The origin of eukaryotes is considered one of the greatest enigmas in biology: according to current doctrine, two prokaryotes, a so-called Asgard archaeon and a bacterium, are believed to have merged. The bacterium is said ...
Evolution
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It's about to get easier to catch and analyze a high-quality image of fast-moving molecules. Assistant Professor Ioannis Sgouralis, Department of Mathematics, and colleagues have developed an algorithm that adds a new level ...
Biotechnology
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Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have discovered that the fern Hymenasplenium murakami-hatanakae can become independent gametophytes, i.e., live for long periods without a spore-producing sporophyte. The work ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 12, 2024
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Scientists at Sanford Burnham Prebys and the La Jolla Institute for Immunology have revealed a new secret regarding senescence, a cellular state similar to sleep that is more likely to affect aged cells. This drowsy condition ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 22, 2024
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A Danish amber collector's find upon a wild North Sea shore in the 1960's has proved to be of great and surprising significance. After having thoroughly examined the roughly 40-million-year-old piece of amber, University ...
Evolution
Aug 30, 2024
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Human proteins undergo a variety of chemical modifications following their synthesis. These modifications regulate their structure, function, and stability. Researchers from the Bhogaraju Group at EMBL Grenoble have developed ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Aug 12, 2024
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A study led by scientists from the University of Bristol reveals what animals do after they have feigned death in order to avoid being killed by a predator and what the context of this behavior is. The work has been published ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 22, 2024
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While satellite technology might seem distant and space-bound, its benefits can be seen everywhere.
Agriculture
Aug 21, 2024
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Beekeepers across France say it has been a disastrous year for honey, with bees starving to death and production plummeting by up to 80 percent.
Ecology
Aug 25, 2024
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As far as the causes of global biodiversity loss are concerned, there are evidently perception gaps among students of environment-related subjects worldwide, as a survey conducted by Goethe University Frankfurt with more ...
Ecology
Aug 30, 2024
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