Fish sensory organ key to improving navigational skills of underwater robots

by University of Bristol Scientists, led by University of Bristol, have been studying a fish sensory organ to understand cues for collective behaviour which could ...

Virus plus microplastics equal double whammy for fish health

by David Malmquist, Virginia Institute of Marine Science Microplastics—tiny particles generated as plastics weather and fragment—pose a growing threat to ecosystem and human health. A ...

Using a seaweed sugar to trigger immune responses that suppress melanomas

by H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute Immunotherapies have improved outcomes of many patients with cancer, including melanoma. But these therapies work for ...

Exploding carp numbers are ‘like a house of horrors’ for our rivers. Is it time to unleash carp herpes?

Ivor Stuart, Charles Sturt University; John Koehn, Charles Sturt University; Katie Doyle, Charles Sturt University, and Lee Baumgartner, Charles Sturt University With widespread La Niña ...

Microalgae could be the future of sustainable superfood in a rapidly changing world, study finds

by Frontiers Algae. It’s what’s for dinner. This variation on the iconic US advertising slogan from the beef industry may sound funny, but it’s no ...

Kelp farms could help reduce coastal marine pollution

by University of Alaska Fairbanks The water-filtering abilities of farmed kelp could help reduce marine pollution in coastal areas, according to a new University of ...

An Old Yellow Enzyme helps algae combat photooxidative stress

by Meike Drießen, Ruhr-Universität Bochum Old Yellow Enzymes have been known for almost 100 years, but their function in organisms has remained largely in the ...

The role of a novel long non-coding RNA in the immune escape of pathogenic Vibrio in fish

by KeAi CommunicationsMicroRNAs (miRNA) are small non-coding RNAs that regulate almost all biological processes, protein production, inflammatory responses, immune regulation, tumorigenesis and infection. In mammals, ...

Aquaponics: Growing Crops on the ‘Open Water’

By Scott Elliott, ARS Office of Communications in Research and Science It may be winter, but it is still possible to access fresh, locally-grown produce. ...

Breathing new life into waste industrial marine plastics

By Christina Benjaminsen, Norwegian Scitech News The fisheries and aquaculture sectors are major users of plastics. A research project has recently been launched to investigate ...