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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