World’s Smallest Primate Issues High-Frequency Calls Like Bats
It was recently discovered by a team of scientists that the Philippine tarsier (Tarsius syrichta) can communicate in pure ultrasound, issuing calls that are so…
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Scientists Create Brain Cells from Skin Cells
For the first time, scientists from the University of Cambridge have created cerebral cortex cells from a sample of human skin. The scientists were able…
Researchers Recreate the Song of 165 Million Year Old Katydid
At dusk, A. musicus sings in a Jurassic forest of Northwest China. Credit: Audio by Dr. Fernando Montealegre Zapata; 3D forest reconstruction from work by…
Massages Change Gene Expression and Reduce Inflammation
After strenuous physical activity, it’s been shown that massages make you feel better. Massage therapy is used during physical rehabilitation of skeletal muscles to aid…
Bonobo Great Apes Are Domesticating Themselves
While it’s expected that the animal kingdom is a fierce place, where aggression for survival dominates, a new study on bonobos (Pan paniscus) published in…
Working To Save Infants, Researchers Transform Stem Cells Into Cells That Form Blood Vessels
In an effort to help infants born with congenital heart defects, a team of researchers at Texas Children’s Hospital and Rice University have transformed stem…
A Quest to Map Brain Connections and Understand Connectomes
Neuroscientists are studying the connections between the billions of neurons in the brain and believe they hold the key to our memories, personality and even…
Researchers Complete Genome Sequence of a Denisovan Human Finger Bone
Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology have completed the genome sequence of a Denisovan human finger bone that was discovered in Denisova…
Researchers Record Detailed Live Images Inside the Brain of a Living Mouse
Using the STED microscopy developed by Stephan Hell, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry recorded the first ever detailed live images inside…
Researchers Use “Fracture Putty” to Quickly Repair Broken Bones
Researchers at the University of Georgia’s Regenerative Bioscience Center are working to develop a fast bone healing process for soldiers. By using “fracture putty,” adult…
Alzheimer’s Spreads Throughout the Brain by Jumping From Neuron to Neuron
A new study that was published in the February 1st issue of PLoS One suggests that the tau protein, which is indicative of the fibrous…
Fungus Transforms North American Red Turpentine Beetle into Tree Killer in Asia
Microbial evolution has turned a mild-mannered North American beetle into a tree killer in Asia. The red turpentine beetle, Dendroctonus valens, is a wood-boring species…
HIV Vaccine Approved for Human Clinical Trials
Dr. Chil-Yong Kang and his team at The University of Western Ontario have been studying HIV for the last twenty years and working on a…
Visual Science’s Ebolavirus 3D Model is 10 Times More Complex Than Their HIV Model
The Ebolavirus was first described in 1976 during the Zaire ebolavirus outbreaks in Africa. It’s one of the most lethal viruses on Earth, and it’s…
Altered Microbes that Cause Obesity & Chronic Liver Disease May be Infectious
Research from scientists at the Yale School of Medicine suggests that obesity and chronic liver disease from altered populations of microbes in the stomach may…
Researchers Discover Chloroplast Genomes Transfer from Plant to Plant
While studying DNA from plants’ green chloroplasts, researchers at Max Planck Institute of Molecular Plant Physiology in Potsdamare discovered that a transfer of chloroplasts genomes…
Controversial Proposal Wants Sugar to be Regulated as a Toxic Substance
A new, controversial proposal would try to regulate sugar as a toxic substance, since it’s calorie-rich and naturally enables obesity. Researchers consider it close…
Ecuador Rainforest Fungus Survives on Polyurethane without Oxygen
Polyurethane is one of the most commonly used plastics in different types of products, but it’s also one that takes an extremely long period of…
