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Research taps into sugary secrets of plant nectar to bite back against mosquito-spread disease
In a study published in Scientific Reports, researchers from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, working with partners in Africa and the UK, present a novel plant-host identification method that could help in the fight to reduce ...
Ecology
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Rat sommeliers demonstrate advanced olfactory learning in wine sniffing test
Rats successfully distinguished between two varieties of white wine, Riesling and Sauvignon Blanc, in a study led by researchers from the University of Trento, the University of Lincoln, the University of London, and the ...
Mollusk family tree helps resolve long-standing evolutionary questions
An international team of experts has resolved long-standing questions about the evolutionary history of mollusks, one of the most diverse zoological groups on the planet. The study, published in Science, reconstructs the ...
Evolution
Feb 28, 2025
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Drone captures narwhals using their tusks to explore, forage and play
The narwhal (Monodon monoceros), an iconic whale of remote Arctic waters, is widely known for its long, spiral tusk, which is really an elongated tooth. The tusk, which is predominantly found in males and can grow up to 10 ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2025
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New X-ray technology captures proteins in motion
Scientists have made enormous advances in understanding the structures of proteins over the past several decades. Imaging technologies like cryo-electron microscopy and X-ray crystallography help researchers visualize the ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 28, 2025
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Why don't pandas eat more meat? Molecules found in bamboo may be behind their plant-based diet
Giant pandas have digestive systems that are typical for carnivores. Yet, bamboo is their main source of food. They have evolved several features; for example, pseudo thumbs to grasp bamboo and flat teeth that are well suited ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2025
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England allows wild beaver releases in 'milestone' for UK nature
Beavers will soon be released into waterways in England under a new scheme launched on Friday, signaling a return to the wild for an animal once hunted to extinction.
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2025
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Hot springs bubble up insights into microbe communities
Boiling hot water bubbles up into pools of vibrant teal and blue. The steam rises, burning anyone who gets too close. The water is acidic—sometimes as acidic as stomach acid. Microbes in a hot spring in Yellowstone National ...
Ecology
Feb 28, 2025
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Uncovering the secret life of hedgehogs
In recent years, the hedgehog population has declined. In 2021, they were redlisted. Hedgehogs are a threatened species in Norway and several other European countries.
Plants & Animals
Feb 28, 2025
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Could putting swamp rat on your dinner plate help save California marshland?
They look like a cross between an otter and a gopher but they taste something like a rabbit or dark meat from turkey. And conservation officials want you to eat as many of them as you can.
Ecology
Feb 28, 2025
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An ancient RNA-guided system could simplify delivery of gene editing therapies
A vast search of natural diversity has led scientists at MIT's McGovern Institute and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard to uncover ancient systems with the potential to expand the genome-editing toolbox. These systems, ...
Biotechnology
Feb 27, 2025
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When birds lose the ability to fly, their bodies change faster than their feathers, scientists discover
More than 99% of birds can fly. But that still leaves many species that evolved to be flightless, including penguins, ostriches, and kiwi birds. In a study in the journal Evolution, researchers compared the feathers and bodies ...
Evolution
Feb 27, 2025
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World's oldest juniper shrub discovered in Finland—annual rings suggest it's 1,647 years old
Researchers from the University of Padua in Italy found a juniper at Utsjoki in Finnish Lapland, which they analyzed to be 1,647 years old by examining the annual rings. The paper is published in the journal Ecology.
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2025
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Xolography-based method enables 3D printing of living tissues with light
Xolography is a novel light printing technique that has been explored for dental products and in-space manufacturing. At Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e), this technique has now been adapted to 3D print living cells. ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 27, 2025
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Computer vision system tracks plant growth to guide specialty crop monitoring
Soilless growing systems inside greenhouses, known as controlled environment agriculture, promise to advance the year-round production of high-quality specialty crops, according to an interdisciplinary research team at Penn ...
Biotechnology
Feb 27, 2025
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Scientists rewrite the rules of swarming locusts
A study recently published in Science has found that classical models of collective behavior fail to explain the mechanisms driving desert locust swarms—an ecological phenomenon that affects millions of lives worldwide. ...
Ecology
Feb 27, 2025
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How chlamydia forms protective bubbles to survive inside human cells
The bacterium chlamydia trachomatis is a major cause of sexually transmitted diseases. Bacteria have lots of tricks up their sleeve that help them survive inside cells. One strategy that chlamydia uses is to form protective ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 27, 2025
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Midwestern field trials suggest overuse of rootworm-resistant corn reduces farmers' profits
An analysis of data covering 12 years and 10 U.S. Corn Belt states reveals that farmers suffer economic loss from the overapplication of genetically engineered corn designed to combat rootworm pests.
Ecology
Feb 27, 2025
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Too much of a good thing: How high nitrogen levels compromise plant immunity
Even for plants, there can be too much of a good thing. When nitrogen levels are too high, for example due to excessive fertilization, plants become more susceptible to certain diseases. However, the exact reasons are not ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 27, 2025
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Utah dig site reveals increased diversity of fossilized eggshells
A team of biological, Earth and environmental scientists from North Carolina State University, Stellenbosch University and the University of Minnesota has found new types of ancient eggshells in the Mussentuchit Member in ...
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