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Supercomputer models microtubule dynamics, offering new insights into neurodegenerative diseases
Each day, a human adult loses on average 50 to 70 billion cells, which die from natural causes alone. New cells replace lost ones by the complex process of cell division, which relies on what scientists call molecular machines ...
Biotechnology
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Scientists develop a way to scale up spatial genomics and lower costs
Spatial transcriptomics technologies opened the door for new kinds of biological measurements, allowing scientists to generate detailed maps of where genes are expressed in tissue. But most methods rely on expensive and time-intensive ...
Biotechnology
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Bizarre-looking dinosaur challenges what we know about the evolution of fingers
Oviraptorosaurs are weird dinosaurs that look a bit like flightless birds. But these ancient animals aren't just funny-looking fossils. As my team's new research published in Royal Society Open Science shows, they can help ...
Evolution
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Off-key beginnings: Baby lemurs sing out of tune, just like human children
A study led by primatologist Dr. Chiara De Gregorio from the University of Warwick has found that Madagascar's singing lemurs, the indris (Indri indri), sing out of tune in infancy and improve as adults, just like a human ...
Plants & Animals
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Chromatin remodeling captured in comprehensive structural study
Chromatin remodeling plays a vital role in gene regulation, affecting how DNA is accessed. Disruptions in this process can also lead to cancer and other diseases.
Cell & Microbiology
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Jumbo phages infect cells with a protective cloaking mechanism, researchers discover
In a growing global trend, bacteria are evolving new ways to maneuver around medical treatments for a variety of infections. The rising antibiotic resistance crisis poses a significant public health threat in hospitals and ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Resolving a key to enterovirus infection: Receptor protein discovery could aid future vaccine design
Researchers found a protein that's essential for an enterovirus to enter human cells. Although not the infamous example—that title goes to poliovirus—other enteroviruses such as enterovirus D68 can cause similar paralytic ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Flies are masters of migration—it's about time they got some credit
As I sprinted across the flower-rich meadow on the eastern coast of Cyprus, I could barely see my car. The air was full of tiny black dots, pelting like bullets past me. I hauled open the car door and breathed a sigh of relief ...
Plants & Animals
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E. coli evolutionary map could lead to precision medicine against antibiotic resistance
The first-of-its-kind in-depth bacterial evolutionary map could pave the way for the development of precision treatments for certain antibiotic-resistant infections, such as urinary tract infections.
Evolution
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AI is changing the game for plant proteins
From personalized nutrition to more sustainable supply chains, we're just beginning to unlock the potential of AI in farming and food production. And it couldn't come at a more critical time. As the global population continues ...
Biotechnology
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3D-printed skin imitation equipped with living cells could replace animal testing
Directive 2010/63/EU laid down restrictions on animal testing for the testing of cosmetics and their ingredients throughout the EU. Therefore, there is an intense search for alternatives to test the absorption and toxicity ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Cover crops provide an often-overlooked reduction in soil carbon erosion, study finds
Planting ground cover in fields between cash crop growing seasons is an effective way to prevent farmland from losing soil carbon from erosion, a factor that's underestimated in considering the carbon sequestration potential ...
Ecology
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Vanishing fish, shrinking catches: How overfishing is undermining coastal fisheries
New science shows that overfishing is eroding the sustainability of tropical coral reef fisheries in East Africa, with small-scale fishers losing out on fisheries' productivity as entire species disappear from their catch.
Ecology
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Corpse flowers' survival at risk due to spotty recordkeeping
Commonly called the "corpse flower," Amorphophallus titanum is endangered for many reasons, including habitat destruction, climate change and encroachment from invasive species.
Plants & Animals
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Stronger together: Bilby conservation efforts enhanced by Indigenous knowledge
One of the nation's most iconic and at-risk critters could benefit by combining Indigenous knowledge with western survey methods, according to a new study led by Charles Darwin University (CDU) in collaboration with the North ...
Plants & Animals
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Study reveals that migrating roach fish have sharper eyesight
Roach fish that migrate between different lakes and water courses have larger pupils and better eyesight than roach that stay in one place. The adaptation makes it easier for the red-eyed freshwater migrants to find food ...
Evolution
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Researchers warn of the overlap between offshore wind farms and areas of high biodiversity
A predictive model suggests that seabirds and marine mammals forage in the same areas where wind potential is most significant and that their populations may be at risk if wind farms are built there.
Ecology
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Monkeys are world's best yodelers, 'voice breaks' analysis finds
A new study has found that the world's finest yodelers aren't from Austria or Switzerland, but the rainforests of Latin America.
Plants & Animals
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Flowerpot snake's DNA repair ability provides insights into human genetic conditions like Down syndrome
The flowerpot snake, one of the world's smallest snakes, has some unusual distinctions. Also known as the Brahminy blind snake, it's the only known snake species with three sets of chromosomes instead of two—and it can ...
Plants & Animals
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DNA repair protein's unexpected structure may lead to new cancer treatments
A University of Iowa-led study has revealed the unexpected structure adopted by the DNA repair protein RAD52 as it binds and protects replicating DNA in dividing cells. This new structural and mechanistic understanding of ...
Cell & Microbiology
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