Protein 'chameleon' colors long-term memory
A chameleonlike protein in neurons can change its mind, and in the process change our brains.
Biochemistry
Aug 25, 2020
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News tagged with spines
Micro-CT scans give clues about how hero shrews' bizarre backbones evolved
At first glance, hero shrews don't seem super exciting—they're small grayish-brown mammals, related to moles and hedgehogs, and they look a little bit like chubby, long-nosed rats. But under their fur, they have some of ...
Plants & Animals
Apr 28, 2020
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Queuing for eternity: Fossils show lining up is primal urge
Ever felt like you've been queuing forever?
Paleontology & Fossils
Oct 17, 2019
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Native foods are key to preserving rodent gut bacteria in captivity
As Rodolfo Martinez-Mota well knows, from the cactus spines in his clothes and skin, white-throated woodrats love to eat prickly pear cactus (from the Opuntia genus). They like the cactus so much that their gut microorganism ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 9, 2019
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Dinosaur that defended itself with spiny backbone found in Patagonia
A herbivorous dinosaur that fended off predators with a row of spines running along its back and lived 140 million years ago has been found in Argentine Patagonia.
Archaeology
Feb 4, 2019
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Scientists study puncture performance of cactus spines
Beware the jumping cholla, Cylindropuntia fulgida. This shrubby, branching cactus will—if provoked by touching—anchor its splayed spines in the flesh of the offender. The barbed spines grip so tightly that a segment of ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 20, 2018
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First dynamic spine brace—robotic spine exoskeleton—characterizes spine deformities
Spine deformities, such as idiopathic scoliosis and kyphosis (also known as "hunchback"), are characterized by an abnormal curvature in the spine. The children with these spinal deformities are typically advised to wear a ...
Engineering
Apr 9, 2018
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Brain-imaging system uses 'multi-pupil' prism arrays
A specialized type of adaptive-optics technology that has been demonstrated by taking high-resolution time-lapse images of functioning brain cells might be used to better understand how the brain works.
Engineering
May 9, 2017
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Two new highly adorned spiky ant species discovered in New Guinea
The distinctive dorsal spines found on two new species of highly adorned Pheidole ants may help to support the ants' massive heads, according to a study published July 27, 2016 in the open-access journal PLOS ONE by Eli Sarnat, ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2016
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Relationship found between predation and the shape of prey fish body and spines
(Phys.org)—A trio of researchers with the University of California's Department of Evolution and Ecology has found a predictable relationship between the size of predator fish mouths and the shape and spine characteristics ...
