Snakebites: We thought we'd created a winning new antivenom but then it flopped. Why that turned out to be a good thing
Mar 18, 2024, 2:10 pm By NULLSnakebites kill over 100,000 people each year, and hundreds of thousands of survivors are left with…Elephant calves have been found buried. What does that mean?
Mar 18, 2024, 1:30 pm By NULLThe myth of elephant graveyards has pervaded popular culture, and recent observations of buried…Genetic basis for the evolution of hair discovered in the clawed frog
Mar 18, 2024, 1:02 pm By NULLThe development of hair was of central importance for the evolution of mammals and, thus, also of…Engineers manage a first: Measuring pH in cell condensates
Mar 18, 2024, 12:42 pm By NULLScientists trying to understand the physical and chemical properties that govern biomolecular…Tropical plants beat drought by interacting with specific microbes, study shows
Mar 18, 2024, 12:36 pm By NULLPlant-soil-microbe interactions play a crucial role in processes that take place in the soil…Sequencing the blue whale and Etruscan shrew genomes
Mar 18, 2024, 12:21 pm By NULLThe blue whale genome was published in the journal Molecular Biology and Evolution, and the Etruscan…Study shows how surface curvature drives cell migration
Mar 18, 2024, 12:14 pm By NULLThe curvature of a surface determines the migration behavior of biological cells. They…A new lexicon in the age of microbiome research
Mar 18, 2024, 12:00 pm By NULLOver the past 20 years, life science research has come to realize that all living beings—from the…Global wildlife study during COVID-19 shows rural animals are more sensitive to human activity
Mar 18, 2024, 12:00 pm By NULLOne of the largest studies on wildlife activity—involving more than 220 researchers, 163 mammal…New discovery highlights a potential stepping stone toward antibiotic resistance
Mar 18, 2024, 11:44 am By NULLA new study shows how heteroresistance, a transient resistance common in many bacteria, can act as a…Scientists publish novel research on how individual cells respond to viral infection
Mar 18, 2024, 11:01 am By NULLA team of scientists from Montana State University recently published unique research examining how…How DHX9 stress granules protect daughter cells from UV-induced RNA damage
Mar 18, 2024, 11:00 am By NULLDuring the process of cell division, new daughter cells inherit a mix of genetic material and other…Good news for gray whales: 'Unusual mortality event' declared over
Mar 18, 2024, 10:40 am By NULLIt was a worrisome few years for North Pacific gray whales, with hundreds washing up dead on…Illuminating a critical step in initiating DNA replication in eukaryotes
Mar 18, 2024, 10:25 am By NULLBrandt Eichman and Walter Chazin, professors of biochemistry, have worked together to provide a…Illinois will soon be cicada central when two broods converge on state in historic emergence
Mar 18, 2024, 10:10 am By NULLWhen his youngest daughter was born early in the summer of 2004 in Washington, D.C., John Lill and…Newly identified yeast could prevent fungal infections by outcompeting rivals, study suggests
Mar 18, 2024, 10:00 am By NULLResearchers at the Weizmann Institute of Science in Israel have identified a yeast that could be…'Atypical' gathering of 'rare' deep-sea predators spotted for first time in Panama
Mar 18, 2024, 9:46 am By NULLDeep underwater, a group of elusive predators gathered off the coast of Panama. The gathering was…Pesticide-free as a new pathway for agriculture
Mar 18, 2024, 9:45 am By NULLA new approach is gaining momentum in European agriculture: a "third way" that lies between…Smelling danger in the water: Schreckstoff mystery solved after 86 years
Mar 18, 2024, 9:26 am By NULLResearchers led by Yoshihiro Yoshihara at the RIKEN Center for Brain Science in Japan have solved a…Using a non-destructive, light diffraction fingerprint technique to detect viral infections in cells
Mar 18, 2024, 9:25 am By NULLA combined team of engineers from Jiangsu University and Harvard University used a non-destructive,…
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