Hummingbirds Notice Location, Not Flower Color
A new study suggests that hummingbirds are more interested in the location of the flower than the actual color of it. The published research states…
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Examining Membrane Proteins by X-Ray Laser
New research at SLAC’s Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) has shown a promising new way to collect data on membrane proteins in the human body….
Locomotion Restored in Mice with Huntington’s-Like Condition
A new study showed that locomotion could be restored in mice with a Huntington’s-like condition by using GABA neurons forged from human embryonic stem cells….
Airborne Insecticide Emission from Pneumatic Drilling Machines Linked to Honeybee Death
A new study links the death of honeybees to the technology used for planting corn that has been coated with insecticides. While the insecticides themselves…
New Frog Species Discovered Living in New York and New Jersey
The yet unnamed amphibian was discovered by a team of researchers in the ponds and marshes of Staten Island, mainland New York, and New Jersey….
Acorn, White-Footed Mice and Tick Cycle Augment Risks of Lyme Disease in 2012
It’s been explained at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases (ICEID) that the northeastern part of the United States faces the worst year yet…
Patterns of Flocks of Starlings Mathematically Behave How Magnets Would Move
Starlings, a small to medium-sized passerine bird in the family Sturnidae, achieve extraordinary coordination in flight and they behave mathematically as metals being magnetized. A…
ML-SA1 Increases Trafficking and Reduces Lysosome Storage
New findings from cellular biologists at the University of Michigan may offer a new way to treat rare inherited metabolic disorders, as well as more…
Preventing Blood Stem Cell Differentiation by Nutrition and Insulin
While studying the common fruit fly, UCLA stem cell researchers found that blood stem cells are receiving systemic signals from insulin and nutritional factors, which…
Using RNA Import to Repair Mutations in Human Mitochondria
For the first time, scientists have been able to identify a way to correct mutations in human mitochondrial DNA by targeting corrective RNAs. The published…
Desert Ants Need Very Few Landmarks for Orientation
While studying desert ants, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology discovered that ants were able to use magnetism and vibrational signals in…
Deep Sea Worms Eat Archaea, May Play a Role in Greenhouse Gas Cycle
Scientists may have just found another step in the greenhouse gas cycle as they discovered the first animal known to consume Archaea, which is a…
Scientists Discover New Type of Extra-Chromosomal DNA
Scientists from the University of Virginia and University of North Carolina have discovered a previously unidentified type of circular DNA molecule occurring outside the chromosomes…
3-D Image Shows How DNA Packs Itself into a “Fractal Globule”
A new imaging technique is giving scientists their first three-dimensional view of the human genome and how DNA is packed inside cells. Research has shown…
Rapidly Retreating Glacial Ice Leaves Species Threatened
The rapidly disappearing glaciers are altering more than the physical landscape, as a recent analysis suggests. Species that live in streams and rivers that flow…
Amino Acids Found in Meteorites that Experienced High Temperatures
While analyzing samples from carbon-rich meteorites with minerals that indicated they had experienced high temperatures, scientists found amino acids, which gives support to the theory…
DnaK Identified as Key Player of Protein Folding
A new published report from the Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry shows how different chaperones cooperate during the folding process. The scientists found that the…
Transplants Without the Need for Lifelong Immunosupression
As a result of organ transplantation, patients need to take a lifelong regimen of immunosuppressors to fight off graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), which is common and…