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Virtual fruity fly model can simulate sensory navigation

All animals, large or small, have to move at an incredible precision to interact with the world. Understanding how the brain controls movement is a fundamental question in neuroscience. For larger animals, this is challenging ...

Natural tolerance to weed killer uncovered in bryophytes

Herbicide resistance poses a challenge to producing enough food for a growing population. Sam Caygill and colleagues at the Gregor Mendel Institute (GMI) of the Austrian Academy of Sciences discovered how a large group of ...

Five animals that behave differently in moonlight

Once every spring, a few days after the full moon, corals of the great barrier reef release eggs and sperm simultaneously—a phenomenon so spectacular it can be seen from space.

Bioengineered yeast mass produces herbal medicine

Herbal medicine is difficult to produce on an industrial scale. A team of Kobe University bioengineers manipulated the cellular machinery in a species of yeast so that one such molecule can now be produced in a fermenter ...

Using CRISPR to decipher whether gene variants lead to cancer

In recent years, scientists have created a range of new methods based on CRISPR-Cas technology for precisely editing the genetic material of living organisms. One application is in cell therapy: A patient's immune cells can ...

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Study models dinoflagellate light in breaking waves

A new study led by Scripps Institution of Oceanography demonstrates, for the first time, how scientists can use computer simulations to quantify the light emitted by dinoflagellates when they flash in breaking waves and create ...

Who should get paid for nature's sequenced genes?

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New ancient species of cockroach discovered in the UK

A pair of paleontologists at The Open University, working with a colleague from the National Museum of Scotland, have identified a new species of ancient cockroach excavated from a site in Gloucestershire, U.K. In their paper ...