Fruit fly promiscuity alters the evolutionary forces on males
Results, published in Nature Communications, have shown that the nature of the evolutionary forces which act on male fruit flies ...
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Fever boots immune cell trafficking through a thermal sensory Hsp90-α4 integrin pathway
Fever is a highly conserved response to infection or injury and benefits organism survival and the resolution of many infections. ...
Emperor penguins' first journey to sea
Study reveals new details of juvenile diving, foraging behaviorsCredit: Photo by Vincent Munier Emperor penguin chicks hatch into one of ...
Soft drinks + hard work + hot weather = possible kidney disease risk
Soda caused dehydration and kidney disease markers in simulated manual labor Rockville, Md. (January 17, 2019)--New research suggests that drinking ...
More animal species under threat of extinction, new method shows
Currently approximately 600 species might be inaccurately assessed as non-threatened on the Red List of Threatened Species. More than a ...
DNA analyses show a dynamic coevolutionary relationship between birds and their feather mites
A research in collaboration with the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) has carried out a massive genetic study of the ...
Another piece of Ebola virus puzzle identified
Texas Biomed scientists team up to study host and virus protein interactionCredit: Texas Biomed A team of researchers have discovered ...
Researchers create 'shortcut' to terpene biosynthesis in E. coli
Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed an artificial enzymatic pathway for synthesizing isoprenoids, or terpenes, in E. coli. ...
New study shows smoking accelerates aging
Artificial intelligence provides insights into how deep-learned biochemistry clocks effectively determine biological age of smokers and predict smoking statusCredit: Insilico ...
Proteins use a lock and key system to bind to DNA
New study challenges a fundamental assumption of how proteins interact with the human genome SAN FRANCISCO, CA--January 16, 2019--You can ...
Artificial intelligence applied to the genome identifies an unknown human ancestor
Scientists use deep learning for the first time ever to account for human evolutionCredit: Pilar Rodriguez By combining deep learning ...
New yeast model of metabolic disorders may lead to life-saving therapies
Unicellular organism mimics pathology and symptoms of congenital diseases, Tel Aviv University researchers say There are hundreds of metabolic disorders ...
Simple rules predict and explain biological mutualism
Machine learning model foretells whether symbiotic relationships will thrive or collapseCredit: Les Todd, Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- Scientists have ...
U develops first dark sky studies minor in the US
Keck Foundation awards $250,000 to fund the transdisciplinary programCredit: Lisa Potter/University of Utah The W. M. Keck Foundation has awarded ...
Vampire bat venom could hold key to new medical treatments
Credit: Bryan Fry Vampire bats could hold the key to new treatments for a range of serious medical problems, but ...
Engineered light to improve health, food, suggests Sandia researcher in Nature
Credit: Courtesy Sandia National Laboratories, photographer Randy Montoya ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- People who believe light-emitting diodes, or LEDS, are just ...
Mechanism helps explain the ear's exquisite sensitivity
A critical gel-like structure in the inner ear moves according to a sound's frequency, researchers findCredit: Jonathan Sellon, MIT micromechanics ...
Chaos in the body tunes up your immune system
Chaos in bodily regulation can optimize our immune system according to a recent discovery made by researchers at the University ...
Leuven experts push the boundaries of 3D microscopy
Two newly developed methods will help researchers to study the 3D structure of complex surfaces and of individual neurons better ...
Ocean giant gets a health check: Combination blood, tissue test reveals whale shark diets
Credit: Image by K. Sato, Okinawa Churashima Foundation Research Center CC-BY-NC-ND. Whale sharks, the world's largest fish, likely endure periods ...
