Scientists discover superbug's rapid path to antibiotic resistance
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), a type of bacteria which often affects people who have taken antibiotics, is responsible for approximately 2,000 deaths annually in the UK.
Clostridioides difficile (C. diff), a type of bacteria which often affects people who have taken antibiotics, is responsible for approximately 2,000 deaths annually in the UK.
Evolution
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In work published in Physical Review Letters researchers at Osaka University's Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (SANKEN) used "the shortcuts to the adiabaticity (STA)" method to greatly speed-up the adiabatic ...
Condensed Matter
Mar 5, 2024
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Scientists at the CNRS and the University of Montpellier have discovered that flowering plants growing in farmland are increasingly doing without insect pollinators. As reproduction becomes more difficult for them in an environment ...
Evolution
Dec 20, 2023
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A new paper titled "Long-read sequencing reveals rapid evolution of immunity and cancer-related genes in bats" in Genome Biology and Evolution shows that rapid evolution in bats may account for the animals' extraordinary ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 20, 2023
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The lakes in Wyoming's Wind River Mountains historically didn't contain fish, but stocking of trout that began in the early 1900s has created an environment in which hundreds of those lakes now have strong fish populations—some ...
Evolution
Jul 31, 2023
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A study published in the journal Current Biology provides valuable insights into understanding how individual species persist under climate change and its implications for the global carbon cycle and marine food webs.
Evolution
Jul 31, 2023
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New species continue to evolve the world over, as different groups of organisms separate and take divergent paths. What happens when you add climate change to the mix?
Evolution
Jun 21, 2023
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The overfishing of codfish spanning the second half of the 20th century indicates that human action can force evolutionary changes more quickly than widely believed, according to a Rutgers-led study.
Evolution
May 31, 2023
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The little skate's dance on the ocean floor is graceful: Its massive frontal fins undulate as it skims beneath a layer of sand. With its mottled sand-colored camouflage, the animal is easy to miss.
Evolution
Apr 12, 2023
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Recently, the research team led by Dr. Shunping He from the Institute of Deep Sea Science and Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, published their research findings in the online version of Science China Life Sciences.
Evolution
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