An international team of researchers led by LMU paleontologist Bettina Reichenbacher has managed to classify fossils of one of the most species-rich fish groups into a family tree for the first time.
Evolution
Jul 11, 2022
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Deep in the forests of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh in India lives a colorful gecko species that only now revealed its true identity. Meet Eublepharis pictus, also known as the Painted Leopard Gecko.
Evolution
Jun 01, 2022
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New research led by scientists at the Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath suggests that determining evolutionary trees of organisms by comparing anatomy rather than gene sequences is misleading. The study, ...
Evolution
Jun 01, 2022
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Chemical engineers and materials scientists are constantly looking for the next revolutionary material, chemical, and drug. The rise of machine-learning approaches is expediting the discovery process, which could otherwise ...
Analytical Chemistry
Apr 04, 2022
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When the European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft discovered abundant molecular oxygen bursting from comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko (67P) in 2015, it puzzled scientists. They had never seen a comet emit oxygen, let alone ...
Astronomy
Mar 14, 2022
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The societal benefits of digitizing natural history collections extends to global advancements in food security, biodiversity conservation, medicine discovery, minerals exploration, and beyond. Brand new, rigorous ...
Economics & Business
Dec 08, 2021
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Scientists from Queen's University Belfast have developed a computer-aided data tool that could improve treatment for a range of illnesses.
Biochemistry
Oct 26, 2021
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Scientists who specialize in studying the atom-by-atom choreography of enzymes have revealed new insights into the function of isopenicillin N synthase, an enzyme needed to produce some of the world's most critical antibiotics.
Biochemistry
Sep 07, 2021
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A research group led by Prof. Jiao Yuannian from the Institute of Botany of the Chinese Academy of Sciences recently reported a high-quality genome sequence of Aristolochia fimbriata, providing new insights into angiosperm ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 02, 2021
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The structure of a biomolecule can reveal much about its functioning and interaction with the surrounding environment. The double-helical structure of DNA and its implications for the processes of transmission of genetic ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Jun 14, 2021
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