Radiation-induced mutation is unlikely to have induced genetic differences between dog populations in Chornobyl (or Chernobyl) City and the nearby Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), according to a new study in PLOS ONE ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 13, 2025
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"Who are we and where do we come from?" This quintessential question has intrigued humanity for millennia. Currently, the "Out-of-Africa (OOA) theory" is prevailingly accepted regarding the origin of modern humans, as a line ...
Evolution
Jul 2, 2024
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1604
A team of scientists led by Dr. Ulrich Kleinekathöfer, professor of Theoretical Physics at Constructor University in Bremen, has now discovered how B12 is absorbed by certain intestinal bacteria. Published in the journal ...
Cell & Microbiology
Nov 2, 2023
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Psilocybin mushrooms have been found to have minimal harmful effects and could potentially benefit those with depression. But they remain illegal even though they offer a groundbreaking alternative to several under-treated ...
Biotechnology
Apr 16, 2020
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Everybody loves Neandertals, those big-brained brutes we supposedly outcompeted and ultimately replaced using our sharp tongues and quick, delicate minds. But did we really, though? Is it mathematically possible that we could ...
A single chemical is key to controlling when hair follicle cells divide, and when they die. This discovery could not only treat baldness, but ultimately speed wound healing because follicles are a source of stem cells.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jul 25, 2022
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In this age of "big data," artificial intelligence (AI) has become a valuable ally for scientists. Machine learning algorithms, for instance, are helping biologists make sense of the dizzying number of molecular signals that ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Dec 26, 2019
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7381
Every year, around 400 million tons of plastics are produced worldwide, a number that increases by around 4% annually. The emissions resulting from their manufacture are one of the elements contributing to climate change, ...
Biotechnology
Oct 23, 2023
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1555
Turns out the comic books were wrong.
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 12, 2021
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1536
Some 9,000 years ago, corn as it is known today did not exist. Ancient peoples in southwestern Mexico encountered a wild grass called teosinte that offered ears smaller than a pinky finger with just a handful of stony kernels. ...
Biotechnology
Dec 14, 2020
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