Paleontologists at the University of Alberta have developed a new theory to explain why the ancient ancestors of dinosaurs stopped moving about on all fours and rose up on just their two hind legs.
Archaeology
Mar 3, 2017
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In previous research, it was suggested that adaptation of an animal to different factors looks like spending of one resource and that the animal dies when this resource is exhausted. In 1938, Hans Selye introduced "adaptation ...
Mathematics
Mar 22, 2016
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New supercomputer models have come closer than ever to capturing the behavior of normal human heart valves and their replacements, according to recent studies by groups including scientists at the Institute for Computational ...
Computer Sciences
Aug 19, 2015
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Whistleblowing performs a public service that is celebrated in the media, condoned by the public, and increasingly protected by the government. So why are we so reluctant to do it? Recent research we published in the Journal ...
Evolution
Jan 26, 2015
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Since the discovery that DNA encodes genetic information, research on the evolution of life has focused on its genetic origins. Following this "genes-first" approach, Oxford University evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins ...
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 7, 2015
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Research from our Department of Computer Science has found an explanation for why we often believe gossip more than our own personal experiences. The study also gives a biological explanation as to why it is so difficult ...
Social Sciences
Dec 16, 2014
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Ammonites are a group of extinct cephalopod mollusks with ribbed spiral shells. They are exceptionally diverse and well known to fossil lovers. Régis Chirat, researcher at the Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon: Terre, Planètes ...
Evolution
Oct 13, 2014
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(Phys.org) —University of Adelaide mathematicians have devised a method for identifying how cell clusters have formed by analyzing an image of the cluster.
Cell & Microbiology
Mar 19, 2014
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Bumblebees are much more unstable when they hover than when they fly fast, according to new research published this month in the Journal of Theoretical Biology.
Plants & Animals
Mar 14, 2013
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