Biology
Rare fossil teeth from China overturn long-held views about evolution of vertebrates
An international team of researchers has discovered 439-million-year-old remains of a toothed fish that suggest the ancestors of modern osteichthyans...
Fish fossils breathe new life into fin and limb evolutionary hypothesis
A trove of fossils, unearthed in rock from China dating back some 436 million years, has revealed for the first...
Dead fish breathes new life into the evolutionary origin of fins and limbs
A trove of fossils in China, unearthed in rock dating back some 436 million years, have revealed for the first...
Browse, graze, mate: Food and company help animals in captivity
From tongue rolling alpacas to irritable yaks and perturbed pigs, new research has lifted the lid on why some farm...
Ochsner Health receives transformational gift to build state-of-the-art neuroscience center
NEW ORLEANS, La. – Today, Ochsner Health gratefully announces a generous gift that will establish its state-of-the art, freestanding neuroscience...
Armoured worm reveals the ancestry of three major animal groups
Armoured worm reveals the ancestry of three major animal groupsCredit: Illustration made by Roberts Nicholls, Paleocreations.com Armoured worm reveals the...
Urgent dialysis during hospitalization for surgery predicts poor outcomes
Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) find that a need for emergency dialysis during hospitalization for surgery is...
Enemy turned ally: Ancient viral genes protect the brain against new infections
From the common cold to COVID-19, viruses have a massive impact on our day-to-day lives, but infections that occurred millions...
New study allows scientists to test therapeutics for rare disease affecting young children
MADISON — For the first time, scientists will be able to test therapeutics for a group of rare neurodegenerative diseases...
The neural cartography of smell
NEW YORK – Rendering the invisible visible is among scientists’ favorite challenges. Credit: Hani Shayya/Stavros Lomvardas/Columbia’s Zuckerman Institute NEW YORK –...
The mysterious mechanics of morphogenesis
Tissue engineering—creating a “seed” of tissue that could grow into a functional, life-saving organ—sounds like magic. But it could become...
Key phases of human evolution coincide with flickers in eastern Africa’s climate
Three distinct phases of climate variability in eastern Africa coincided with shifts in hominin evolution and dispersal over the last...
Role of α-ketoglutarate acid （AKG）and its receptor OXGR1 in male sperm maturation
Infertility is a global public health problem caused by genetic defects, lifestyle, nutrition, and factors affecting the local metabolism and...
‘Placenta-on-a-chip’ mimics malaria-infected nutrient exchange between mother-fetus
Placental malaria as a consequence of Plasmodium falciparum infections can lead to severe complications for both mother and child. Each year,...
Flower strips and hedges combine to boost bees in orchards
Researchers at the University of Freiburg have found that hedges and perennial flower strips are complementary in supporting wild bees...
Living donor transplantation offers a safe alternative for liver transplant patients
Amsterdam, September 26, 2022 – Demand for donor livers for transplant patients outstrips supply with over 15% of waitlist patients...
Longhorned tick discovered in northern Missouri for first time, MU researchers find
The Longhorned tick causes the loss of millions of dollars in agricultural revenue to cattle producers worldwide, and it is...
New UMBC research finds that viruses may have “eyes and ears” on us
New UMBC-led research in Frontiers in Microbiology suggests that viruses are using information from their environment to “decide” when to...
New research throws doubt on old ideas of how hearing works
The way in which we experience music and speech differs from what has until now been believed. This is the...
Coral genome reveals cysteine surprise
Model animals, such as mice and fruit flies, have provided scientists with powerful insights into how cellular biology works. However,...
