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Evolution Mar 18, 2021

Cellular Chinese whispers: The impact of mistranslation on phenotypic variability and fitness

The immense diversity in the living world and how it came into being has always been a subject of human enquiry. After centuries of playing detective in search of the basis of the parities and disparities that we see among ...

Plants & Animals Mar 10, 2021

Food production waste brans can be utilized as sources of protein and dietary fiber

Every year, the food industry generates substantial amounts of side streams, such as cereal brans. Instead of using them for food, they are primarily utilized as feed or in energy production.

Paleontology & Fossils Mar 3, 2021

Prehistoric killing machine exposed

Previously thought of as heavy, slow and sluggish, the 260-million-year-old predator, Anteosaurus, was a ferocious hunter-killer.

Social Sciences Mar 3, 2021

Survey shows how pandemic is hampering career progress for women and racialized faculty

Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, university faculty across Canada have been looking for ways to keep doing high-quality research and adapt to online teaching. The uncertainty of what a new normal will resemble, and ...

Materials Science Feb 18, 2021

Electrolyte 'boost' improves performance of aqueous dual-ion batteries

Widespread adoption of renewable energy in the power grid requires the right kind of battery—one that is safe, sustainable, powerful, long-lasting, and made from materials that are plentiful and ethically-sourced.

Materials Science Feb 12, 2021

'See through soil' could help farmers deal with future droughts

In research that may eventually help crops survive drought, scientists at Princeton University have uncovered a key reason that mixing material called hydrogels with soil has sometimes proven disappointing for farmers.

Social Sciences Feb 11, 2021

People had a rollercoaster 2020, says new study on Twitter messages

For Rutgers University–Camden researchers, the messages are clear: 2020 was quite the emotional rollercoaster in New Jersey.

Molecular & Computational biology Feb 10, 2021

Stanford model accounts for behavioral changes during epidemics

The morning news reports a rise in coronavirus infections in your area. Taking in this information, you decide to skip your daily coffee run or put off your grocery trip for another week. Although many of us have probably ...

Molecular & Computational biology Feb 8, 2021

Modelling HIV fusion

An interdisciplinary team of researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has used robust computer simulations to understand how HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, fuses with the host cell membrane. Published in the ...

Environment Feb 1, 2021

Digitization is key element in the growth potential of agroecological cooperatives

The coronavirus crisis has led to some of the general public developing a critical view of the current food consumption model, as shown by a recent survey by the Catalan Consumer Agency, which reveals that 60.5% of all Catalans ...

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