Biology
Pregnant women who fast during Ramadan tend to give birth to babies with lower weights, but this effect is reduced in women consuming a high fat diet outside of fasting hours
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281051Credit: Pexels, Pixabay, CC0 (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0281051 Article Title: Ramadan during pregnancy and neonatal health—Fasting, dietary composition...
Dolphin-like kentriodontids species might have gone extinct because of global cooling 14 million years ago
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0280218Credit: Guo, Kohno, 2023, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0280218 Article Title: An Early Miocene kentriodontoid...
1st observational evidence linking black holes to dark energy
Searching through existing data spanning 9 billion years, a team of researchers led by scientists at University of Hawaiʻi at...
Late Cenozoic climate cooling biogeographically shifted marine plankton communities
Studying changes in marine biogeographic patterns, and the factors impacting these patterns over geological time, can help scientists understand current...
Insect bite marks show first fossil evidence for plants’ leaves folding up at night
Plants can move in ways that might surprise you. Some of them even show “sleep movements,” folding or raising their...
Sensory cells taste cerebrospinal fluid to fight brain infections
In recent years, researchers have highlighted the presence of sensory receptors in unexpected areas of the human body. In lung...
Researchers evidence new characteristics of the extinct American cheetah ‘Miracinonyx’
The Miracinonyx trumani, commonly known as the American cheetah, lived in North America more than 13,000 years ago. Despite its...
Watch the fastest fish in the world hunt its prey – for the first time
FORT LAUDERDALE/DAVIE, Fla. – To say studying sailfish is challenging is an understatement. These fish, often described as the “fastest...
HKU neuroscientists discover a novel neural mechanisms of secretin receptor in regulating water intake Providing new ideas for solving hydromineral imbalance symptoms
Animals instinctively find and consume water when feeling thirsty in order to restore body fluid osmolality and plasma volume to...
Scientists find world’s oldest European hedgehog
The world’s oldest scientifically-confirmed European hedgehog has been found in Denmark by a citizen science project involving hundreds of volunteers....
Snakes can hear more than you think
A University of Queensland-led study has found that as well as ground vibrations, snakes can hear and react to airborne...
Pungent ginger compound puts immune cells on heightened alert
Ginger has a reputation for stimulating the immune system. New results from the Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at...
Number of fires in Brazilian Amazon in August-September 2022 was highest since 2010
The number of active fires recorded in the Brazilian Amazon in August-September 2022 was the highest since 2010, according to...
Journal of Pharmaceutical Analysis studies explore key traditional and modern therapeutics
Both traditional Chinese medicine and modern medicine are crucial for the treatment of diseases. JPA has published several studies exploring...
Cartesian Therapeutics Strengthens Research and Innovation Leadership with appointment of Professor Christopher M. Jewell as Chief Scientific Officer
Gaithersburg, MD—February 14, 2023 – Cartesian Therapeutics, a fully integrated biopharmaceutical company pioneering RNA cell therapy for autoimmune diseases and...
Researchers solve a 150-year-old mystery
Aetosaurs had a small head and a crocodile-like body. The land dwellers were up to six meters long and widely...
Genetic switch makes the eyes of male bees large and of female bees small
Bee researchers at Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) headed by Professor Dr Martin Beye have identified a new gene in...
Seasonal and circadian genetic variation charted across the human body
The daily rotation of Earth and its yearly voyage around the Sun marks the natural rhythm of life on the...
Pusan National University researchers explore the effects of acid hydrolysis on sulfated fucans in sea cucumbers and sea urchins
Cultures from across the globe have used plant and animal extracts as food and traditional medicine. For instance, Asians, especially...
From molecules to cellular structures: Jan Brugués joined the Cluster of Excellence “Physics of Life” at TU Dresden
Physics of molecules leads to biological functionsCredit: MPI-CBG/Katrin Boes Physics of molecules leads to biological functions "How do the building...
