Nits on ancient mummies shed light on South American ancestry
Human DNA can be extracted from the ‘cement’ head lice used to glue their eggs to hairs thousands of years ago, scientists have found, which...
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Development of a new tool which uses focused light to reduce cellular contractile force
Cell generated force plays essential roles in a wide range of biological processes, such as cell motility, cytokinesis, and tissue morphogenesis. In a study published...
Challenging ‘rule breakers’ – children will confront their peers, but how they do so varies across cultures
From how we say ‘hello’ to the side of the road we drive on, all societies have norms – or ‘rules’ – that shape people’s...
Kidney damage as a result of coronavirus infection
The Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 infects the kidneys and contributes to tissue scarring, as shown by researchers from the RWTH Uniklinik Aachen, Germany, and Radboudumc, The Netherlands....
‘Battle of the sexes’ begins in womb as father and mother’s genes tussle over nutrition
Cambridge scientists have identified a key signal that the fetus uses to control its supply of nutrients from the placenta, revealing a tug-of-war between genes...
Disarming a blood-clotting protein prevents gum disease in mice
Blocking function of a blood-clotting protein prevented bone loss from periodontal (gum) disease in mice, according to research led by scientists at the National Institute...
Earth’s first giant
The two-meter skull of a newly discovered species of giant ichthyosaur, the earliest known, is shedding new light on the marine reptiles’ rapid growth into...
Blueprint reveals how plants build a sugar transport lane
A tiny region at the root tip has been found to be responsible for orchestrating the growth and development of the complex network of vascular...
Brain stimulation may facilitate rehabilitation of children with arthrogryposis
HSE academics joined researchers from the Turner Scientific Research Institute for Children's Orthopaedics to study how the brains of children with arthrogryposis control elbow flexion...
Strains — not species — of gut microbes hold key to health and disease
SAN FRANCISCO, CA—December 23, 2021—Every day, the billions of bacteria that inhabit your digestive system change; the food you eat, medications you take, and germs...
‘Pop-up’ electronic sensors could detect when individual heart cells misbehave
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed a powerful new tool that monitors the electrical activity inside heart cells, using tiny “pop-up”...
Wildlife cameras show how foxes, racoons, stone martens and domestic cats get along in Berlin before and during Covid 19 lockdowns
Avoid or compete, eat or be eaten, exploit or cooperate – biotic communities are shaped by species interactions in many different ways. Urban environments represent...
Out of Africa: The path of Homo sapiens
What routes did Homo sapiens take on his way from Africa to Europe and Asia in the previous millennia? The climatic conditions changed, and with...
Microorganism sheds new light on cancer resistance
A simple, marine-dwelling creature known as Trichoplax adhaerens has some remarkable properties. The organism can tolerate unusually high doses of radiation that would kill most...
Mapping the musical mind
Researchers in Japan used magnetic resonance imaging to study the brains of secondary school students during a task focused on musical observation. They found that...
