For as long as humans have grown our own food, we have battled pest animals that destroy crops and take food for themselves.
Ecology
May 27, 2023
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They don't use gondolas or croon like Sinatra. But scientists have known for a long time that male mice belt out something like love songs to females when the time seems right to them.
Plants & Animals
Sep 11, 2015
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A very large team of researchers from Stanford University, Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, VA Palo Alto Healthcare System and the University of California has put together an open-source database of mouse cell information it is calling ...
Take a skin cell from a patient with Type 1 diabetes. Strip out everything that made it a skin cell, then reprogram it to grow into a colony of pancreatic beta cells. Implant these into your patient and voilà! She's producing ...
Biochemistry
Jul 18, 2010
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RNA, specifically mRNA, has enjoyed a bit of publicity recently as the main component of the COVID-19 vaccines.
Cell & Microbiology
Apr 21, 2023
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Some mouse sperm can discriminate between its brethren and competing sperm from other males, clustering with its closest relatives to swim faster in the race to the egg. But this sort of cooperation appears ...
Plants & Animals
Jan 20, 2010
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The first computer mouse was a wooden shell with metal wheels. The man behind it, tech visionary Doug Engelbart, has died at 88 after transforming the way people work, play and communicate.
Other
Jul 3, 2013
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Muscle constitutes the largest organ in humans, accounting for 40% of body mass, and it plays an essential role in maintaining life. Muscle tissue is notable for its unique ability for spontaneous regeneration. However, in ...
Materials Science
Feb 21, 2021
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Most reptiles and fish have multiple sets of teeth during their lifetime. However, most mammals, such as humans, have only one set of replacement teeth and some mammals, like mice, have only a single set with no replacement. ...
Biotechnology
Feb 20, 2019
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Japanese researchers from Osaka University have discovered that the interaction between two proteins, M18BP1/KNL2 and CENP-A, is essential for cell division in various species except for mammals including human.
Cell & Microbiology
Jul 31, 2017
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