A study led by The University of Western Australia has revealed a tool used by prey to conceal 3D body shapes in nature, providing a different perspective on how camouflage works. The findings have been detailed in, " Camouflage ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 2, 2023
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A research team led by Prof. Yossi Paltiel at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem with groups from HUJI, Weizmann and IST Austria has published a new study that reveals the influence of nuclear spin on biological processes. ...
General Physics
Jul 31, 2023
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QUT researchers have developed a new approach for designing molecular ON-OFF switches based on proteins which can be used in a multitude of biotechnological, biomedical and bioengineering applications.
Bio & Medicine
Jul 27, 2023
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There's a complex world beneath our feet, teeming with diverse and interdependent life. Plants call out with chemical signals in times of stress, summoning microbes that can unlock bound nutrients and find water in soil pores ...
Ecology
Jul 25, 2023
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In the story of Charles Darwin, there are two often-omitted footnotes: He was taught by a Black former enslaved man, John Edmonstone, and he was assisted in his groundbreaking research by a Black servant, Syms Covington.
Education
Jul 24, 2023
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Did an ancient island facilitate migration among the Ryukyu Islands? Compiling the latest geological and biological data, a research group from Tohoku University has provided compelling evidence that this was the case.
Earth Sciences
Jul 24, 2023
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In an unprecedented achievement, citizen scientists have set a new record for the SETI Institute and Unistellar, comprising the highest number of observers providing data on a single event. Amateur astronomers participating ...
Astronomy
Jul 13, 2023
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Changes in water conditions interact to affect how Trinidadian guppies protect themselves from predators, scientists at the University of Bristol have discovered.
Plants & Animals
Jul 4, 2023
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The Pacific oyster has taken over in the Swedish west coast county of Bohuslän. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have found that the invasive species accounts for two-thirds of the biomass of all mussel and oyster ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 28, 2023
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A new study has explored the battle lines of public debate around a controversial energy technology which is heralded as "critical to combating climate change" by its advocates and branded "worse than coal" by its critics.
Environment
Jun 27, 2023
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