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Spotted under the microscope: How a virus puts on its armor

Scientists from VU University Amsterdam, Scripps Research Institute and the University of Michigan discovered how a virus 'puts on its armor'. This 'armor', consisting of mere proteins, is initially flexible ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MtDNA tests trace all modern horses back to single ancestor 140,000 years ago

(PhysOrg.com) -- For many years archeologists and other scientists have debated the origins of the domesticated horse. Nailing down a time frame is important because many historians view the relationship between ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report