A study has solved a long-standing debate about the transport of essential proteins, implicated in many human diseases, through one of the cell's most complex and sophisticated structures.
Molecular & Computational biology
May 4, 2020
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Scientists are rethinking a major milestone in animal evolution, after gaining fresh insights into how life on Earth diversified millions of years ago.
Evolution
Mar 11, 2019
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162
The security of wearable fitness trackers could be improved to better protect users' personal data, a study suggests.
Security
Sep 14, 2017
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14
They are famed for their highly developed work ethic ... now a study shows ants' navigational skills are more sophisticated than was previously thought.
Plants & Animals
Jan 19, 2017
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Flowering crops such as beans and cotton offer their sweetest nectar to recruit colonising ants in a strategy that balances their need for defence and to reproduce, research suggests.
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2017
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It is an evolutionary riddle that has long puzzled scientists ... now the quest to find out why we live beyond 50 is being helped by a new genetic study.
Evolution
Oct 10, 2017
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Engineers have devised a fabric dressing whose thickness and elasticity can be custom-matched to specific areas of the body.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 1, 2019
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Scientists have discovered a new species of long-snouted tyrannosaur, nicknamed Pinocchio rex, which stalked the Earth more than 66 million years ago.
Archaeology
May 7, 2014
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Renewable tidal energy sufficient to power about half of Scotland could be harnessed from a single stretch of water off the north coast of the country, engineers say.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 19, 2014
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Part of Antarctica has been losing ice to the ocean for far longer than had been expected, satellite pictures reveal.
Earth Sciences
Jun 1, 2016
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