Researchers find evolutionary selection for traits associated with immunity, metabolism in Tsimane and Moseten genomes
A team of global experts has discovered new signals of natural selection in humans.
A team of global experts has discovered new signals of natural selection in humans.
Evolution
Mar 1, 2023
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Santa Barbara Channel's natural oil seeps are a beach-goer's bane, flecking the shores with blobs of tar. But the leaking petroleum also creates fascinating geologic and biologic features. About 10 miles off the coast of ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 13, 2023
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Sometimes, the most complex problems can be solved with the simplest approaches. Such was the case for researchers at UC Santa Barbara as they tried to resolve a longstanding issue of fluid friction—the resistance between ...
General Physics
Feb 2, 2023
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With ever more demands on the planet's natural resources, managing them carefully is ever more critical. But it can be challenging to make effective decisions for such complex systems. To do so, scientists and resource managers ...
Ecology
Jan 26, 2023
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As buzz grows ever louder over the future of quantum, researchers everywhere are working overtime to discover how best to unlock the promise of super-positioned, entangled, tunneling or otherwise ready-for-primetime quantum ...
Optics & Photonics
Jan 17, 2023
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While conducting an otherwise straightforward investigation into the assembly mechanism of calcium-phosphate clusters, researchers at UC Santa Barbara and New York University (NYU) made a surprising discovery: Phosphate ions ...
Biochemistry
Dec 30, 2022
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Tick bites transmit Lyme disease. But even knowing where these ticks live doesn't necessarily mean you can predict the disease in humans. It's only one part of a broader picture which includes human behavior and the habits ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 21, 2022
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The nearshore rocky reefs of the Santa Barbara Channel are dynamic places, with populations of fish, mollusks, algae and other assorted sea life shifting in response to currents, storms and a variety of other conditions. ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 16, 2022
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Discovering a new species is always exciting, but so is finding one alive that everyone assumed had been lost to the passage of time. A small clam, previously known only from fossils, has recently been found living at Naples ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 7, 2022
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A quick survey of life on Earth will usually yield two groups: those that produce their own nutrients and those that must get them from other lifeforms. Plants generally fall into the first category, called autotrophs, while ...
Evolution
Nov 7, 2022
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