Researchers have been unclear on how bacteria form and release certain extracellular components involved in cell adhesion and multicellular structures that also contribute to antibiotic resistance. However, a recent study ...
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 14, 2016
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Scientists from the universities of Oxford and Manchester have used a new molecular fingerprinting technique to identify one Neanderthal bone from around 2,000 tiny bone fragments.
Archaeology
Mar 29, 2016
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There is nothing more certain in life than death – a cheerful thought for a dismal February. Even though we are aware of that inevitability, we don't expect death literally to strike out of an empty sky, which reportedly ...
Space Exploration
Feb 10, 2016
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A forthcoming Review in The Condor: Ornithological Applications explores how oaks and pines depend on corvids, the group of birds that includes ravens, crows, and jays, to reproduce and spread—and how birds may be the key ...
Ecology
Feb 3, 2016
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Between 2000 and 2012, the world lost more forest area than it gained, according to U.S. Forest Service researchers and partners who estimated a global net loss of 1.71 million square kilometers of forest—an area about ...
Environment
Jan 28, 2016
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A moderately inflated rubber balloon pricked with a needle bursts into two large fragments. However, if you inflate it until it bursts spontaneously, you get dozens of shreds.
General Physics
Nov 2, 2015
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Honda is recalling some 2016 CR-V SUVs to replace Takata air bags that could rupture in a crash and send metal fragments flying.
Business
Oct 31, 2015
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As Halloween approaches, bats can be found everywhere from costumes to decorations. But during the rest of the year, bats are frequently under-appreciated and over-looked. Washington state is home to 15 species of bats, and ...
Plants & Animals
Oct 30, 2015
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Not being picky about your food means you can live just about anywhere, and some vultures are good at adapting to landscape fragmentation caused by humans, but new research forthcoming in The Condor: Ornithological Applications ...
Ecology
Oct 21, 2015
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We all know that animals have an immune system - but plants have systems to fight infection too. Plant cells have receptor proteins which bind with parts of a pathogen. These receptor proteins are located on the surface of ...
Biotechnology
Oct 14, 2015
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