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The tallest Begonia species in all Asia found in Tibet, China
With over 2050 known species, Begonia is one of the largest plant genera. Since most Begonias are small weeds, a...
U.S.-born black women at higher risk of preeclampsia than foreign-born counterparts; race alone does not explain disparity
A novel analysis of medical records for a racially diverse group of more than 6,000 women has added to evidence...
Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry
Human DNA can be extracted from the ‘cement’ head lice used to glue their eggs to hairs thousands of years...
Development of a new tool which uses focused light to reduce cellular contractile force
Cell generated force plays essential roles in a wide range of biological processes, such as cell motility, cytokinesis, and tissue...
Challenging ‘rule breakers’ – children will confront their peers, but how they do so varies across cultures
From how we say ‘hello’ to the side of the road we drive on, all societies have norms – or...
Kidney damage as a result of coronavirus infection
The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infects the kidneys and contributes to tissue scarring, as shown by researchers from the RWTH Uniklinik Aachen,...
‘Battle of the sexes’ begins in womb as father and mother’s genes tussle over nutrition
Cambridge scientists have identified a key signal that the fetus uses to control its supply of nutrients from the placenta,...
Disarming a blood-clotting protein prevents gum disease in mice
Blocking function of a blood-clotting protein prevented bone loss from periodontal (gum) disease in mice, according to research led by...
Earth’s first giant
The two-meter skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur, the earliest known, is shedding new light on the...
Blueprint reveals how plants build a sugar transport lane
A tiny region at the root tip has been found to be responsible for orchestrating the growth and development of...
Brain stimulation may facilitate rehabilitation of children with arthrogryposis
HSE academics joined researchers from the Turner Scientific Research Institute for Children's Orthopaedics to study how the brains of children...
Strains — not species — of gut microbes hold key to health and disease
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—December 23, 2021—Every day, the billions of bacteria that inhabit your digestive system change; the food you eat,...
‘Pop-up’ electronic sensors could detect when individual heart cells misbehave
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a powerful new tool that monitors the electrical activity inside...
Wildlife cameras show how foxes, racoons, stone martens and domestic cats get along in Berlin before and during Covid 19 lockdowns
Avoid or compete, eat or be eaten, exploit or cooperate – biotic communities are shaped by species interactions in many...
Out of Africa: The path of Homo sapiens
What routes did Homo sapiens take on his way from Africa to Europe and Asia in the previous millennia? The...
Microorganism sheds new light on cancer resistance
A simple, marine-dwelling creature known as Trichoplax adhaerens has some remarkable properties. The organism can tolerate unusually high doses of...
Mapping the musical mind
Researchers in Japan used magnetic resonance imaging to study the brains of secondary school students during a task focused on...
Communication between cells plays a major role in deciding their fate
Scientists have found a way to prove that biochemical signals sent from cell to cell play an important role in...
Venoms in snakes and salivary protein in mammals share a common origin
Snakes, some lizards and even a few mammals can have a venomous bite. Although these lineages split more than 300...
Researchers lay groundwork for potential dog-allergy vaccine
There have been many research efforts describing the nature and progression of dog allergies, but there have been very few...
