A team of researchers led by the Institut de Ciències del Mar (ICM-CSIC) of Barcelona and the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) has revealed the distribution and mercury degradation capacities of heterotrophic bacteria ...
Environment
Mar 21, 2022
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The idea of food chains and food webs in the animal kingdom is simple: Remove a link or thread, and the system is broken. But nature is complex, and it's not always clear how the absence of one species may impact others.
Plants & Animals
Mar 7, 2022
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Single individuals of Atlantic cod and squid occur much further north than previously expected. Scientists participating in the international MOSAiC expedition with research icebreaker Polarstern have found fish and squid ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 18, 2022
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A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in the U.S. has found that a species of spider uses its web to expand its hearing capabilities. They have posted their findings on the bioRxiv preprint server.
After the Big Bang, the universe, glowing brightly, was opaque and so hot that atoms could not form. Eventually cooling down to about minus 454 degrees Fahrenheit (-270 degrees Celsius), much of the energy from the Big Bang ...
Astronomy
Jan 12, 2022
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Invasive species cause biodiversity loss and about $120 billion in annual damages in the U.S. alone. Despite plentiful evidence that invasive species can change food webs, how invaders disrupt food webs and native species ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 4, 2021
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A trio of researchers with Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich, has found that male nursery web spiders may add chemicals to their silk to make their nuptial gifts more attractive to prospective female mates. In their ...
Johns Hopkins University researchers discovered precisely how spiders build webs by using night vision and artificial intelligence to track and record every movement of all eight legs as spiders worked in the dark.
Plants & Animals
Nov 1, 2021
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Bluefin tuna, a long-lived migratory species that accumulates mercury as it ages, can be used as a global barometer of the heavy metal and the risk posed to ocean life and human health, according to a study by Rutgers and ...
Environment
Sep 13, 2021
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Like a spider trapping its prey, our immune system cells cooperate to capture and "eat" bacteria.
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 10, 2021
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