Skoltech researchers and their colleagues have studied a core element of the insect olfactory system to see how this knowledge might help in both fighting insects and using them to our advantage. The paper was published in ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 16, 2021
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Having a cat (or several) can add companionship and warmth to any household. As you share each other's space, however, you may have noticed a few quirks that your cat exhibits, varying from adorable to plainly bizarre.
Plants & Animals
Apr 30, 2021
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To evaluate the chemical composition of food from a physiological point of view, it is important to know the functions of the receptors that interact with food ingredients. These include receptors for bitter compounds, which ...
Evolution
Feb 2, 2021
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I have discovered one positive amid the pandemic: I love working with two dogs at my feet.
Plants & Animals
Oct 29, 2020
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Based on digital endocranial cast models, the canine brain does not increase proportionally with body size. Researchers at ELTE Eötvös Loránd and Kaposvár University in Hungary reconstructed the surface morphology of ...
Evolution
Oct 22, 2020
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Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists, in cooperation with Pacific Biosciences and Penn State University, have published the first genome of the invasive Spotted Lanternfly (SLF) in the journal Gigascience and they ...
Biotechnology
Oct 16, 2019
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PIM kinases are enzymes that are evolutionarily well conserved in both humans and nematodes. Led by Dr. Päivi Koskinen, a research group from the Department of Biology of the University of Turku in Finland has previously ...
Plants & Animals
Aug 27, 2019
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Reproducing in a fearful world is tricky. How do rodents get information of prevailing risk of death, and how do they respond to the information? A research team of evolutionary biologists from University of Jyväskylä, ...
Evolution
Jun 11, 2019
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The koala's nose is distinctive—it's a big black leathery rectangle in the middle of a round, gray face that's surprisingly soft to the touch. And every koala nose is unique.
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2019
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It has been almost a decade since the Deepwater Horizon Oil spill. Described as the worst environmental disaster in the United States, nearly 5 million barrels of crude oil oozed into the Gulf of Mexico, severely degrading ...
Environment
Nov 13, 2018
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