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Monday, April 24, 2023

Earliest animal likely used chemical signaling to evolve into multicellular organism

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J.P. Gerdt is an assistant professor of chemistry in the IU Bloomington College of Arts and Sciences.  Photo Credit: Courtesy of J.P. Gerdt ...

Mudskippers Could Be Key to Understanding Evolution of Blinking

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Indian mudskipper P. septemradiatus Photo Credit: Courtesy of Georgia Institute of Technology Blinking is crucial for the eye. It’s how anim...

Researchers discover new self-assembled crystal structures

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 Conceptual image showcasing several interaction potential shapes, represented by stems, that will lead to the self-assembly of new low-coor...

New insights on the risk of atrial fibrillation in children and adolescents

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Image Credit:  PublicDomainPictures Researchers at Karolinska Institutet have investigated the relationship between premature birth and feta...

Vaccine printer could help vaccines reach more people

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MIT researchers have designed a mobile vaccine printer that could be scaled up to produce hundreds of vaccine doses in a day. This kind of p...

Effects of brain stimulation can be conditioned

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Brain activity can be stimulated with transcranial magnetic stimulation. Photo Credit: © RUB, Marquard What worked with Pavlov's dog als...

Rare variants of an inflammation 'brake' gene may help reveal outcomes of kidney disease

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Paradoxically, a gene variant that increases inflammation also has a protective effect on the kidneys. Seen here, kidney cells nuclei (blue)...

Study Finds Significant Variation in Anatomy of Human Guts

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Photo Credit: Lauren Nichols. New research finds there is significant variation in the anatomy of the human digestive system, with pronounce...

Increased risk of testicular cancer in people with neuropsychiatric disabilities

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Left: Ingrid Glimelius , professor at the Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University Right: Anna Jansson , PhD stu...

Scientists Develop Effective Silicon Surface Processing Technology

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The technology will be useful in the creation of solar cells, as well as in biomedicine, chemistry, and IT.  Photo Credit: Ilya Safarov A te...

Algae in Swedish lakes provide insights to how complex life on Earth developed

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Lönsboda, Sweden Photo Credit:  Johanna Nilsson By studying green algae in Swedish lakes, a research team, led by Lund University in Sweden,...
Thursday, April 20, 2023

UC Irvine biologists discover bees to be brew masters of the insect world

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The UCI study found that the cellophane bee (pictured) ‘brew’ a liquid food for their offspring. Photo Credit: Tobin Hammer Scientists at th...

Fungal genetics could help develop novel biotechnologies

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Photo Credit: Heidi-Ann Fourkiller / Scientific Frontine An essential pillar of Earth’s ecological system, fungi have long been used to bett...

A message to meteorite hunters: Put down your magnets!

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Black Beauty, or NWA 7034, is thought to have formed at a time when the Red Planet harbored a magnetic field, much like the Earth does today...

Discovery identifies those likely to experience life-threatening dengue fever

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(L-R) Co-first author and PhD student Stephanie Studniberg with senior researcher, Monash BDI’s Professor Diana Hansen. Photo Credit: WEHI S...