A ‘Jackalope’ of an ancient spider fossil deemed a hoax, unmasked as a crayfish
Credit: Selden et al. LAWRENCE -- Earlier this year, a remarkable new fossil specimen was unearthed in the Lower Cretaceous ...
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Light pollution can suppress melatonin production in humans and animals
Credit: Andreas Jechow, Icons made by Freepik Melatonin sets the internal clock. Researchers from Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland ...
Study: yes, even wild tigers struggle with work/life balance
Scientists track tigress in Russian Far East and learn there is lots of running around, wolfing down big meals, and ...
Research finds positive community action can help coral reef health
Research reveals lessons from the Pacific about balancing community and environmental needsCredit: Dr Fraser Januchowski-Hartley. New research has found that ...
New research shows domestic animals link virus spread among humans and wildlife
How domesticated animals hold key to spread of virusesCredit: Swansea University Our domesticated animals - both pets and livestock - ...
Paul Ginsparg named winner of the 2020 AIP Karl Compton Medal
Top prize for leadership in physics to be given to Cornell professor for establishing the first online, open-access paper repository ...
Empowering European structural biology
The EU grants 10 million euro to the iNEXT-Discovery consortium, in which EMBL is a major partner, unlocking key technologies ...
Predatory lacewings do not care whether their prey detoxifies plant defenses or not
Lacewing larvae are able to detoxify plant toxins too, but in a different manner as their prey: Caterpillars of the ...
Type 1 Diabetes: New starting point to delay autoimmune response
Credit: Carolin Daniel, Helmholtz Zentrum München Regulatory T cells (Tregs)* prevent excessive immune reactions in healthy people. In the development ...
Mining metagenomics: A faster and more efficient method to compare metagenomes
Credit: SU Xiaoquan Microbiomes can contain thousands of bacteria species, hinting at the complex ecosystem that houses the microbiome as ...
Skin and mucous membrane lesions as complication of pneumonia
Credit: University Children's Hospital Zurich Painful inflammatory lesions of the skin and mucous membranes may occur in children who develop ...
New method captures real-time movement of millions of molecules in 3D
The interferometry technique has applications for tracking molecules at a cell or tissue scaleCredit: Lisa Potter/University of Utah The human ...
Mowing urban lawns less intensely increases biodiversity, saves money and reduces pests
Credit: Dr Chris Watson The researchers combined data across North America and Europe using a meta-analysis, a way of aggregating ...
SUTD and collaborators developed novel methodology to predict spinal fractures in patients
This enables more accurate patient-specific analysis in a non-invasive manner, providing timely opportunities for early treatmentCredit: SUTD Osteoporotic vertebral fractures ...
Single-molecule detection of cancer markers brings liquid biopsy closer to clinic
Credit: Image courtesy of Nantao Li CHAMPAIGN, Ill. -- A fast, inexpensive yet sensitive technique to detect cancer markers is ...
The delicate water lily: A rose by another name?
Genome duplication event may have contributed to floral scent biosynthesis and other traits of early-diverged flowering plantsCredit: Photo of specimen ...
BU chemists develop new biodegradable adhesive
Provides environmentally friendly option to traditional plastic adhesivesCredit: Cydney Scott for Boston University Photography Boston University professor Mark Grinstaff, and ...
Perpetual predator-prey population cycles
Research sheds light on a fundamental question in ecology almost as old as the science of ecology itselfCredit: Guntram Weithoff, ...
Scientists discover a new mechanism in childhood kidney cancer
Credit: Laboratory of Chromatin Biology and Epigenetics at The Rockefeller University As an embryo develops, its cells must learn what ...
Watered down biodiversity: sample type is critical in environmental DNA studies for biomonitoring
Credit: Photo by Daryl Halliwell DNA-based biomonitoring relies on species-specific segments of organisms DNA for their taxonomic identification and is ...
