23,000 Years Old: The Oldest Human Genome From Southern Spain
A genome of a human from the Ice Age refuge located in southern Spain. A team of researchers from around the world has studied ancient…
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Humanity’s Quest To Discover the Origins of Life in the Universe – “We Are Living in an Extraordinary Moment in History”
“We are living in an extraordinary moment in history,” says Didier Queloz, who directs ETH Zurich’s Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life and the Leverhulme Centre for…
Scientists Solve Cell Survival Mystery
The new findings have the potential to improve our understanding of cancers and a multitude of other diseases. Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology…
Exciting Possibilities: New Species of Microalgae Discovered
The discovery of ultrasmall microalgae in a home aquarium could have multiple useful applications. Researchers from the University of Tokyo have uncovered a new species…
Sleep Soundly: New Insights Could Pave the Way for Novel Treatments for Insomnia
Texas A&M biologist Alex Keene and his team used variant-to-gene mapping, a predictive genomics approach, to demonstrate that the gene Pig-Q plays a role in…
A World in a Test Tube: Removing Traces of Life in Lab Helps NASA Scientists Study Its Origins
A specialized laboratory at JPL, designed to eliminate the chemical influence of modern organisms, allows scientists to investigate the chemistry that may have given rise…
Deep Ocean Fish Will Likely Decrease in Size With Climate Warming
According to a new study conducted by the ICM-CSIC, ocean warming will likely lead to smaller fish in the deep sea. This conclusion was reached…
Unlocking the Evolutionary Mystery: Scientists Unveil the Secret to Diverse Animal Life Cycles
Scientists show a link between the time of activation of dozens of genes in the embryo and how the life cycles of animals evolved. For…
Mature “Lab Grown” Neurons Hold Promise for Neurodegenerative Diseases Like Alzheimer’s
Researchers pushed the age limit of human neurons further than previously possible. A team of researchers led by Northwestern University has achieved a breakthrough by…
Magnetic Mishaps: Disturbances in the Earth’s Magnetic Field Could Lead Migrating Birds Astray
The UCLA study has the potential to enhance scientists’ understanding of the dangers faced by birds and their capacity for adaptation. It is widely understood…
Long-Puzzling Biologists: Cornell Study Reveals How Cells Prevent Harmful Extra DNA Copies
According to a recent study by researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine, a protein that prepares DNA for replication also keeps the replication process in check,…
Gut Bugs: The Microbes Responsible for Controlling Your Body’s Temperature
A recent study has uncovered the importance of the microbiome in controlling body temperature. Normal body temperature can vary from individual to individual. However, despite…
An Unexpected Murderer – “Friend or Foe” Bacteria Kill Their Algal Hosts When Coexisting Is No Longer Beneficial
A new study sheds light on the chemical processes that trigger marine bacteria to transition from coexisting with an algal host to a sudden killer….
Unexpected: Scientists Discover Secreted Protein Enhances Muscle Growth and Strength
Myokine has been demonstrated to enhance both the growth of myoblasts and the contractile power of myotubes. Researchers at Tokyo Metropolitan University have found that…
Why Do We Remember Emotional Events Better? Columbia Neuroscientists Identify Specific Neural Mechanism Responsible
Neuroscientists at Columbia Engineering have discovered a specific neural mechanism in the human brain that tags information with emotional associations for enhanced memory. Many individuals…
Interacting Human Protein Map Prioritizes New Targets for Drug Discovery From Shared Basis of Diseases
Scientists at Open Targets, the European Molecular Biology Laboratory’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), and GSK are revealing the shared basis of diseases using a map…
Breakthrough in Recording Brain Waves From Freely Moving Octopuses
Scientists have figured out how to capture brain activity in octopuses that are awake and moving – a breakthrough step in understanding how the brain…
Harvard Researchers Discover Five New Deep-Sea Squat Lobster Species – Calling for a Revision of Current Systematics
Squat lobsters from the family Munidopsidae, known as Munidopsid, are highly prevalent among the decapods found at the abyssal depths of the ocean. These creatures…
