Discovery of ‘Bird-Dinosaur’ Eosinopteryx Challenges Bird Evolution Theory
Findings related to the newly discovered ‘bird-dinosaur’ Eosinopteryx suggest that the origin of flight was much more complex than previously thought. The discovery of a…
Findings related to the newly discovered ‘bird-dinosaur’ Eosinopteryx suggest that the origin of flight was much more complex than previously thought. The discovery of a…
Scientists at Cornell University believe that the Scarecrow gene — the first gene discovered to control Kranz anatomy, which leads to more efficient photosynthesis —…
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute have discovered that cooperative relationships between chimpanzees are facilitated by an endocrinological mechanism involving the hormone oxytocin, even when…
Researchers at Brown University discovered that human melanocyte skin cells rely on an ion channel called TRPA1 to allow a flood of calcium ions, which…
Using single-particle cryo-electron microscopy, a team of scientists from the Berkeley Lab have shown that the transcription factor known as “TFIID” can co-exist in two…
Scientists from the Max Planck Institute have shown how sunken wood can develop into attractive habitats for a variety of microorganisms and invertebrates due to…
Analyses of ancient DNA, which had been extracted from the leg bone of an early modern human living some 40,000 years ago near Beijing, revealed…
A new study from researchers at Harvard University shows that rates of protein synthesis are affected by environmental perturbations, resulting in certain sequences that manufacture…
This year’s flu, called H3N2, is affecting many people this season and this three-minute video with NPR’s Robert Krulwich and medical animator David Bolinsky explains…
Researchers at UCLA have shown that body-fat responses to high-fat, high-sugar diets have a very strong genetic component and have identified several genetic factors potentially…
According to a 14-year study, adult elephants in northern Kenya are more likely to die at the hands of humans than from natural causes. George…
New research from scientists at the Marine Biological Laboratory shows that marine bacteria are not just homogenous populations in the ocean and that different bacteria…
Researchers at the Université Laval have shown that the molecule MPL (monophosphoryl lipid A) can eliminate up to 80% of the senile plaques associated with…
A newly published study led by researchers of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology found evidence that substantial gene flow between Indian populations and…
US fisheries scientists are claiming that a supervisor threatened to eliminate their research division after the team had produced controversial model predictions of the survival and…
The more energy a creature uses, the more free radicals and other unstable, cell-damaging molecules its body produces. In many cases this can shorten the…
The marine eels and other members of the Superorder Elopomorpha have a leptocephalus larval stage, which are flat and transparent. This group is quite diverse,…
Genome-sequencing data indicates that sponges were preceded by ctenophores, complex marine predators also called comb jellies. The scientists presented their findings at the annual meeting…