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Evolution Mar 25, 2025

Scientists uncover how enzymes evolved to function at low temperatures

Life has evolved over billions of years, adapting to the changing environment. Similarly, enzymes—proteins that speed up biochemical reactions (catalysis) in cells—have adapted to the habitats of their host organisms. ...

Molecular & Computational biology Mar 10, 2025

An approach inspired by video games offers a new way to visualize limb development

From a single cell to an entire organism, embryonic development is a process of continuous and constant change. However, our understanding of this process is sometimes limited by the fact that we can only observe this process ...

Archaeology Feb 28, 2025

New study reveals harsh realities of childhood in the pre-Columbian Andes

Dr. Luiz Pezo-Lanfranco and his colleagues have published a study on child mortality at the Quebrada Chupacigarro Cemetery (QCC) in the International Journal of Osteoarchaeology.

Archaeology Feb 27, 2025

Time and life cycles reflected in the grinding stones of Europe's earliest Neolithic communities

The hand-held grinding tools used to process cereals that the first European Neolithic societies buried in deposits had a high symbolic value for the women who used them, related to time and the cycles of human life, nature ...

Astronomy Feb 25, 2025

One of the most massive black holes in the universe lurks at the center of the Cosmic Horseshoe

In 2007, astronomers discovered the Cosmic Horseshoe, a gravitationally lensed system of galaxies about 5.5 billion light-years away. The foreground galaxy's mass magnifies and distorts the image of a distant background galaxy ...

General Physics Feb 19, 2025

How topology drives complexity in brain, climate and AI

A study led by Professor Ginestra Bianconi from Queen Mary University of London, in collaboration with international researchers, has unveiled a transformative framework for understanding complex systems.

Cell & Microbiology Jan 20, 2025

Cable bacteria conduct protons over 100 micrometers, hinting at bioelectronic potential

U.S. Naval Research Laboratory and Aarhus University, Denmark, researchers have confirmed protonic conductivity over distances exceeding 100 micrometers along filamentous Desulfobulbaceae, commonly referred to as cable bacteria. ...

Mathematics Jan 16, 2025

Art analysis: 2D multifractal tools examine Jackson Pollock's expressionism

The temperature changes hour to hour and day to day; exchange rates behave no differently. Wherever studies of the variability of similar one-dimensional time series are concerned, analyses based on multifractals have managed ...

Social Sciences Jan 13, 2025

Fertility trends in developed nations show unexpected reversals

Birth rates are falling in the world's highly developed countries. In the 20th century, fertility decline has been associated with advancements in economic and human development, leading to the widely held belief that progress ...

Plants & Animals Dec 17, 2024

Ferns' ability to evolve 'backward' offers insights into the meandering path of evolution

Imagine a photograph of your great-grandparents, grandparents and parents side by side. You'd see a resemblance, but each generation would look distinct from its predecessors. This is the process of evolution in its simplest ...

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