How cells accurately assemble complex machinery
Jan 3, 2024, 10:13 am By NULLProteins are the workhorses of the cell, carrying out functions to keep everything running smoothly.…Cracking the secrets of virus 'uncoating' may help fight infections
Jan 3, 2024, 10:11 am By NULLInfluenza and other viruses pack their genetic material into a protein shell, which must be…Microbial awakening restructures high-latitude food webs as permafrost thaws
Jan 3, 2024, 10:04 am By NULLAlaska is on the front lines of climate change, experiencing some of the fastest rates of warming of…Research finds climate-dependent dispersal limitation plays an important role in mountain soil microbiome
Jan 3, 2024, 9:45 am By NULLMicrobial communities are highly diverse, yet the mechanisms underlying microbial community assembly…Early primates likely lived in pairs, research suggests
Jan 3, 2024, 9:45 am By NULLPrimate social organization is more flexible than previously assumed. According to a new study led…Scientists sequence full genome of sea cucumber inhabiting hydrothermal vent
Jan 3, 2024, 9:31 am By NULLHydrothermal vents are an unlikely environment for animals to flourish, characterized by rapid…Researchers release initial dataset for protist genomes project
Jan 3, 2024, 9:30 am By NULLProtists, single-celled eukaryotic organisms encompassing unicellular algae and protozoans, inhabit…What makes urine yellow? Scientists discover the enzyme responsible
Jan 3, 2024, 5:00 am By NULLResearchers at the University of Maryland and National Institutes of Health have identified the…Pathogenic bacteria use molecular 'shuttle services' to fill their injection apparatus with the right product
Jan 3, 2024, 5:00 am By NULLDisease-causing bacteria of the genus Salmonella or Yersinia can use tiny injection apparatuses to…New research shows 'juvenile' T. rex fossils are a distinct species of small tyrannosaur
Jan 2, 2024, 7:00 pm By NULLA new analysis of fossils believed to be juveniles of T. rex now shows they were adults of a small…Researchers propose 'RNAkine' nomenclature for naming extracellular ncRNAs
Jan 2, 2024, 4:24 pm By NULLThroughout the history of RNA research, one can immediately notice a significant breakthrough during…How tomato plants use their roots to ration water during drought
Jan 2, 2024, 4:23 pm By NULLPlants have to be flexible to survive environmental changes, and the adaptive methods they deploy…California singing fish's midbrain may serve as a model for how mammals control vocal expressions
Jan 2, 2024, 4:23 pm By NULLFor talkative midshipman fish—sometimes called the "California singing fish"—the midbrain plays…Diversity of bioluminescent beetles in Brazilian savanna has declined sharply in 30 years, finds study
Jan 2, 2024, 2:49 pm By NULLAt night in the Cerrado, Brazil's savanna and second-largest biome, larvae of the click beetle…Evolution might stop humans from solving climate change, researchers say
Jan 2, 2024, 2:26 pm By NULLCentral features of human evolution may stop our species from resolving global environmental…The mighty coast redwoods are born to change. But can they evolve fast enough to survive climate warming?
Jan 2, 2024, 2:22 pm By NULLCoast redwoods—enormous, spectacular trees, some reaching nearly 400 feet, the tallest plants on…Examining the effects of ultrasound-assisted fermentation on Chinese rice wine
Jan 2, 2024, 2:10 pm By NULLTraditional Chinese rice wine (RW) has been popular in China for thousands of years. The brewing…New alginate extraction method may help cultivated kelp be as good as wild kelp
Jan 2, 2024, 2:06 pm By NULLNorway's exports products derived from from tangle kelp (Laminoria hyperborea) and knotted kelp…A noxious weed threatens the Connecticut River. Students created a device to join effort to eradicate it
Jan 2, 2024, 1:56 pm By NULLThe multimillion dollar threat to the lower Connecticut River from the invasive aquatic weed…Novel approach uses ionic liquids for diverse aptamer applications
Jan 2, 2024, 1:35 pm By NULLAptamers, nucleic acids capable of selectively binding to viruses, proteins, ions, small molecules,…
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