Evolution: The beneficiaries of mass extinction
Credit: Victor O. Leshyk, website: victorleshyk.com Mass extinctions were followed by periods of low diversity in which certain new species dominated wide regions of the...
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Home-Brewed Poppy Seed Tea Can Be Lethal, Study Finds
Credit: Harriet McHale/SHSU HUNTSVILLE, TX (10-10-17) -- A home-brewing technique used to extract morphine from unwashed poppy seeds can produce lethal doses of the drug,...
Research clarifies nuclear hormone receptor function in plants
Credit: IGDB The striking capacity for plants to adapt their growth and development to an ever-changing environment is mediated by diverse plant hormones that regulate...
Giant bacteria make algae easy to stomach
Credit: © 2017 Till Rothig and Anna Roik Red Sea surgeonfish use metabolically diverse giant bacteria to digest different types of algae, according to new...
A new genetic marker accounts for up to 1.4 percent of cases of hereditary colon cancer
Credit: IDIBELL Researchers from the Hereditary Cancer group of the Oncobell Program of the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) - Hereditary Cancer Program of the...
Parasite study paves way for therapies to tackle deadly infections
Fresh insight into how a harmful parasite harnesses the energy it needs to function could point towards therapies to prevent potentially fatal diseases. New understanding...
Forest grazing counteracts the effectiveness of trees to reduce flood risk
Credit: Lancaster University Planting trees can reduce flood risk, but a high intensity forest land use, such as grazing, can counteract the positive effect of...
Conservationists’ eco-footprints suggest education alone won’t change behavior
Conservationists work to save the planet, and few are as knowledgeable when it comes to the environmental pressures of the Anthropocene. However, the first wide-ranging...
DFG establishes 2 new senate commissions
At its autumn session, the Senate of the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG, German Research Foundation) approved the establishment of two new Senate Commissions. The Permanent Senate...
Do male fish prefer them big and colourful?
Male black-finned goodeid or mexcalpique fish know what they want when they pick a female to mate with; they prefer them big-bellied and as orange...
A molecular garbage disposal complex has a role in packing the genome
New research from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology, to be published in the Journal of Biological Chemistry on Oct. 13, has found that...
Protein restricts sap uptake by aphids
Credit: Karen Kloth Researchers at Umeå University and Wageningen University have discovered how plants can defend themselves against aphids. They recorded aphid behavior on video,...
MPFI scientists discover regional differences among chandelier cells
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience The brain is composed of distinct regions that differ in their functional roles and cellular architecture. For example,...
Sharing of science is most likely among male scientists
Humans are considered to be very prosocial in comparison to other animals, and many experiments have confirmed this idea. However, most of these experiments have...
Genetic advance for male birth control
Credit: Photo by Derrick Turner EAST LANSING, Mich. - When it comes to birth control, many males turn to two options: condoms or vasectomies. While...
