Biology

Audio bites availableCredit: Photo by Tom Owens. By acting as gatekeepers, microbes can affect geological processes that move carbon from the earth's surface into its deep interior, according to a study published in Nature and coauthored…
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Credit: Images by Daniel Ocampo R., Vencejo Films, & Javier Luque, Yale University / animation and 3D reconstruction by Alex Duque. A new fossil from the dinosaur era challenges the understanding of evolution. In a paper…
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The taxonomic and trophic composition of freshwater fishes in the Ohio River Basin has changed significantly in recent decades, possibly due to environmental modifications related to land use and hydrology, according to a study published…
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How genome doubling influences key crop plantsCredit: Joel Sharbrough/Colorado State University When humans are born, we inherit one set of genes from our mother, and one from our father - a state biologists call "diploidy," or housing…
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A UA team shows that evolution is driven by dependency on other species within ecological communities - testing a long-held idea of the UA's late, great George Gaylord Simpson.Credit: Alex Badyaev/tenbestphotos.com A University…
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Rice University physicists help discover evidence that xenon isotope's half-life tops all so farCredit: Jeff Fitlow/Rice University In terms of longevity, the universe has nothing on xenon 124. Theory predicts the isotope's radioactive…
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Credit: Courtesy of Bayer. Cold Spring Harbor, NY-- Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press (CSHLP) announced the release of Restriction Enzymes: A History, available on its website in hardcover format. Restriction enzymes cleave DNA at…
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Credit: Dr Carmen Acedo Picos de Europa National Park has given its name to a new species of perennial bromegrass, discovered in Spain. Bromus picoeuropeanus belongs to a rather underrepresented on the Iberian Peninsula…
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Axon 'insulating tape' suffers from gene deletion that causes social impairment associated with rare disorder, Tel Aviv University researchers say A new Tel Aviv University study finds that gene deletion or deficiency in neurons is…
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Credit: Manuel Paladín, IRB Barcelona In humans, there are more than 50 types of amino acid transporters, which are responsible for the cellular uptake of amino acids and for regulating the intra- and extra-cellular balance of these…
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The 33rd Annual Symposium of The Protein Society Best Paper Award Winners, June 30- July 3, 2019, Seattle, WACredit: The Protein Society At the beginning of each year, two "best papers" are selected from articles published in…
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Stable isotope studies of reindeer poop reveals survival secretCredit: Photo: Brage B. Hansen/NTNU The bodies of Svalbard reindeer are extremely well adapted to their arctic home at 79 degrees N latitude. As the northernmost reindeer…
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More effective surgery could boost survival rates for ovarian cancer CAMBRIDGE, MA -- Ovarian cancer is usually diagnosed only after it has reached an advanced stage, with many tumors spread throughout the abdomen. Most patients undergo…
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Credit: Maeva Bardy/Tara Expeditions Foundation Advanced molecular techniques have revealed the diversity of a little-understood group of ocean microbes called protists, according to a new publication in Scientific Reports. The project…
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