院...
阅读全文增温森林生态系统土壤微生物组装过程差异获揭示 在国家自然科学基金、广东省重点研发计划及博士后基金的资助下，中科院华南植物园科研人员研究揭示了增温下森林生态系统土壤微生物组装过程差异。相关研究近日发表于...
阅读全文编辑推荐： 大阪城市大学的研究人员将7种蛋白质引入一种合成细菌中，这种合成细菌被认为是通过改变细菌螺旋体的旋转方向来让细菌游动的。结果，他们证实了合成的细菌syn3，它通常是球形的，形成了一个螺旋，可以...
阅读全文该研究依托鼎湖山森林生态系统国家野外科学观测研究站的野外模拟增温实验平台（ 2012 年开始运行），分析了 2018-2020 连续三年增温下土壤细菌与真菌群落结构与组装过程。结果表明，在增温 6 年后，土壤微生物网络结...
阅读全文Tree frog (Hyla arborea). Credit: Jelger Herder / RAVON During the spring of 2021, a group of eight biology students from Leiden set out into the dunes in search of amphibians. Using DNA, they determi...
阅读全文The mummichog, or Atlantic killifish, which occurs along the Atlantic coast, from Florida to Canada. Credit: NOAA Human-released greenhouse gases are causing the world to warm, and with that warming c...
阅读全文This microscopic image shows an active Northern star coral in a lab at Roger William University with its tentacles extended. Credit: Alicia Schickle/Roger Williams University As winter approaches, man...
阅读全文Madagascar is the world's fourth largest island and is renowned for its biodiversity. Its ecosystems are home to a wide variety of plants and wildlife, including baobab trees and ring-tailed lemurs. C...
阅读全文Three-dimension model of plant LACCASE responsible of “encoding” one aspect of lignin chemistry. Carbon skeleton is shown in grey, key amino-acids for lignin oxidation in blue with copper atoms in o...
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