Biology

Explore biology, plants, fungi, insects and living systems through research, species profiles, natural adaptations and surprising life-science facts.

Latest in Biology

Articles & explainers

3,879 published items in this category and its subcategories.

Stem cell research: Far from being
Biology

Stem cell research: Far from being

Recently, many published laboratory studies show that the ability to replace human organs is broken from stem cells ... Is this prospect ever applied in practice?

December 17, 2018
Bio-plastics are weaving into life
Biology

Bio-plastics are weaving into life

Rising fuel prices and environmental problems are now a top concern for mankind. Therefore, research and development of environmentally friendly consumer products has be…

December 17, 2018
Identify genes that affect alcohol consumption
Biology

Identify genes that affect alcohol consumption

According to a recent study, a variation of a gene involved in neuronal communication in mice has a direct effect on alcohol consumption in rats. Researchers do not know…

December 17, 2018
Are humans evolving faster?
Biology

Are humans evolving faster?

Genetic evidence found that the evolution of humanity is accelerating, it does not level off or only increases at a regular pace as the researchers still think. Thus, it…

December 17, 2018
Deploy scale program on stem cells
Biology

Deploy scale program on stem cells

A national scale program on stem cell research and application is being implemented by the Ministry of Science and Technology. On December 10, Dr. Phan Toan Thang (Singa…

December 17, 2018
Bacteria that make carbon nanotubes
Biology

Bacteria that make carbon nanotubes

Chemists and engineers from the United States and South Korea have discovered some types of semiconductor nanotubes made from living organisms, bacteria - this discovery…

December 17, 2018
Cats glow in the night
Biology

Cats glow in the night

Korean scientists have created fluorescently modified cats in the body, to find ways to treat genetic diseases in humans. This has caused cats to glow in the dark when e…

December 17, 2018
Producing energy from termite gut
Biology

Producing energy from termite gut

Termites will no longer be human troubles if scientists succeed in finding new sources of energy from these organisms. A type of gut bacteria that is capable of converti…

December 17, 2018
Hydrogen sulfide compound: The key to longevity
Biology

Hydrogen sulfide compound: The key to longevity

Hydrogen sulphide, or H2S, is a rotten egg-smelling compound that has been successfully used by researchers at the Fred Hutchinson Center for Cancer Research to make the…

December 17, 2018
Homosexual intercourse in fruit flies
Biology

Homosexual intercourse in fruit flies

Researcher David Featherstone, of the University of Illinois at Chicago, led the team who discovered that sexual orientation in fruit flies is controlled by an unknown n…

December 17, 2018
Church cells and stance
Biology

Church cells and stance

Recently, mass media and newspapers have published and widely disseminated the research results of Stem Cells, especially the applications and effects of use. Stem cells…

December 17, 2018
Moss - super food for hunger
Biology

Moss - super food for hunger

The Physcomitrella moss still retains its primitive appearance, bearing similarities to the first plants that appeared on land about 450 million years ago. Only with a v…

December 17, 2018
Science has a new butterfly
Biology

Science has a new butterfly

The group of adventurers at the London Museum of Natural History, England, discovered a completely new butterfly in South America. They are moderately sized, coffee-colo…

December 17, 2018