Researchers from the University of Bergen (UiB) have uncovered that proteins use a common chemical label as a shield to protect them from degradation, which in turn affects motility and aging.
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 27, 2023
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199
(Phys.org) —At the Laboratory of Intelligent Systems we are developing a novel flying platform which has the ability to move on the ground by using its wings only. Using the wings as whegs to move on rough terrains instead ...
Robotics
Aug 4, 2013
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Navigation doesn't always go as planned—a lesson that flies learn the hard way, when a strong headwind shunts them backward in defiance of their forward-beating wings. Fish swimming upriver, crabs scuttling sideways, and ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 15, 2021
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602
Everyone knows it: An entire box of Girl Scout cookies counts as one serving, right?
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 9, 2020
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969
A breakthrough discovery reveals that pterodactyls, extinct flying reptiles, had a remarkable ability—they could fly from birth. The importance of this discovery is highlighted by the fact that no other living vertebrates ...
Archaeology
Jun 12, 2019
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A team at the Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) has achieved the first gene knockout in a cephalopod using the squid Doryteuthis pealeii, an exceptionally important research organism in biology for nearly a century. The ...
Biotechnology
Jul 30, 2020
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284
When genes mutate, this can lead to severe diseases of the human nervous system. Researchers at Leipzig University and the University of Würzburg have now used fruit flies to demonstrate how, apart from the negative effect, ...
Other
May 10, 2022
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399
Unsuccessful courtship attempts by males create aversive memories that can reduce their level of enthusiasm for subsequent courtship attempts. Scientists at the University of California, Riverside and colleagues have attempted ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 15, 2017
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382
A Silicon Valley "flying car" startup, Kitty Hawk, reportedly backed by Google co-founder Larry Page, released a video Monday of its airborne prototype and announced plans for deliveries of a "personal flying machine" this ...
Hi Tech & Innovation
Apr 24, 2017
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58
University of Queensland researchers are investigating the use of maggots, locusts and other alternative proteins in a range of specialty foods.
Other
May 1, 2019
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