(Phys.org)—Evolution in very large populations of plants, animals or fungi can be predicted far less easily than one would expect. This has been shown by research at the Institute for Theoretical Physics ...

Biology - Evolution

Jan 09, 2013 5 / 5 (3) 10 |

An international research team has manufactured a new protein that can combat deadly flu epidemics.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 27, 2012 not rated yet 0 |

(Phys.org) -- When tropical marine cone snails sink their harpoon-like teeth into their prey, they inject paralyzing venoms made from a potent mix of more than 100 different neurotoxins.

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 10, 2012 5 / 5 (1) 3 |

Evolutionary adaptation is often compared to climbing a hill, and organisms making the right combination of multiple mutations – both good and bad – can become the king of the mountain.

Biology - Evolution

Jun 30, 2011 5 / 5 (2) 1 |

Evolution is usually thought to be a very slow process, something that happens over many generations, thanks to adaptive mutations. But environmental change due to things like climate change, habitat destruction, pollution, ...

Biology - Evolution

Jun 22, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

Beneficial mutations within a bacterial population accumulate during evolution, but performance tends to reach a plateau. Consequently, theoretical evolutionary models need to take into account a "braking effect" in expected ...

Biology - Evolution

Jun 08, 2011 not rated yet 7

Working to better predict general patterns of evolution, a University of Houston (UH) biologist and his team have discovered some surprising things about gene mutations that might one day make it possible ...

Biology - Evolution

Jun 02, 2011 5 / 5 (1) 1 |

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in the US have found bacteria that evolve slowly are more likely to survive in the long term than those evolving more quickly.

Biology - Evolution

Mar 18, 2011 4.7 / 5 (6) 0 |