Biology
Researchers discover fossils of giant sea lizard that ruled the oceans 66 million years ago
Researchers have discovered a huge new mosasaur from Morocco, named Thalassotitan atrox, which filled the apex predator niche. With massive...
New method of examining the brain’s electrical signals could hold the key to better treatment of epilepsy and schizophrenia
A new method of examining the brain’s electrical signals could hold the key to better treatment and understanding of conditions...
Sawfish fossils suggest teeth likely evolved from body scales in ancient fish
ERIE, Pa. — Scientists have long debated the origins of teeth. Did they evolve from body scales that migrated into...
Blood tests reveal gene expression changes in dolphins following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272345Credit: NMMF/CARMMHA, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Article URL: https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0272345 Article Title: Transcriptome profiling of blood from common bottlenose dolphins...
Plant immune systems can adapt to non-living environmental stressors, a new study reveals
When we think of plants, the phrase “stressed out” doesn’t typically come to mind. They are, after all, exempt from...
Organ-development discovery could boost battle against cancer
A new discovery from the University of Virginia School of Medicine has shed light on how our digestive tract, lungs...
Sahelanthropus, the oldest representative of humanity, was indeed bipedal…but that’s not all!
The acquisition of bipedalism is considered to be a decisive step in human evolution. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on...
Researchers use AI to define priority areas for action to combat deforestation in the Amazon
Using a method based on satellite images and artificial intelligence, Brazilian researchers have shown that the priority area for actions...
Gut microbiome influenced by host’s genetics, shows new study in mice
Your gut microbiome, the community of bacteria living in your digestive system, is not just affected by your diet and...
Climate change predicted to reduce kelp forests’ capacity to trap and store carbon
Kelp forms vast seaweed forests along temperate coastlines, which sequester large amounts of atmospheric carbon. But according to a study...
Getting less sleep makes people less likely to help others
Whether it’s a night of sleep deprivation, natural sleep variation, or just a single hour of sleep lost for a...
Beach trash accumulates in predictable patterns on Washington and Oregon shores
Citizen scientists recorded trash on Pacific Northwest beaches, from southern Oregon to Anacortes, Washington, to contribute to the growing study...
New players in the immune response
The human body contains 600 to 800 lymph nodes, which are specialised organs that trigger immune responses. To be informed...
Study first to link weed killer Roundup® to convulsions in animals
A recent report by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found more than 80 percent of urine...
A class of their own: New factors direct red algae chloroplast protein transport
Osaka, Japan – The oceans are often called Earth’s final frontier. Now, researchers from Japan have shown that this applies...
Surprising culprit worsens stroke, TBI damage
AUGUSTA, Ga. (Aug. 23, 2022) – In the aftermath of a stroke or TBI, a group of amino acids that...
Boxing clever: the simple conservation strategy saving threatened Roseate terns
A simple conservation strategy deployed by conservationists and scientists from BirdWatch Ireland, Trinity College Dublin and University College Dublin is...
Scripps Research awarded NIH BRAIN Initiative grant to map undiscovered parts of the central nervous system
LA JOLLA, CA—Across science and medicine, the brain remains one of the most mysterious and complex parts of the human...
Dogs cry more when reunited with their owners
Dogs and humans clearly have a special bond. But do dogs, like humans, produce more tears at times when they...
Researchers show how mutations in ‘dark genome’ cause pancreatic malformations
Researchers at the Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG) have identified a DNA sequence that is crucial for pancreatic differentiation and...
