Biology Current Events is the news section here on Macroevolution.net. It offers recent biology articles and news about scientific discoveries and interesting current events in biology. Topics covered range from evolution to marine biology news. From time to time, this page also links to interesting biology news stories on other websites.
Bug-sized flying robots
Researchers at Harvard and Johns Hopkins are working to develop tiny robots that fly. Full article →
New treatment zaps brain tumors in mice
Tocagen Inc. has announced a treatment for high grade glioma that eradicates brain tumors and provides a dramatic (near 100%) survival benefit in mice. Full article →
An effective breast cancer vaccine!
Researchers from the University of Georgia and the Mayo Clinic have announced a new and effective breast cancer vaccine. Full article →
New flu test is fast and accurate
A new flu test based on nanotechnology is cheaper and faster than conventional tests, and accurately identifies strains. Full article →
Atrazine: An environmental blight
A new study finds consistent patterns of reproductive dysfunction in amphibians, fish, reptiles and mammals exposed to the widely used herbicide atrazine. Full article →
Kepler-22b: A habitable planet
NASA's Kepler mission has confirmed its first planet in the "habitable zone," the region where liquid water could exist on a planet’s surface. Full article →
Chimpanzees: Share and share alike?
Savanna chimpanzee's behavior sheds light on that of early humans. Full article →
A call for better world government
An effective environmental governance system needs to be instituted soon, according to independent experts commissioned by organizers of the huge “Planet Under Pressure” conference in London March 26-29, 2012. Full article →
Earthquake victim detector
Molecules in their breath, sweat and skin have been used to detect humans in a simulation of a earthquake-collapsed building, raising the prospect of portable sensors for use in real-life situations. Full article →
What bacteria don't know can hurt them
Preventing bacteria from sensing starvation increases their susceptibility to antibiotics. Full article →
Low-fat yogurt and pregnancy
Pregnant mothers eating low-fat yogurt can increase the risk of their children developing asthma and allergic rhinitis (hay fever), according to recent findings. Full article →
Giant dust storms in the Southwest
Over the next couple of decades, researchers say, the American West will transition to an environment that may make the 1930s Dust Bowl seem mild and brief. Full article →
Honduran earthquake damages Belizean Barrier Reef
A recent study looks at a rare but catastrophic impact on reefs: the damage caused by natural disasters such as an earthquakes. Full article →
Pregnant dolphins: It's a drag
Pregnant women aren't the only ones with problems. Pregnant dolphins have their troubles, too. Full article →
Flu and MRSA: A deadly connection
The largest nationwide investigation to date of influenza in critically ill children, led by Children's Hospital Boston, found that simultaneous infection with MRSA increased the risk for flu-related mortality 8-fold among previously healthy children. Full article →
Sewage and caffeine: A close correlation
Researchers have discovered that traces of caffeine are a useful indicator of sewage contamination. Full article →
New flu test is fast and accurate
A new flu test developed at the University of Georgia is fast, cheap, and accurately identifies strains. Full article →
Face transplants: A new approach
Integrated 3-D imaging facilitates human face transplantation. Full article →
Sewage causing coral pox
According to a new study, sewage contamination is the cause of white pox, a devastating disease of coral. Full article →
Biology Current Events for Kids:
Biological tape uses insect tricks to stick
German scientists have created a dry, biological tape that can be repeatedly peeled off without losing its adhesive properties. Full article →
Wasps in dinosaur eggs
Well-preserved fossil insect cocoons have allowed researchers in Argentina to describe how wasps bred in rotting dinosaur eggs. Full article →
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Existence of life on Mars virtually ruled out. Sorry, Edgar!
New study says Mars may have been arid to support life for last 600 million years. Full article →
Paper wasps: A head for faces
Though paper wasps have brains less than a millionth the size of a human's, they can still recognize faces. Full article →
Protection from severe malaria explained
Scientists have discovered why severe malaria does not occur in people with sickle-cell anemia. Full article →
How will climate change impact leaf fall?
USGS scientists are studying how autumn leaf fall may be impacted by climate change.
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Humpback whales on rebound
Scientists have increased their estimate of the number of humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean. Full article →
Ocean acidification: Things to come?
Submarine springs offer preview of ocean acidification effects on coral reefs. Full article →
Super bacteria
A new study says they lurk in even the cleanest wastewater. Full article →
Glowing cats fight AIDS
Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new immunization strategy to fight feline AIDS and illuminate ways to combat human HIV/AIDS and other diseases.
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The ultimate camouflage
Marine biologists are studying the skin of cephalopods to create the camouflage of the future.
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Newest cancer therapies
Some of the newest cancer therapies remove the brakes cancer puts on the immune system. Full article →
Barred Sand Bass, Kelp Bass endangered
Stocks of both these fish have collapsed due to a combination of overfishing of their breeding areas and changes in oceanographic conditions. Full article →
Biologist Biographies
Had enough biology news? Read a biologist's biography:
John Xantus (1825-1894). The Hungarian immigrant and adventurer who named many of the plants and animals of the American West. Full article →
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.). Greek philosopher and early scientist. Often called the "father of biology." Full article →
William Smith (1769-1839). Established from geological evidence, independently of Cuvier, the fact that evolution has occurred over time. Full article →
Adam Sedgwick (1785-1873). British paleontologist. Namer of the Devonian and Cambrian periods. One of the foremost scientists of his era. Full article →
Non-news articles from Biology Current Events:
Golden Poison Frog
The most poisonous vertebrate known. Full article →
Widow spiders: Most fatalities worldwide
Widow spiders are so widespread that they kill more people than do spiders of any other kind.
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What is a biologist?
Read about what biologists are and what they do. Full article →
Biology topics
Read about the various fields of biology. Full article →
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