New research helps explain the genetic basis for why we look the way we do
Which genes control the defining features that make us look as we do? And how do they make it happen?Credit: Bier Lab, UC San Diego...
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Introduced birds are not replacing roles of human-caused extinct species
Human-caused bird extinctions are driving losses of functional diversity on islands worldwide, and the gaps they leave behind are not being filled by introduced (alien)...
The world’s largest ammonite species evolved to reach diameters of 1.5-1.8m around 80 million years ago, possibly to evade predation
The world’s largest ammonite species evolved to reach diameters of 1.5-1.8m around 80 million years ago, possibly to evade predationCredit: Ifrim et al., 2021, PLOS...
Pet cats seem to track their owner’s location – and are surprised in experiments when their voice appears to come from somewhere else
Pet cats seem to track their owner's location - and are surprised in experiments when their voice appears to come from somewhere elseCredit: Yerlin Matu,...
Mosaic brain evolution in guppies helps to explain vertebrate cognitive evolution
Researchers at Stockholm University have provided the first experimental evidence that brain regions can evolve independently of each other during cognitive evolution. This so called...
Skin microbiome bacteria – and bacterial pathways – identified as associated with ageing skin
Skin microbiome bacteria - and bacterial pathways - identified as associated with ageing skinCredit: Alkema et al., 2021, PLOS ONE, CC-BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Skin microbiome...
Rice tapped to develop 3D-printed ‘smart helmets’ for the military
HOUSTON – (Nov. 10, 2021) – Rice University researchers have received $1.3 million from the Office of Naval Research through the Defense Research University Instrumentation Program to...
Can we produce organs and tissues?
"There is an urgent and growing need for human tissues and organs worldwide, many patients are waiting.” The words are from Jennifer Lewis, professor at...
The future of face masks
Building better air filters could help head off the next pandemic. At the 74th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics, scientists will present...
A newly discovered genetic link to non-alcoholic inflammatory liver disease
Tsukuba, Japan – Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the accumulation of fat in the liver unrelated to alcohol abuse or other liver diseases. It...
Tiny droplets offer glimpse of real life inside a living cell
The inside of a cell is a busy, crowded place – full of proteins and other molecules colliding as they swirl through the cytosol, the...
Needle free glucose monitoring a step closer for diabetics
A needle-free technology that would allow people with diabetes to measure blood sugar levels without having to stick a needle into their fingertips, has been...
Palmitic acid promotes cancer metastasis and leaves a more aggressive “memory” in tumour cells
Credit: IRB Barcelona Researchers at IRB Barcelona publish in the journal Nature the mechanism by which dietary palmitic acid (and not oleic or...
Chickpea genes catalogued in unprecedented detail to secure food supply despite climate warming
A new study in Nature by an international research team featuring Skoltech researchers has looked at the DNA of over 3,000 chickpea plants, cataloguing all possible genetic...
Development of a curious robot to study coral reef ecosystems awarded $1.5 million by the National Science Foundation
Woods Hole, MA (Nov. 10, 2021) - A grant by the National Science Foundation to researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and Syracuse...