Dec. 6, 2019 Biologists are making strides in understanding biological clock function in several model organisms and translating these studies into broader implications for human ...
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Dec. 6, 2019 Researchers have developed the 'FrogPhone', a novel device which allows scientists to call up a frog survey site and monitor them in the wild. The FrogPhone is the world's first ...
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Dec. 6, 2019 Researchers lift the veil on the 'conductor' plant root stem cell gene that helps orchestrate and coordinate stem cell division of different root stem cell types, ensuring the harmonic ...
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Dec. 6, 2019 An important tool for monitoring seabird populations involves acoustic sensors deployed at nesting sites to record sounds over long periods of time. But analysis of the recordings to identify and ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Protocells -- artificial cells -- that are active and mimic living cells by moving independently and that are biocompatible and enzymatically active are now possible using an improved ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Rats exchange information about danger in a reciprocal fashion, and this information transfer is at least partially mediated by a brain region called the anterior cingulate ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Herbivorous dinosaurs evolved many times during the 180 million-year Mesozoic era, and while they didn't all evolve to chew, swallow, and digest their food in the same way, a few specific ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Study in mice shows the nervous system not only detects the presence of Salmonella in the gut but actively stops the organism from infecting the ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 The first flowering plants originated more than 140 million years ago in the early Cretaceous. They are the most diverse plant group on Earth with more than 300,000 species. Evolutionary biologists ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Researchers have genetically modified malaria carrying mosquitoes in order to demonstrate the role of particular genes in conferring insecticide ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 When cells are stressed, they initiate a complex and precisely regulated response to prevent permanent damage. One of the immediate reactions to stress signals is a reduction of protein synthesis ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 In an effort to replicate an experiment conducted over a century ago, researchers present evidence confirming at least one single-cell organism -- the trumpet-shaped Stentor roeselii -- exhibits a ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Placing lights on fishing nets reduces the chances of sea turtles and dolphins being caught by accident, new research ...
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Dec. 5, 2019 Research suggests fire, as it becomes more frequent and severe, poses a substantial risk to goshawks in the Sierra Nevada ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 It has long been suggested that a cell protease could take part in enterovirus infection. However, the identity of such proteases have remained ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 Researchers show how plants harness toxic molecules called reactive oxygen species for the signaling pathway that gives rise to roots. Identifying the complex molecular interactions that regulate ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 Unlike wine, which generally improves with time, beer does not age well. Usually within a year of bottling, the beverage starts to develop an unpleasant papery or cardboard-like flavor that drinkers ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 That white rot fungi on fallen logs in a forest, it's super ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 A study in mice shows for the first time that epigenetics -- the molecular mechanisms that determine which genes are turned on or off -- plays a key role in determining an individual's innate ...
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Dec. 4, 2019 Air-based maps of plant chemistry are improving carbon cycling models in hyper-diverse tropical ...
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