From Ireland to the Balkans, Europeans are basically one big family, closely related to one another for the past thousand years, according to a new study of the DNA of people from across the continent.

Biology - Biotechnology

May 07, 2013 4 / 5 (21) 3 |

Why do rose petals have rounded ends while their leaves are more pointed? In a new study published April 30 in the open access journal PLOS Biology, scientists from the John Innes Centre and University of East Anglia, UK, re ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Apr 30, 2013 not rated yet 0

Cooperative behaviour is widely observed in nature, but there remains the possibility that so-called 'cheaters' can exploit the system, taking without giving, with uncertain consequences for the social unit ...

Biology - Evolution

Apr 30, 2013 4.1 / 5 (16) 70 |

Biologists at UC San Diego have identified eight genes never before suspected to play a role in wound healing that are called into action near the areas where wounds occur.

Biology - Biotechnology

Apr 24, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 0 |

New scientific research published today in the journal PLoS Biology shows that bacteria can evolve resistance more quickly when stronger antibiotics are used.

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Apr 23, 2013 5 / 5 (4) 1 |

(Phys.org) —Marine scientists have long understood the detrimental effect of fossil fuel emissions on marine ecosystems. But a group led by a UC Santa Barbara professor has found a point of resilience in ...

Space & Earth - Environment

Apr 15, 2013 5 / 5 (12) 16 |

As if trapped in a never-ending B movie about evil invaders, Cincinnatians have been tormented by a six-legged scourge for years. To the chagrin of many throughout the Queen City, this monster isn't an actor ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 10, 2013 5 / 5 (1) 0

What effects will the rapidly growing field of synthetic biology have on the conservation of nature? The ecological and ethical challenges stemming from this question will require a new dialogue between members of the synthetic ...

Biology - Ecology

Apr 02, 2013 5 / 5 (2) 2

Scientists have successfully replicated the behaviour of a colony of ants on the move with the use of miniature robots, as reported in the journal PLOS Computational Biology.

Electronics - Robotics

Mar 28, 2013 5 / 5 (5) 1 |

It's been more than fifty years since scientists discovered that the single-celled organism Tetrahymena thermophila has seven sexes. But in all that time, they've never known how each cell's sex, or "matin ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 26, 2013 4.3 / 5 (4) 0 |

Researchers from Lund University and the University of Oxford have been able to provide one answer as to why males in many species still provide paternal care, even when their offspring may not belong to ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 26, 2013 1 / 5 (1) 5 |

(Phys.org) —We all know—generally speaking—how a car works: The gas pedal makes it go, the break pedal makes it stop, and the steering wheel determines its course. But pop open the hood and you'll find ...

Biology - Cell & Microbiology

Mar 25, 2013 4.5 / 5 (2) 0

At the end of the last ice age, a population of polar bears was stranded by the receding ice on a few islands in southeastern Alaska. Male brown bears swam across to the islands from the Alaskan mainland and ...

Biology - Biotechnology

Mar 14, 2013 4.2 / 5 (5) 0 |

(Phys.org) —A significant field discovery analyzing how natural temperature fluctuations affect the growth rate of the dengue mosquito could lead to crucial control-and-prevention strategies, according ...

Biology - Plants & Animals

Mar 11, 2013 not rated yet 0 |

Analysis of DNA extracted from a fossil tooth recovered in southern Siberia confirms that the tooth belonged to one of the oldest known ancestors of the modern dog, and is described in research published March 6 in the open ...

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Mar 06, 2013 4.8 / 5 (5) 0 |