Researchers have uncovered how some bacteria use electrical spikes to overcome antibacterial drugs, potentially leading to 'superbugs' that are resistant to antibiotics.
Cell & Microbiology
Jan 11, 2023
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An accidental sting has helped Japanese scientists prove some male wasps have a rather unusual predator defence weapon: penis spikes.
Plants & Animals
Dec 25, 2022
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Scientists from the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM), Royal BC Museum, and North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences have found new evidence for how armored dinosaurs used their iconic tail clubs.
Paleontology & Fossils
Dec 6, 2022
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Scientists believe bats first transmitted SARS-CoV-2 to humans in December 2019, and while the virus has since evolved into several variants such as delta and omicron, a new study indicates the virus is still highly transmissible ...
Ecology
Dec 2, 2022
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Scientists have discovered why some coronaviruses are more likely to cause severe disease, which has remained a mystery until now. Researchers of the University of Bristol-led study, published in Science Advances today (November ...
Biochemistry
Nov 23, 2022
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America was unprepared for the magnitude of the pandemic, which overwhelmed many counties and filled some hospitals to capacity. A new paper in PNAS suggests there may have been a mathematical method, of sorts, to the madness ...
Mathematics
Oct 24, 2022
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If you're an avid reader of science news, you've probably heard of viral proteins such as the COVID-19 spike protein.
Biochemistry
Sep 26, 2022
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One of the essential factors the COVID-19 virus needs to enter a host is a receptor on a human cell—a place where the universally recognized spike protein can latch onto the cell surface, pierce it, disgorge its infectious ...
Biochemistry
Sep 22, 2022
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SARS-CoV-2 is constantly mutating and each new variant often catches the world by surprise. Take for example the highly mutated omicron variant that emerged last November and required health authorities to develop a rapid ...
Molecular & Computational biology
Sep 5, 2022
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Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, images of the coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2, have been seared in our minds. But the way we picture the virus, typically as a sphere with spikes, is not strictly accurate. Microscope images ...
General Physics
Aug 31, 2022
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