Study reveals 'supply and demand' constraints on body's protein-making ability
May 9, 2025, 11:47 am By NULL"Supply and demand" constraints limit the body's ability to produce the various proteins needed for…Bacterium produces 'organic dishwashing liquid' to degrade oil
May 9, 2025, 11:41 am By NULLThe marine bacterium Alcanivorax borkumensis feeds on oil, multiplying rapidly in the wake of oil…Cell's protein cleanup fails when crucial enzyme is blocked, study finds
May 9, 2025, 11:22 am By NULLIn neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's or Parkinson's, proteins accumulate in the body's…Five insights about birds in San Francisco's community gardens
May 9, 2025, 11:08 am By NULLA community garden in the heart of a city can be an oasis—an island of greenery where people can…Chimpanzee groups drum with distinct rhythms, research finds
May 9, 2025, 11:00 am By NULLNew research from a team of cognitive scientists and evolutionary biologists finds that chimpanzees…Wasp mothers have remarkable memory when it comes to feeding their young
May 9, 2025, 11:00 am By NULLDigger wasps make a short burrow for each egg, stocking it with food and returning a few days later…Internal clocks determine the ups and downs of Antarctic krill
May 9, 2025, 10:58 am By NULLAntarctic krill not only react to external environmental influences such as light or food. They also…Vanishing vultures could have hidden costs for the planet
May 9, 2025, 9:26 am By NULLFalling vulture numbers in the Americas could have serious implications for public health and…Generalist pests cause more damage, specialists kill more trees: Classifying pests by tree damage and mortality
May 9, 2025, 4:43 am By NULLA study in the journal Forests highlights the critical need for understanding and managing nonnative…North Korea's illegal wildlife trade threatens endangered species, study finds
May 8, 2025, 7:10 pm By NULLThe North Korean government engages in unsustainable and illegal wildlife trade, which includes…Amid a drastic decline in endangered primates, researchers call for conservation measures
May 8, 2025, 4:36 pm By NULLAn international team of primate researchers has published the 25 most endangered primate species in…Scientists solve 500-million-year fossil mystery
May 8, 2025, 4:07 pm By NULLA peculiar spiny fossil, once thought to represent one of the earliest mollusks, has now been…Grooming brushes help feedlot cattle stay calmer and more sociable, study finds
May 8, 2025, 3:10 pm By NULLFeedlot cattle with access to grooming brushes are generally more content, sociable and have less…Selfish gene that skews sex ratio in fruit flies has unique self-limiting mechanism
May 8, 2025, 2:40 pm By NULLWhen a species reproduces, typically, each parent passes on one of their two versions (alleles) of a…Slow-growing bacteria respond more sensitively to their environment
May 8, 2025, 1:50 pm By NULLResearchers led by Professor Erik van Nimwegen at the Biozentrum, University of Basel, have…Previously unknown accordion worm discovered off the coasts of Spain
May 8, 2025, 1:20 pm By NULLWhat lives off the Northwest coasts of Spain and shrinks to one-fifth of its size when alarmed?…Elk could return to UK after 3,000 years as plan wins funding
May 8, 2025, 1:08 pm By NULLElk could roam the English countryside for the first time in 3,000 years after funding was approved…Humans are killing helpful insects in hundreds of ways. Simple steps can reduce the harm
May 8, 2025, 12:34 pm By NULLInsects are all around us—an ant on the sidewalk, a bee buzzing by, a butterfly floating on the…Refrigeration systems in small fishing boats reduce food waste and provide better catch conditions
May 8, 2025, 12:30 pm By NULLSmall fishing boats make up 80% of the 5,600 fishing vessels in Norway. They deliver 11% of the…Just 30 tree species dominate world's most diverse savanna
May 8, 2025, 12:11 pm By NULLScientists have found that a mere 30 species of trees in the Cerrado—the world's largest and most…
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