Yeast Is a Competitive Killer – Scientists Discover a New Venomous Phenomenon
A recently discovered phenomenon known as latecomer killing describes how yeast kills its own clones and other nearby microorganisms to survive when starved of glucose….
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The Mysterious Case of the Disappearing White-Lipped Peccaries
A new study documents large-scale white-lipped peccary disappearances and population cycling across their range in Latin America. A collaborative study published in the journal PLOS…
New Study Casts Doubt on Old Ideas of How Hearing Works
The way humans experience music and speech differs from what was previously thought. This is the finding of a study conducted by researchers from Linköping…
New Tool Identifies Safe Places To Introduce Genes Into Human DNA
Scientists at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital have developed a tool that can locate safe places to introduce genes into human DNA. The tool is an…
“Important Implications”: Unborn Babies Can Taste What Their Mothers Eat
Scientists have discovered the first direct evidence that babies respond differently to various tastes and smells while still in the womb. 100 pregnant women participated in…
New Study Reveals How Gut Bacteria Can Enhance the Effects of Cocaine
Common gut bacteria can enhance the effects of cocaine in mice, according to a report published recently in the journal Cell Host & Microbe. This…
New Research Reveals How Fear Gets Stuck in Brains
A biological mechanism has been identified by researchers at Linköping University in Sweden that increases the strength with which fear memories are stored in the…
Surprising: Rare Human Gene Variant Exposes Fundamental Sex Differences
A study in mice reveals a surprising difference between male and female dopamine synapses supporting attention, movement, motivation, and pleasure. Almost all neuropsychiatric disorders have…
Scientists Reveal the Invisible Secret Behind Spectacular Blooms in the World’s Driest Desert
Diversity in flower color and patterning is even greater for pollinators. The Atacama desert, which stretches for nearly 1,600 kilometers along the western coast of…
Key Regulator of Cell Growth Deciphered
A UNIGE team has discovered the structure of a protein complex that regulates the activity of the major growth regulator. The mTOR protein plays a…
Glowing Fossils: Fluorescent Color Patterns Found in 240 Million-Year-Old Shells
A geobiologist from Göttingen University has found a diversity of patterns in 240 million-year-old seashells. UV light allows you to view intricate structures in fossils…
Challenging the Prevailing View – 45,000-Year-Old Ancient DNA Reveals Hidden Human History
The researchers used ancient genomes to reveal new information about the human history of adaption. Ancient DNA, including samples from human remains that are around…
Mitoribosome Assembly: How a Cell’s Mitochondria Make Their Own Protein Factories
Across the tree of life, ribosomes, the tiny protein-producing factories within cells, are ubiquitous and look largely identical. Ribosomes that keep bacteria chugging along are,…
Insects Need Our Help – Now
70 scientists have issued a warning about the effects of climate change. “If no action is taken to better understand and reduce the impact of…
New Potential for Reversing Aging: Scientists Discover Changes in Aging Stem Cells
Scientists have developed a method to identify aging muscle stem cells. The issue of aging and the fight against it has long been prevalent in…
Why Do We Slow Down When We Are Sick? Scientists Identify the Cells Responsible
New research reveals new information about sickness behaviors. When we’re feeling under the weather, we tend to eat, drink, and exercise less. We’re not the…
Complex Behavior of Armored Dinosaurs: Ankylosaurs Battled Each Other As Much as They Fought Off T. rex
Zuul shows that ankylosaurs may have also used their tail clubs for social dominance. Scientists have found new evidence for how armored dinosaurs used their…
Scientists Discover a New Ecosystem – “The Trapping Zone” – That Is Creating an Oasis of Life
The new ecosystem is located in the depths of the Indian Ocean. Researchers from the University of Oxford and the Nekton Maldives Mission have discovered…
