The biological productivity of the Southern Ocean in the summertime is substantially greater than many previous estimates have suggested, according to new airborne research.

Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory graduate student Emily Isko, Associate Professor Arkarup Banerjee, and Professor Anthony Zador have discovered a relatively simple evolutionary change that enabled Alston’s singing mice to develop elaborate vocal capabilities. The finding has significant implications not only for neuroscience and evolutionary biology. It may inform future studies of behavioral development.

A preclinical study carried out by the Institute of Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia (IQAC) and the Institute for Molecular Biology of Barcelona (IBMB), both part of the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC), has developed a strategy that enables the forced elimination of proteins that help tumors survive chemotherapy. This finding opens a new avenue to tackle resistance to cancer treatments, one of the major challenges in oncology. The research, published in Nature Communications, provides a proof of concept for a new mechanism of induced degradation of harmful proteins, expanding the potential for developing more effective therapies in the future.

A protein found only in microscopic tardigrades, one that allows them to survive extreme conditions like dehydration, can convey similar durability in synthetic cells, according to new research from University of Michigan Engineering and the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering.

Heat stress from marine heatwaves can create a toxic relationship between seagrasses and a hidden ecosystem of bacteria, transforming a previously beneficial co-existence between marine plants and microbes into a harmful one, a University of Sydney and UNSW study has found.

When light shows the way but might become a trap: a new study by the Fisheries Research Station (Langenargen, Germany) and the University of Konstanz reveals how fish larvae perceive their environment.