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Why the thumb of the right hand is on the left hand side

It is the concentration of a few signaling molecules that determines the fate of individual cells during the early development of organisms. In the renowned journal Current Biology, a team of molecular biologists led by Pia ...

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created May 22, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 0

DNA evidence is in, newly discovered species of fish dubbed H. psychedelica (Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Psychedelica" seems the perfect name for a species of fish that is a wild swirl of tan and peach zebra stripes and behaves in ways contrary to its brethren. So says University of Washington's ...

Biology /

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (12) | comments 0

Scientists use plasmonic nanobubbles in living organisms to detect, eliminate prostate cancer cells (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Rice University physicist Dmitri Lapotko has demonstrated that plasmonic nanobubbles, generated around gold nanoparticles with a laser pulse, can detect and destroy cancer cells in vivo by cre ...

Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine

created Sep 27, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Researchers study 'fundamental, amazing change' in Great Lakes (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Great Lakes are in the midst of a remarkable ecological transformation, driven largely by the blitzkrieg advance of two closely related species of non-native mussels.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3

15,000 reasons to worry about invasive species

A day at the beach in Wisconsin's North Woods didn't used to go like this. Candy Dailey spent a Fourth of July holiday splashing with grandkids on the sandy shore of Lake Metonga when she felt a nasty sting on her foot.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Are all alien encounters bad?

The pages of ecological history are filled with woeful tales of destruction from non-native species -- organisms that originated elsewhere.

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 12

Researchers improve zebrafish cloning methods

A team of Michigan State University researchers has developed a new, more efficient way of cloning zebra fish, a breakthrough that could have implications for human health research.

Biology / Biotechnology

created Aug 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Elusive protein points to mechanism behind hearing loss

(PhysOrg.com) -- A serendipitous discovery of deaf zebra fish larvae has helped narrow down the function of an elusive protein necessary for hearing and balance. The work, led by Rockefeller University’s A. ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Study finds common fire retardant harmful to aquatic life

A new study by Baylor University environmental health researchers found that zebra fish exposed to several different technical mixtures of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) – a common fire retardant – during ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Genetic buzzer-beater genes may save fish

Two distinct populations of rainbow trout -- one in Alaska, the other in Idaho -- share a genetic trait that could have huge implications for fisheries conservation and management, an eight-member research team reports.

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast