Tiny marine larvae survive by turning carnivorous
Some marine worm larvae are pint-sized predators.
Plants & Animals
Mar 4, 2022
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Primate proteins evolve to guard against pathogens, study finds
Proteins on the surface of cells act as sentries—and microbes hoping to invade will evolve tricks to evade these front-line defenses. But the host cell's proteins don't sit back helplessly. They, too, can evolve in ways ...
Evolution
Feb 4, 2022
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New nanocrystals put a tiny twist on useful materials
A new kind of tiny particle is a big deal in UO chemist Carl Brozek's lab.
Nanomaterials
Jan 12, 2022
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Grad student finds a new saber-toothed species in a museum collection
There's a new saber-toothed predator in town—and it's been hiding in plain sight.
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 1, 2021
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Skull found on Caribbean island shows evidence of leprosy
A skull unearthed on an uninhabited Caribbean island is a rare find: It's one of just a few examples of leprosy identified on a skeleton in the western hemisphere.
Archaeology
Nov 16, 2021
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Unraveling the origins of innate behavior in flies
Human babies are born knowing how to suckle, and larval flies hatch knowing how to crawl. But even these innate behaviors don't appear out of nowhere.
Molecular & Computational biology
Nov 16, 2021
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It's true: Be nice and others are more likely to be nice to you
When two people meet for the first time, they tend to see the other person as having a similar personality to their own.
Social Sciences
Nov 3, 2021
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Chemists develop new blueprint for enzyme involved in cancer
Scientists have known for decades that a certain class of enzymes is an important player in cell biology because they frequently mutate and become major drivers of cancer.
Biochemistry
Oct 11, 2021
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Early Pacific Islanders may have been the first conservationists
Sustainability is a 21st century buzzword, but a new interdisciplinary study shows that some communities have been conducting sustainable practices for at least a thousand years.
Archaeology
Sep 29, 2021
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A new way to control qubits
A research team that includes two UO physicists have outlined new techniques for controlling the building blocks of quantum computing, a potentially significant step toward making such computers more accurate and useful.
Quantum Physics
Sep 22, 2021
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