News tagged with quantitative variation
Why didn't Darwin discover Mendel's laws?
Mendel solved the logic of inheritance in his monastery garden with no more technology than Darwin had in his garden at Down House. So why couldn't Darwin have done it too? A Journal of Biology article argues that Darwin ...
Feb 27, 2009 |
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Finding good music in noisy online markets
In 2004, a trio of researchers at Columbia University began an online experiment in social-media marketing, creating nine versions of a music-download site that presented the same group of unknown songs in ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 31, 2012 |
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Genes underlying the key domestication process in sorghum and other cereals
A study by a team of university and government scientists led by a Kansas State University researcher, indicates that genes responsible for seed shattering -- the process by which grasses disseminate their seeds -- were under ...
May 14, 2012 |
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Stable isotopes provide “signature” for researchers to study animals
Researchers have many tools available in studying and observing mammals. One is quite small—the stable isotope. Exploring ecological questions through analysis of stable isotopes is a rapidly developing area of research.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 03, 2012 |
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A-levels not equipping students with appropriate mathematical skills
New evidence shows that A-levels in a range of subjects fail to equip students with an appropriate level of mathematical skills.
Apr 27, 2012 |
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Impacts could be boon for subterranean life
An incoming asteroid is trouble whether you're a dinosaur or a Bruce Willis fan. But microbes living deep underground may actually welcome the news, according to a recent study of an ancient impact in the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Apr 16, 2012 |
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Multimodal bio-image sensor: Fusion of heterogeneous biochemical information
The use of sensors is important for the quantitative analyses of chemical materials and physical phenomena, with research and development of biosensors for observing cell function being actively pursued.
Mar 22, 2012 |
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Surprising diversity at a synapse hints at complex diversity of neural circuitry
A new study reveals a dazzling degree of biological diversity in an unexpected place – a single neural connection in the body wall of flies.
Feb 22, 2012 |
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New study sheds light on genetics of rice metabolism
A large-scale study analyzing metabolic compounds in rice grains conducted by researchers at the RIKEN Plant Science Center (PSC) and their collaborators has identified 131 rice metabolites and clarified the ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Transformational fruit fly genome catalog completed
Scientists searching for the genomics version of the holy grail – more insight into predicting how an animal's genes affect physical or behavioral traits – now have a reference manual that should ...
Feb 08, 2012 |
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Toward a global microwave standard
Much of what is known about decadal climate change – and much of what appears on the evening weather forecast as well – comes from satellite-based remote sensing of microwave radiation at different ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Feb 06, 2012 |
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