The first study ever to examine sleeping behavior in a wild group of primates has challenged a central tenet of sleep science: that we must make up for lost sleep. Even after sleeping poorly, wild baboons still spent time ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 1, 2022
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Scientists think they may have uncovered a whole new approach to fighting antibiotic-resistant bacteria, which, if successful, would help address a health crisis responsible for more deaths every year than either AIDS or ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 22, 2022
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Families of fish tend to share similar reactions to stressful situations, new research shows.
Plants & Animals
Feb 15, 2022
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Temperature fluctuations such as heatwaves can have very different effects on infection rates and disease outcomes depending on the average background temperature, says a report published today in the journal eLife.
Ecology
Feb 15, 2022
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Lactic acid bacteria are essential in creating fermented foods like yogurt, cheese and sauerkraut. Certain strains are also used as probiotics to improve human gut health.
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 14, 2022
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What happens inside neurons when we memorize a password or learn the cello? Some of our basic understanding about learning and memory comes from the study of conditions in which cognitive development is disrupted. For example, ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 9, 2022
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Research performed at Umeå University has led to the discovery of a pH-induced structural mechanism of membrane remodeling caused by the protein MakA, a subunit of the recently described α-pore-forming toxin from the pathogenic ...
Cell & Microbiology
Feb 8, 2022
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Proteins on the surface of cells act as sentries—and microbes hoping to invade will evolve tricks to evade these front-line defenses. But the host cell's proteins don't sit back helplessly. They, too, can evolve in ways ...
Evolution
Feb 4, 2022
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The function of an enzyme, critical to most forms of life, has been revealed.
Molecular & Computational biology
Feb 2, 2022
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Despite its minute size, a single cell contains billions of molecules that bustle around and bind to one another, carrying out vital functions. The human genome encodes about 20,000 proteins, most of which interact with partner ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 25, 2022
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