Does selfishness evolve? Ask a cannibal
Study confirms evolutionary link between social structure and selfishnessCredit: Volker Rudolf/Rice University HOUSTON - (March 25, 2021) - One of ...
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Researchers improve plant prime editing efficiency with optimized pegRNA designs
Credit: IGDB Precision genome editing enables the precise modification of DNA in living cells, thus enabling a breadth of opportunities ...
Where do the gender differences in the human pelvis come from?
A comparison with chimpanzees provides surprising insightsCredit: Photo of a female human pelvis and skull of a newborn baby. (© ...
Warm water has overlooked importance for cold-water fish, like salmon and trout
Credit: Jonny Armstrong CORVALLIS, Ore. - Warm river habitats appear to play a larger than expected role supporting the survival ...
Study reveals how long-term infection and inflammation impairs immune response as we age
Credit: Hormaechea-Agulla et al., Cell Stem Cell, 2021, HOUSTON, TX - March 25, 2021 - Humans are born with tens ...
Plant gene found in insect, shields it from leaf toxins
Credit: Jixing Xia and Zhaojiang Guo Millions of years ago, aphid-like insects called whiteflies incorporated a portion of DNA from ...
Game on: Science edition
After AIs mastered Go and Super Mario, Brookhaven scientists have taught them how to "play" experiments at NSLS-IICredit: Brookhaven National ...
The CNIO describe how embryonic stem cells keep optimal conditions for use in regenerative medicine
Credit: CNIO Scientists at the Proteomics Core Unit of the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), headed by Javier Muñoz, ...
SMART develops rapid deterministic lateral displacement assay to assess immune response
Novel DLD assay is capable of rapidly assessing host inflammatory response, allowing patients exhibiting a life-threatening hyper-aggressive immune response to ...
How improving acoustic monitoring of bats could help protecting biodiversity
New research on how wind energy and species conservation can be brought togetherCredit: Photo: Leibniz-IZW/Christian Voigt In order to assess ...
Researchers show how stem cell depletion leads to recurring pregnancy loss
Credit: AlphaMed Press Durham, NC - Depletion of a certain type of stem cell in the womb lining during pregnancy ...
Arctic sponge survival in the extreme deep-sea
Credit: Copyright: NIOZ For the first time, researchers from the SponGES project collected year-round video footage and hydrodynamic data from ...
Ocean’s mammals at crucial crossroads
Credit: Duke Marine Robotics and Remote Sensing Lab The ocean's mammals are at a crucial crossroads - with some at ...
New insights into close encounters between albatross and fishing vessels
Credit: Robert Suryan. CORVALLIS, Ore. - A novel analysis of encounters between albatross and commercial fishing vessels across the North ...
Toxin in potatoes evolved from a bitter-tasting compound in tomatoes
Credit: Ryota Akiyama/Masaharu Mizutani A multi-institutional collaboration has revealed that α-solanine, a toxic compound found in potato plants, is a ...
MIT engineers make filters from tree branches to purify drinking water
Prototypes tested in India show promise as a low-cost, natural filtration optionCredit: Courtesy: N.R. Fuller, Sayo Studio The interiors of ...
AllianThera Biopharma comes out of stealth and collaborates on AI with Insilico Medicine
AllianThera Biopharma lead by ex-pharma veterans, Dr. Yuan-Hua Ding and Dr. Javier Cote-Sierra partnered with an AI-driven drug discovery company, ...
Genome sequenced for pesky pumpkin pathogen
Credit: Montgomery Flack URBANA, Ill. - Pumpkin growers dread the tiny tan scabs that form on their fruit, each lesion ...
Group testing method developed for COVID-19
Credit: Mario R. Guarracino et al. Researchers Mario Guarracino the HSE Laboratory of Algorithms and Technologies for Networks Analysis in ...
‘Silencing’ protein to weaken COVID-19
Researchers from ITQB NOVA have characterized a therapeutic target with great potential and built its first three-dimensional modelCredit: ITQB NOVA ...
