Mind-bending, body-snatching, blood-sucking: Parasites are bizarre yet vital for life on Earth
Jan 2, 2025, 11:23 am By NULLParasite, zombie, leech—these words are often used to describe people in unkind ways. Many of us…Bacteria to the rescue: A sustainable solution for growing organoids
Jan 2, 2025, 11:20 am By NULLResearchers from the Organoid group at the Hubrecht Institute have developed a new way to grow…Discovery of rare new fossil sheds light on New Zealand's extinct dolphin-like reptiles
Jan 2, 2025, 10:59 am By NULLIchthyosaurs were reptiles that swam in the seas during the time of the dinosaurs. They evolved…Africa: Better roads promote greater dietary diversity
Jan 2, 2025, 10:02 am By NULLA balanced diet is important for reducing hunger and malnutrition. Researchers thus advocate that…Scientists are discovering the deepest evolutionary secrets of Australia's marsupial mole
Jan 2, 2025, 8:50 am By NULLMarsupial moles are perhaps Australia's most bizarre mammals. Known as "itjaritjari" to the…Major new footprint discoveries on Britain's 'dinosaur highway'
Jan 2, 2025, 8:26 am By NULLIn a stunning find, researchers from the Universities of Oxford and Birmingham have uncovered a huge…Study traces Ebola's route to the skin surface
Jan 1, 2025, 2:00 pm By NULLEbola is a deadly hemorrhagic disease caused by a virus that is endemic in parts of East-Central and…Key players in brain aging: New research identifies age-related damage on a cellular level
Jan 1, 2025, 11:00 am By NULLScientists at the Allen Institute have identified specific cell types in the brain of mice that…Researchers develop 'family tree' system to auto-detect new variants of infectious diseases
Jan 1, 2025, 11:00 am By NULLResearchers have come up with a new way to identify more infectious variants of viruses or bacteria…Revealing a key mechanism of rapid centromere evolution
Jan 1, 2025, 11:00 am By NULLA joint research group team led by Sayuri Tsukahara and Tetsuji Kakutani of the University of Tokyo…'Gitmo' in the Mojave: How the Marines are saving endangered desert tortoises
Jan 1, 2025, 9:40 am By NULLTwo tiny tortoises emerged from their burrows as soon as they detected Brian Henen's footsteps,…Introducing HORNET, a novel RNA structure visualization method that correlates sequence and 3D topology
Dec 31, 2024, 11:00 am By NULLNational Cancer Institute researchers have developed a method called HORNET for characterizing 3D…Massachusetts beaches hit record-high for piping plovers: 'A species recovering at an encouraging rate'
Dec 31, 2024, 7:30 am By NULLPiping plovers are continuing their comeback story.More than 100,000 oysters were grown in Virginia this year: Why it matters
Dec 31, 2024, 6:40 am By NULLMore than 110,000 oysters were planted and raised through oyster gardening in Virginia in 2024, a…Microplastics disrupt terrestrial ecosystems, affecting plants and food webs
Dec 31, 2024, 5:00 am By NULLMicro/nanoplastics (MNPs), plastic particles and fibers with sizes ranging from nanometers (≥ 1…Why do disinfectants only kill 99.9% of germs? Here's the science
Dec 30, 2024, 3:00 pm By NULLHave you ever wondered why most disinfectants indicate they kill 99.9% or 99.99% of germs, but never…Foreign DNA 'sneaks' past bacterial defenses, aiding antibiotic resistance
Dec 30, 2024, 1:11 pm By NULLA new study by Tel Aviv University reveals how bacterial defense mechanisms can be neutralized,…Striking new moray eel discovered in Central Indo-Pacific river mouths, named after god of the underworld
Dec 30, 2024, 12:19 pm By NULLThe Hades' snake moray (Uropterygius hades), a dark brown, slender snake moray eel, has chosen the…Investigating soil, nutrient impact on organic leafy greens in unheated, greenhouse-like high tunnel system
Dec 30, 2024, 11:02 am By NULLA recent study by scientists at the University of Florida sheds light on how soil and nutrient…What if every pet was vegan? Here's how much it would help the planet
Dec 30, 2024, 8:56 am By NULLAt least a quarter of all human-generated greenhouse gas emissions to date can be traced to the…
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