A new study published today in Nature shows that getting smaller was a key factor contributing to the exceptional evolution of mammals over the last 200 million years.
Paleontology & Fossils
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Scientists from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine have developed a powerful method for exploring the properties of mysterious molecules called long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs), some of which have big roles ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 17, 2018
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Producing fuels and chemicals from biomass (wood, grasses, etc.) is one of the most promising solutions for building a renewable economy. The process involves deconstructing plants to produce single carbohydrates, mostly ...
Biochemistry
Sep 17, 2018
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Every year, the world loses an estimated 7 percent of its seagrasses. While the reasons are manifold, one culprit has long confounded scientists: eelgrass wasting disease. This September a team of biologists is zeroing in ...
Ecology
Sep 17, 2018
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A Rutgers-led team has discovered how plants harness microbes in soil to get nutrients, a process that could be exploited to boost crop growth, fight weeds and slash the use of polluting fertilizers and herbicides.
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 17, 2018
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Many women in doctoral degree programs in fields like engineering and physics are in a class of their own—and that's not a good thing.
Social Sciences
Sep 17, 2018
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The line that separates stars from brown dwarfs may soon be clearer thanks to new work led by Carnegie's Serge Dieterich. Published by the Astrophysical Journal, his team's findings demonstrate that brown dwarfs can be more ...
Astronomy
Sep 17, 2018
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Inspired by the negative results in the recently published largest-scale analysis of the relation between population density and positions in geographic ranges and environmental niches, Drs Jorge Soberon and Andrew Townsend ...
Ecology
Sep 17, 2018
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A simple blood test could be used in the future to predict the health and productivity of dairy cows, research shows.
Plants & Animals
Sep 17, 2018
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Transforming light into electricity is no mean feat. Some devices, like solar cells, use a closed circuit to generate an electric current from incoming light. But another class of materials, called photocathodes, generate ...
Nanomaterials
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