Missing bones and our understanding of ancient biodiversity
Credit: Tom Stubbs and Dan Driscoll Fossils come in many shapes and sizes, ranging from isolated fragments of bones and teeth to complete skeletons. Palaeontologists...
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How our cells build different antennae to sense the world around us
Credit: Swadhin C. Jana Our body is made up of millions of cells that communicate with each other and with the environment using tiny antennae,...
Friendlier fish may be quicker to take the bait
Credit: Jason DeBoer, Illinois Natural History Survey URBANA, Ill. - The bluegill on your dinner plate might have been more social than the rest of...
How to build efficient organic solar cells
(Linköping University) Twenty-five researchers from seven research institutes have put their heads together to draw up rules for designing high-efficiency organic solar cells. The research...
Researchers find hidden signals in RNAs that regulate protein synthesis
Scientists have long known that RNA encodes instructions to make proteins. The building blocks that comprise RNA--A, U, C, and Gs--form a blueprint for the...
Getting to know the microbes that drive climate change
Credit: Scott Saleska COLUMBUS, Ohio - A new understanding of the microbes and viruses in the thawing permafrost in Sweden may help scientists better predict...
Startup innovates by developing IoT technology for forestry sector
Since its inception in 2016, Brazilian startup Treevia, based in Sao Jose dos Campos, São Paulo State, has been developing a remote forest monitoring system...
Study: Indigenous peoples own or manage at least one quarter of world’s land surface
Credit: Joan De La Malla NEW YORK (JULY 16, 2018) - Indigenous Peoples have ownership, use and management rights over at least a quarter of...
Overcoming a major barrier to developing liquid biopsies
Credit: Sigrid Knemeyer, SciStories LLC ANN ARBOR, Michigan -- The idea of testing blood or urine to find markers that help diagnose or treat disease...
Football training may preserve bone health in prostate cancer patients
Credit: Bo Kousgaard Androgen deprivation therapy for the treatment of prostate cancer can lead to loss of muscle and bone mass. In a recent Scandinavian...
Protecting ribosome genes to prevent aging
Credit: Silvana Paredes Aging is a process of gradual deterioration from exposure to time and the elements; this process begins with deterioration deep inside every...
Australia has a new venomous snake — And it may already be threatened
Credit: Bryan Fry The ink has not yet dried on a scientific paper describing a new species of snake, yet the reptile may already be...
New tool to calculate ‘nitrogen footprint’ offers guide to pollution reduction
University of Melbourne researchers have helped create the first tool to calculate the 'nitrogen footprint' of an organisation. The tool will provide a guide to...
How many people die from tuberculosis every year?
Credit: Garcia-Basteiro et al, 2018 The discrepancies between the estimates for global tuberculosis deaths by the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the Institute for Health...
Olfactory receptors have more functions than merely smell perception
Numerous studies to date have shown that olfactory receptors are relevant not only for smell perception, but that they also play a significant physiological and...
