Biology
Turns out developing a taste for carbs wasn’t a bad thing
Findings on Neanderthal oral microbiomes offer new clues on evolution, healthCredit: Katerina Guschanski A new study looking at the evolutionary...
As global climate shifts, forests’ futures may be caught in the wind
Global wind currents have shaped the genetic diversity of our planet's forests and could either help or hinder tree populations...
Long-term stress in dogs linked to the owner-dog relationship
Credit: Anna Nilsen/Linköping University The relationship a dog has with its owner is related to its stress level. This is...
Conservationists concerned about illegal hunting and exploitation of porcupines in Indonesia
Credit: James Eaton Porcupines are frequently traded across Asia, and Indonesia, home to five species, is no exception. They are...
Clue to killer whale cluster
Why do more than 100 gather off WA every year?Credit: photo courtesy Naturaliste Charters, WA A Flinders University researcher has...
Study indicates São Tomé island has two species of caecilians found nowhere else on Earth
Research adds evidence to century-long scientific debate and reveals how volcanic activity may have driven divergence of the limbless amphibiansCredit:...
Treating cerebral aneurysms with a new filling method
Credit: POSTECH Cerebral aneurysms are malformations caused by abnormalities on the walls of blood vessels in the brain. When these...
Firefighting chemical found in sea lion and fur seal pups
PFAS detected in endangered sea lion in SA and in Australian fur seals in VICCredit: Louise Cooper, University of Sydney....
Flower size correlates with pollinator size, evolved independently among mountains
Credit: Tsubasa Toji, Shinshu University The morphological compatibility between flowers and insects was given in the famous textbook example of...
Engineering diseased human skin in vitro
Credit: POSTECH The skin, which covers the surface of the human body, is its largest organ. It is the first...
Molecular tweezers that attack antibiotic resistant bacteria developed by Ben-Gurion U.
Credit: Dani Machlis/BGU BEER-SHEVA, Israel May 10, 2021 - Researchers from Ben-Gurion University (BGU), together with American and German colleagues,...
Stop the genetic presses!
Study describes new mechanism for terminating transcription of DNA into RNA in bacteriaCredit: Babitzke Laboratory and Dani Zemba, Penn State...
Turning a pancreatic cancer cell’s addiction into a death sentence
Credit: Visual Services, UHN (Toronto, Friday, May 7, 2021) -- Probing the unique biology of human pancreatic cancer cells in...
Essential virulence proteins of corn smut discovered
Plant pathogen needs membrane-bound protein complex to be virulentCredit: MPI f. Terrestrial Microbiology/ Geisel To infect its host plant maize,...