Although you may not appreciate them, or have even heard of them, throughout your body, countless microscopic machines called spliceosomes are hard at work. As you sit and read, they are faithfully and rapidly putting back ...
Molecular & Computational biology
May 11, 2024
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Recent fears of major declines among insects have sent researchers scrambling for data on how they are actually doing.
Ecology
May 6, 2024
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A new paper published today (April 24) in the journal Nature by an international team of 279 scientists led by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew presents the most up-to-date understanding of the flowering plant tree of life.
Plants & Animals
Apr 24, 2024
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People say "When pigs fly" to describe the impossible. But even if most mammals are landlubbers, the ability to glide or fly has evolved again and again during mammalian evolution, in species ranging from bats to flying squirrels. ...
Evolution
Apr 24, 2024
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Leveraging gamers and video game technology can dramatically boost scientific research, according to a new study published today in Nature Biotechnology.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 15, 2024
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The sunflower family tree has revealed that flower symmetry evolved multiple times independently, a process called convergent evolution, among the members of this large plant family, according to a new analysis. The research ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 3, 2024
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To engineer proteins with useful functions, researchers usually begin with a natural protein that has a desirable function, such as emitting fluorescent light, and put it through many rounds of random mutation that eventually ...
Biotechnology
Apr 3, 2024
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Researchers in Brazil have used an innovative technique in molecular biology to identify targets for candidate vaccines against Schistosoma mansoni, the parasite that causes schistosomiasis.
Molecular & Computational biology
Apr 2, 2024
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The Hare Research Group at the Department of Environmental and Biological Sciences, University of Eastern Finland, has published a chromosomally assembled reference genome for the European brown hare. Reference genomes represent ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 20, 2024
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The digital age has led to the explosive growth of data of all kinds. Traditional methods for storing data—such as hard drives—are beginning to face challenges due to limited storage capacities. With the growing demand ...
Biotechnology
Mar 19, 2024
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