U.S. and Australian researchers have found a potential tool for identifying "super corals" that can tolerate a limited amount of climate change.
Plants & Animals
Feb 12, 2020
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You know instantly when someone is speaking to an infant or small child. It turns out that dolphin mothers also use a kind of high-pitched baby talk.
Plants & Animals
Jun 26, 2023
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(Phys.org) —Miles below the ocean surface, diverse ecosystems flourish at hydrothermal vents. Without sunlight, animals live off of bacteria that thrive on chemicals billowing out of the Earth's crust. These strange communities ...
Earth Sciences
Apr 1, 2013
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Some commercial beekeeping practices may harm honeybees more than help them, scientists warn in a paper published in the journal Nature Ecology & Evolution.
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2017
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One of the biggest challenges in cognitive or rehabilitation neurosciences is the ability to design a functional hybrid system that can connect and exchange information between biological systems, like neurons in the brain, ...
General Physics
Nov 15, 2016
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Cells are incredibly adept at creating complex molecules, like therapeutics, and can do so much better than many of our best factories.
Biochemistry
Jun 6, 2019
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To the casual observer, Japanese stiltgrass appears as a harmless, leafy green plant that blends into the majestic scenery of your weekend hike through the woods.
Ecology
Sep 11, 2019
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Synthetic biologists seek to create new life with forms and functions not seen in nature. Although scientists are a long way from making a completely artificial life form, they have made semi-synthetic organisms that have ...
Biochemistry
Jul 17, 2019
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Conservation biologists recognize a sobering reality.
Ecology
Jul 23, 2018
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A little-studied factor known as the Little Elongation Complex (LEC) plays a critical and previously unknown role in the transcription of small nuclear RNAs (snRNA), according to a new study led by scientists at the Stowers ...
Cell & Microbiology
Aug 8, 2013
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