Tag: biology

The 14 Largest US Tech Startup Funding Rounds of April 2021

StartupsMay 6, 2021

Armed with some data from our friends at CrunchBase, I broke down the largest US startup funding rounds from April 2021. I have...

UAB spinoff to treat chronic respiratory disease announces $3 million seed funding

BioengineerMay 5, 2021

ResBiotic Inc. will use the money to develop and commercialize groundbreaking probiotic formulations for lung health. BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – A biomedical research company...

Rein Ulijn receives Vannevar Bush Faculty Fellowship

BioengineerMay 5, 2021

Ulijn is the second ASRC faculty member in just two years to receive the Department of Defense’s most prestigious single-investigator award NEW YORK,...

How a Yale scientist and REM star named an ant for a Warhol ‘Superstar’

BioengineerMay 5, 2021

The ant came in a small vial of ethanol, sealed in a plastic bag, and packed in a small cardboard box. It was...

Distinguished diabetes researcher named 2021 Hamm prize laureate

BioengineerMay 5, 2021

Credit: University of Exeter Medical School, U.K. OKLAHOMA CITY – Andrew T. Hattersley, DBE, FMedSci, FRS, has been named the recipient of...

Research confirms trawl ban substantially increases the abundance of marine organisms

BioengineerMay 5, 2021

Biodiversity is of crucial importance to the marine ecosystem. The prohibition of trawling activities in the Hong Kong marine environment for two...

The ants, bees and wasps of Canada, Alaska and Greenland – a checklist of 9250 species

BioengineerMay 5, 2021

Knowing what species live in which parts of the world is critical to many fields of study, such as conservation biology and environmental...

Like a Trojan horse, graphene oxide can act as a carrier of organic pollutants to fish

BioengineerMay 5, 2021

The UPV/EHU-University of the Basque country is exploring the effects of graphene oxide alone and in combination with certain organic compounds on zebra...

Meet the freaky fanged frog from the Philippines

BioengineerMay 5, 2021

LAWRENCE — Researchers at the University of Kansas have described a new species of fanged frog discovered in the Philippines that’s nearly indistinguishable...

New bonobo genome fine tunes great ape evolution studies

BioengineerMay 5, 2021

A newly generated bonobo genome assembly is helping pinpoint specific variants that distinguish chimpanzee and bonobo lineages Chimpanzees and bonobos diverged comparatively recently...