Need for speed: How hummingbirds switch mental gears in flight
Jan 10, 2024, 4:03 pm By NULLHummingbirds use two distinct sensory strategies to control their flight, depending on whether…New research shows value of simultaneous local, global action to help save coral reefs
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Jan 10, 2024, 3:36 pm By NULLScientists at the USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS) use innovative technology to study the…Red deer populations in Europe more influenced by humans than by wolves or other predators, ecologists find
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Jan 10, 2024, 2:29 pm By NULLMoisture levels in the soil can impact the effects that microplastic pollution has on soil fungi,…Study shows effects of vegetation composition, warming and nitrogen deposition on peatland carbon sink function
Jan 10, 2024, 1:24 pm By NULLPeatlands, which contain about one-third of the global soil carbon stock, are important carbon…Plant roots mysteriously pulsate and we don't know why—but finding out could change the way we grow things
Jan 10, 2024, 1:00 pm By NULLYou probably don't think about plant roots all that much—they're hidden underground after all. Yet…Notorious cell subpopulation key to antibiotic failure, say scientists
Jan 10, 2024, 12:49 pm By NULLAntibiotic overuse can lead to antibiotic resistance, but classic antibiotic resistance might not…Ancient human DNA hints at why multiple sclerosis affects so many northern Europeans today
Jan 10, 2024, 12:36 pm By NULLAncient DNA helps explain why northern Europeans have a higher risk of multiple sclerosis than other…Research reveals that corals are adapting to climate change in complex and varied ways
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Jan 10, 2024, 11:50 am By NULLWe tend to just think of viruses in terms of their damaging impacts on human health and lives. The…From embryo to evolution: Insights from the head of lizards and snakes
Jan 10, 2024, 11:36 am By NULLThe evolution of animal heads is a remarkable example of how various anatomical features co-evolved…After an 80-year absence, gray wolves have returned to Colorado—how the reintroduction will affect the ecosystem
Jan 10, 2024, 11:30 am By NULLGray wolves were reintroduced to Colorado in December 2023, the latest attempt in a decades-long…Weight loss drug from highly toxic plant can now be produced in yeast
Jan 10, 2024, 11:27 am By NULLIn China children are taught to steer clear of this plant. The plant, Thunder god vine (Chinese:…California grizzlies were smaller in size and not the livestock killers reported in historical accounts, study says
Jan 10, 2024, 11:10 am By NULLA team of biologists, historians, and Earth and environmental scientists affiliated with multiple…Scientists name the most common tropical tree species for the first time
Jan 10, 2024, 11:00 am By NULLA major international collaboration of 356 scientists led by UCL researchers has found almost…The extinction of the giant ape: A long-standing mystery solved
Jan 10, 2024, 11:00 am By NULLGiants once roamed the karst plains of southern China, three-meter tall apes weighing in at 250…Iron influences plant immunity and may promote resiliency against climate change
Jan 10, 2024, 11:00 am By NULLPlants and animals alike rely on iron for growth and regulation of microbiomes—collections of…How pioneer transcription factors blaze the one trail that determines cell fate
Jan 10, 2024, 11:00 am By NULLOne of the important breakthroughs that made it possible to program or reprogram cell fate more…
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