York University researchers have learned how living beings can keep gene expression in check—which might partly explain the uncontrolled gene expression found in many cancers.
Biotechnology
Mar 13, 2015
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The idea that spur-of-the-moment sex is the most passionate and satisfying is a deeply ingrained one in popular Western imagination, but new research from York University calls this into question. In their latest study, psychology ...
Social Sciences
Feb 13, 2023
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Planets that revolve around two suns may surprisingly survive the violent late stages of the stars' lives, according to new research out of the NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre and York University. The finding is surprising ...
Astronomy
Oct 12, 2016
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As winters become milder and lake ice less stable, more children and young adults are falling through the ice and fatally drowning, say York University researchers.
Earth Sciences
Nov 18, 2020
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Bugged by freeloaders? You are not alone, and leeching off others is not just a human problem. In fact, it is not uncommon in the animal kingdom, where even some cheater species of bacteria exhibit such selfish behavior.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 29, 2022
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As intense heatwaves grip the United Kingdom, Spain, France and Portugal—at times exceeding temperatures of 40 C—as well as parts of North America and Asia, lakes around the world are feeling the heat from climate change, ...
Environment
Jul 18, 2022
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Paper strips laced with sugar could be the sweetest solution so far, literally, to kill E. coli in contaminated water. York University researcher Sushanta Mitra says the "DipTreat" discovery will be key to developing a new ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2016
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What's stressing out bumblebees? To find out, York University scientists used next-generation sequencing to look deep inside bumblebees for evidence of pesticide exposure, including neonicotinoids, as well as pathogens, and ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 6, 2021
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20
A popular recreational and commercial fish - the native walleye - is at risk of disappearing as invasions of the competitive, predatory smallmouth bass move into Ontario lakes, a new study from York University has found.
Ecology
Oct 5, 2016
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Canada's wild pollinators are in decline and without a national pollinator plan, many species could be heading for extinction, like the endangered rusty-patched bumblebee or the American bumblebee, say researchers at York ...
Plants & Animals
Jun 23, 2023
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