Human teeth evolved from the same genes that make the bizarre beaked teeth of the pufferfish, according to new research by an international team of scientists.
Evolution
May 16, 2017
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A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery, a team from the Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering at Harvard University and Harvard School of Engineering ...
Materials Science
Aug 2, 2013
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Researchers at Umeå University and the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences have discovered that increasing levels of CO2 in the atmosphere have shifted photosynthetic metabolism in plants over the 20th century. This ...
Environment
Dec 7, 2015
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When and how humans first settled in the Americas is a subject of considerable controversy. In the 20th century, archaeologists believed that humans reached the North American interior no earlier than around 14,000 years ...
Archaeology
Oct 8, 2023
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Plants are often attributed with abilities similar to those known in the animal or human world. Trees are said to have feelings and can purportedly care for their offspring, like mothers. In an article in the review journal ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2023
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For the first time, scientists have grown plants in soil from the moon collected by NASA's Apollo astronauts.
Space Exploration
May 14, 2022
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(Phys.org)—The claim is dramatic: An alternative nuclear fuel that could offer a safer and more abundant alternative to the uranium that powers conventional reactors. That is what supporters have to say about thorium, a ...
Researchers at the University of Arizona have found a promising way to prevent the loss of millions of tons of crops to a fungus each year, offering the potential to dramatically improve food security, especially in developing ...
Biotechnology
Mar 10, 2017
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Researchers are developing drones that could detect plant disease before any visible signs show, allowing farmers to stop infections in their tracks.
Ecology
Apr 26, 2017
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Researchers at Linköping University in Sweden have created analog and digital electronics circuits inside living plants. The group at the Laboratory of Organic Electronics (LOE), under the leadership of Professor Magnus ...
Engineering
Nov 20, 2015
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