Human ancestry has been shaped by mixing and matching alleles
The course of human history has been marked by complex patterns of migration, isolation, and admixture, the latter a term that refers to gene flow...
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Puppeteer fungus’ targeted takeover of zombie flies
In a new study published in eLife, lead author Carolyn Elya, postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard, reveals the...
A recent investigation led by the CSIC successfully maps the shallow seabed of the Mediterranean coast using satellite images
Satellite-derived bathymetry continues to advance and improve rapidly. A recent scientific study has confirmed the effectiveness of a methodology developed to obtain bathymetric data from...
Collaborative Research Center/Transregio 265 “Losing and Regaining Control over Drug Intake” is supported by the German Research Foundation
One of the main risk factors for death and disability worldwide is the use of intoxicants (alcohol, tobacco and illicit drugs). We know a great...
Novel gene-editing strategy leverages unusual genetic alteration to block HIV spread in cells
(Philadelphia, PA) – Genetic alterations that give rise to a rare, fatal disorder known as MOGS-CDG paradoxically also protect cells against infection by viruses. Now,...
Only 13% of global methane emissions are covered by policy, and those policies are often ineffective
Methane, a greenhouse gas known to do about 80 times more damage to the atmosphere than carbon dioxide over a 20-year period, is often overlooked...
Researchers build mosquito testing arena to discover how they find us over long distances
We know a lot about mosquito preferences up close, but how do mosquitoes find us from up to a hundred meters away? Using an ice-rink-sized...
Insilico Medicine-led study combines quantum computing and generative AI for drug discovery
Insilico Medicine (“Insilico”), a clinical stage generative artificial intelligence (AI)-driven drug discovery company, today announced that it combined two rapidly developing technologies, quantum computing and...
A ribosomal traffic jam that breaks the heart
Fukuoka, Japan—A team of researchers have discovered that a mutation in a ribosomal protein found specifically in heart and skeletal muscle leads to impaired cardiac...
CAREER awards to foster quantum material research program
Physicist Jin Hu has been awarded a second Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) award, this time from the National Science Foundation. The new award of...
Artificial intelligence catalyzes gene activation research and uncovers rare DNA sequences
Artificial intelligence has exploded across our news feeds, with ChatGPT and related AI technologies becoming the focus of broad public scrutiny. Beyond popular chatbots, biologists...
UH researchers develop sensors that operate at high temperatures and in extreme environments
Extreme environments in several critical industries – aerospace, energy, transportation and defense – require sensors to measure and monitor numerous factors under harsh conditions to...
Smart material prototype challenges Newton’s laws of motion
COLUMBIA, Mo. – For more than 10 years, Guoliang Huang, the Huber and Helen Croft Chair in Engineering at the University of Missouri, has been...
Call for Canada, US to braid Indigenous rights, endangered species laws
Climbing caribou numbers in northeastern British Columbia prove that collaborations between Indigenous and colonial governments can reverse decades-long declines, but focus needs to shift to...
Out of the frying pan: Coyotes, bobcats move into human-inhabited areas to avoid apex predators — only to be killed by people
Link to Google Drive folder containing images:Credit: Zachary Wardle Link to Google Drive folder containing images: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Wv5Va5E0Pti0kLRogMUdoSnCEIaWlEFy?usp=sharing FROM: James Urton University of Washington 206-543-2580...
