Biology

Credit: Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit Loss of the heat-shielding forest canopy and the obstacle of fallen trees have caused elk to avoid beetle-killed areas of the Medicine Bow-Routt National Forest, according to new…
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Dance video shows 'unsociable' particles becoming 'joyful' pairs Scientific research can be a lonely pursuit. And for Pramodh Senarath Yapa, a physicist at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, even the subject of his research is…
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Credit: Deepak Bhandari & Dmitry Lapin Plant defense against invading pathogens relies upon effective recognition of non-self organisms and a subsequent signaling response characterized by reprogramming of host gene expression and…
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Scientists present an analysis of source apportion of BC into the atmosphere throughout the Arctic in different seasonsCredit: Tomsk Polytechnic University Scientists from seven countries, including Austria, the Netherlands and five key…
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Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina reveal a novel binding site for a class of anti-cancer drugs known as E1 inhibitors. This finding could lead to the design of more efficient E1 inhibitors.Credit: Medical University of…
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Credit: ICFO The first of ICFO's devices on display will allow customers to monitor their level of exposure to sunlight through a UV sensor. Designed as a flexible, transparent and disposable patch, it connects to a mobile device and…
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Active, middle-aged men able to complete more than 40 push-ups had a significantly lower risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) outcomes--including diagnoses of coronary artery disease and major events such as heart failure--during 10 years…
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Intervention potential route to improving child health in West Africa Interventions which educate and support new mothers in West Africa to exclusively breastfeed (where infants are only fed breast milk) can significantly increase the…
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Credit: Sam Sapin Researchers have uncovered new evidence about the agriculturally important process of vernalization in a development that could help farmers deal with financially damaging weather fluctuations. Vernalization is the…
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New citizen science project From Diamond Light Source seeks to train AI to identify virus particlesCredit: Diamond Light Source, 2019 Today sees the launch of an innovative Citizen Science Project by Diamond Light Source, the UK's…
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Program spotlights scientific innovation across African continent February 15, 2019 (Washington, D.C.) - Johnson & Johnson Innovation today announced five winners of the first Champions of Science - Africa Storytelling Challenge. The…
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Fighting marine pollutionCredit: GRC- Marine Geosciences /University of Barcelona The light of ALBA Synchrotron will enable revealing the environmental impact of the tons of mining waste thrown for over forty years in the Portman bay…
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Collaborating on the development of Texture brings eLife a step closer to its open-source, end-to-end publisher workflow eLife has announced today its investment in the development of Texture - an open-source toolset for the editing and…
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This book is Edited by: Atta-ur-Rahman, M. Iqbal Choudhary, published on: December 14th, 2019. The incidence of obesity among populations in both the developing and the developed world has reached epidemic proportions. In response to this,…
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