Fossil shark teeth discovered in leftover rock that contained SUE the T. rex
Freshwater shark lived in South Dakota, had teeth shaped like 'Galaga' spaceshipsCredit: (c) Velizar Simeonovski, Field Museum SUE the T. ...
Tag: Biology
Ecological benefits of part-night lighting revealed
Night-time pollinators benefit from street lights being switched off in the middle of the night Switching off street lights to ...
UTA herpetologists describe new species of snake found in stomach of predator snake
DiscoveryCredit: UT Arlington Herpetologists at The University of Texas at Arlington have described a previously unknown species of snake that ...
New technologies enable better-than-ever details on genetically modified plants
Salk researchers used the latest DNA sequencing technologies to study exactly what happens at a molecular level when they insert ...
Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience enters partnership with Zeiss
Credit: MPFI The Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience (MPFI) announces a new "labs@location" partnership agreement between the MPFI Electron ...
Targeting 'hidden pocket' for treatment of stroke and seizure
Credit: Furukawa Lab/CSHL Cold Spring Harbor, NY -- The ideal drug is one that only affects the exact cells and ...
No substantial benefit from transplantation reported for a high-risk leukemia subtype
Study led by St. Jude Children's Research Hospital found treatment guided by measuring minimal residual disease was associated with better ...
Killer blows? Knockout study of pair of mouse MicroRNA provides cancer insight
Credit: Department of Systems BioMedicine, TMDU A team at Tokyo Medical and Dental University(TMDU) has revealed the molecule to cancer ...
Using bacteria to create a water filter that kills bacteria
New technology can clean water twice as fast as commercially available ultrafiltration membranesCredit: Environmental Science & Technology More than one ...
Enhanced NMR reveals chemical structures in a fraction of the time
Technique could yield insights into complex proteins involved in Alzheimer's and other diseases MIT researchers have developed a way to ...
Potential biotech and health applications with new knowledge on bacteria and viruses
Credit: University of Otago University of Otago research to better understand how bacteria and their viruses interact and evolve will ...
Placentas adapt when mothers have poor diets or low oxygen during pregnancy
Cambridge researchers have discovered the placenta regulates how much oxygen and nutrients it transports to babies during challenging pregnancies. Cambridge ...
Scientists discover natural fitness watch in fishes that records their activity levels
Credit: Peter Grønkjær Animals need to eat enough food to provide energy to sustain their bodies, hunt, grow and reproduce. ...
Mangrove patches deserve greater recognition no matter the size
Scientists call on governments to move away from short-term politically driven plans destroying mangrove habitatsCredit: Jofel Coching, ZSL, CMRP Governments ...
Plant peptide helps roots to branch out in the right places
Credit: Kobe University How do plants space out their roots? A Japanese research team has identified a peptide and its ...
Researchers discover synaptic logic for connections between two brain hemispheres
Credit: Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Researchers at the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience have developed a new ...
Mediterranean freshwater fish species susceptible to climate change
Climate change will strongly affect many European freshwater fish species. This is particularly the case for species in the Mediterranean ...
Fighting deadly drug resistant bacteria in intestines with new antibiotic
A new antibiotic is being heralded as a breakthrough in the war against a superbugCredit: istock A new antibiotic developed ...
Kazan University to provide gene technology medications for snow leopards
A project was started in cooperation with Kazan Zoo Head of Gene and Cell Technologies Lab Albert Rizvanov comments, "We ...
Green turtle: The success of the reintroduction program in Cayman Islands
At the limits of survival due human overexploitationCredit: Cayman Turtle Center (CTC) The reintroduction program for the green turtle in ...