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Monk seal acoustic study quadruples known call types and detects novel communication strategy
New research led by UH Hawaiʻi Institute of Marine Biology (HIMB) Marine Mammal Research Program (MMRP) has drastically increased the understanding of Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi) underwater sound production, ...
Plants & Animals
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An ancient, tough little wallaby set the scene for kangaroo bounding success, finds research
Flinders University fossil experts have unearthed more clues about why kangaroos and wallabies have endured to become one of the continent's most prolific marsupial groups. They have analyzed the powerful limbs of Australia's ...
Evolution
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Bees learn to read simple 'Morse code'
Researchers at Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that an insect—the bumblebee Bombus terrestris—can decide where to forage for food based on different durations of visual cues. Their paper ...
Plants & Animals
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Mathematical model indicates Neanderthal disappearance can be explained by genetic dilution
Currently, there are several hypotheses surrounding the disappearance of Neanderthals. While they all have at least some scientific support, researchers can't agree on which—or which combination—is most likely. In a new ...
Improved method offers broader, faster detection of protein-ligand interactions
EMBL scientists have improved a protein analysis technique, significantly expanding its use and making it 100 times faster.
Cell & Microbiology
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Destroying crazy ant nest structure makes them vulnerable to pathogens
Invasive tawny crazy ants have been wreaking havoc across the U.S. Gulf Coast from Florida to Texas, disrupting ecosystems and causing headaches for homeowners. Now scientists at The University of Texas at Austin have devised ...
Plants & Animals
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Solving mysteries with moss: The history of using tiny plants as forensic evidence
Tiny plants, like moss, are easy to overlook. They're often as small as an eyelash, and they tend to grow on the ground in dark, wet places. But these small plants sometimes turn out to be big clues in forensic cases.
Plants & Animals
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Angstrom-level imaging and 2D surfaces allow real-time tracking and steering of DNA
Pictures of DNA often look very tidy—the strands of the double helix neatly wind around each other, making it seem like studying genetics should be relatively straightforward. In truth, these strands aren't often so perfectly ...
Biotechnology
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The limits of life's growth: Novel principle hints at universal laws
A research team including a scientist from the Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at the Institute of Science, Tokyo, Japan, has identified a novel principle in biology that mathematically explains why the growth of organisms ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Australian 'drop crocs' unlock insights into ancient ecosystems
In a local grazier's backyard in the small southeast QLD town of Murgon, scientists have been digging for decades in what looks like an unremarkable clay pit. But within the clay lies one of Australia's oldest fossil sites—a ...
Ecology
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New method may improve blood test's ability to detect inflammation in horses
Inflammation can help the body when injured or sick by delivering immune cells, promoting healing and more. Chronic or excessive inflammation, however, can cause further damage and lead to additional disease or injury. Clinicians ...
Plants & Animals
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When shrimp hear the engines roar: How boat noise rattles marine besties, but not their friendship
It's a tale of underwater odd couples: One digs, the other keeps watch, and together they've thrived on the Great Barrier Reef for millennia.
Plants & Animals
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Wild grass offers new genetic clues to combat deadliest pathogen of wheat
A new study has identified Aegilops cylindrica, a wild grass closely related to wheat, as a powerful genetic reservoir for resistance against the devastating fungal pathogen Zymoseptoria tritici—the cause of Septoria tritici ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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AlphaSync database keeps protein structure prediction resource up to date
Scientists at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital have created a database that provides updated predicted structures on a regular basis, ensuring scientists can work with the most current information.
Molecular & Computational biology
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'Weird' new species of ancient fossil snake discovered in southern England
An extinct snake has slithered its way out of obscurity over four decades after its discovery. The newly described species of reptile, Paradoxophidion richardoweni, is offering new clues in the search for the origin of "advanced" ...
Evolution
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Cracking leishmaniasis: New DNA test can track infection
Leishmaniasis, a parasitic disease transmitted by sand flies, has long challenged veterinarians and public health experts alike. Found in humans and animals across Israel and many other parts of the world, the disease's intricate ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Aquaporin gene duplication followed by mutation in European eels restores broad solute permeability
Common ancestor eels lost the aquaporin gene encoding proteins with broad solute permeability. Researchers from the Institute of Science Tokyo have now found that recent gene duplication events in the European eel (Anguilla ...
Evolution
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Grassland degradation shifts biodiversity's role from plants to soil microbes, study finds
Grassland degradation fundamentally reshapes how biodiversity supports ecosystem multifunctionality, shifting it from being plant-dominated to being mediated by soil microbes, according to a new study led by Prof. Yang Yuanhe ...
Plants & Animals
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Chatting with your cells: Natural-language AI for single-cell data analysis
Using sophisticated RNA sequencing technology, biomedical researchers can measure the activity of our genes across millions of single cells, creating detailed maps of tissues, organs, and diseases. Analyzing these datasets ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Ubiquitous architectural patterns: Scientists classify nature's geometric tilings across multiple scales
A database, collecting and classifying tile-like patterns in biology, aims to be a resource and research catalyst. The human eye is drawn to the rhythmic beauty of tiled patterns, which occur abundantly in nature.
Molecular & Computational biology
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