How three genes rule plant symbioses
Credit: Pierre-Marc Delaux For billions of years life on Earth was restricted to aquatic environments, the oceans, seas, rivers and ...
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Coping strategies, a matter of neuron
Credit: WANG Jing, CHEN Xiaodong and XU Qizhi In response to stressors, individuals exhibit different coping styles, each characterized by ...
Whether horseradish flea beetles deter predators depends on their food plant and their life stage
Larvae of these leaf beetles deploy plant defense compounds to fend off predators, whereas their pupae cannotCredit: Benjamin Fabian, Max ...
Life on Titan cannot rely on cell membranes, according to computational simulations
Credit: Johan Bodell7Chalmers Researchers from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have made a new contribution to the ongoing search into ...
Male-killing bacteria linked to butterfly color changes
Credit: Claude Martin Like many poisonous animals, the African monarch butterfly's orange, white and black pattern warns predators that it ...
When should you eat to manage your weight? Breakfast, not late-night snacks
Credit: Kelly et al, 2020 The balance between weight gain and weight gain loss is predominantly determined by what you ...
Male-killing bugs hold key to butterflies’ curious color changes
It is a spectacular butterfly breed with an intriguing back story ... now scientists have revealed how male-killing bacteria are ...
Genetic signature boosts protein production during cell division
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum A research team has uncovered a genetic signature that enables cells to adapt their ...
The enemy within: How a killer hijacked one of nature’s oldest relationships
Credit: Henry Driver (commissioned by Essex County Council). Researchers have discovered how a notorious pathogen may have hijacked one of ...
Paleontologists discover why the oceans are so diverse
Credit: Photo credit: John H.R. Burns A new study in the journal Science has given insight into why the world's ...
Not falling far from tree: Ecologists study seed-to-seedling transitions
International team examines spatial processes of 24 tree species from Panama's Barro Colorado Island, during trees' early life histories.Credit: Steven ...
KIST develops biofuel production process in cooperation with North American researchers
Clean biofuel produced using genetic engineering and environmentally friendly solvents. International joint research by Korean, US, and Canadian research teams ...
GPS for chromosomes: Reorganization of the genome during development
Credit: Image: University of Basel, Biozentrum The spatial arrangement of genetic material within the cell nucleus plays an important role ...
Cartilage cells, chromosomes and DNA preserved in 75 million-year-old baby duck-billed dinosaur
Credit: ©Science China Press This study is lead by Dr. Alida Bailleul (Institute of Vertebrate Paleontology and Paleoanthropology, the Chinese ...
Advancing gene therapies: PIP pip hurray!
A new compound with the potential to turn genes on and off could lead to new cancer and hereditary disease ...
SUWA: A hyperstable artificial protein that does not denature in high temperatures above 100°C
Credit: Copyright ©2012-2014 Suwa Tourism Association Proteins denature, or "cook" in heat, irreversibly changing their structure, like how an egg ...
Deep-sea coral gardens discovered in the submarine canyons off south Western Australia
Credit: Schmidt Ocean Institute Bremer Canyon Marine Park is already known as a biodiversity hotspot for marine species such as ...
Rare disease in children: the key role of a protein revealed
Canadian scientists take one step closer towards a better understanding of Batten disease Credit: Stéphane Lefrançois, INRS Laval, February 28 ...
How do zebrafish get their stripes? New data analysis tool could provide an answer
Credit: Brown University PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- The iconic stripes of zebrafish are a classic example of natural self-organization. As zebrafish ...
Thinning, prescribed burns protected forests during the massive Carlton Complex wildfire
Credit: Susan Prichard/University of Washington The 2014 Carlton Complex wildfire in north central Washington was the largest contiguous fire in ...
