. Scientific Frontline
Friday, April 14, 2023

Ambrosia beetles can recognize their food fungi by their scents

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Nest of a black stem borer (Xylosandrus germanus) in a hazelnut branch with adult females (large), a male (small) and individual larvae. The...

Curtin researchers map genetic signature of precursor to liver cancer

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Photo Credit:  Julia Koblitz Researchers at Curtin University have identified the genetic signature of pre-malignant liver cells, offering p...

Private pools are a major cause of water scarcity

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The researchers found that city elites over-consume water for their own leisure activities, such as filling their pools, watering their gard...

How rainforest fish adapt to habitat

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Eastern rainbowfish from the Wet Tropics region of Australia. Photo Credit: Keith Martin. The future of freshwater fish species in Australia...

Benefits of “Zombie” Cells: Senescent Cells Aid Regeneration in Salamanders

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The salamander species studied by the Yun group: a red spotted newt Notophthalmus viridescens. Photo Credit: Dr. Maximina Yun Scientists sho...
Thursday, April 13, 2023

Apes may have evolved upright stature for leaves, not fruit, in open woodland habitats

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Artistic rendering of the open woodland habitat reconstruction at Moroto II with Morotopithecus bishopi vertically climbing with infant on b...

AI Tool Predicts Colon Cancer Survival, Treatment Response

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New AI tool accurately predicts both overall survival and disease-free survival after colorectal cancer diagnosis. Image Credit:  bodymybody...

Study reveals how pollinators cope with plant toxins

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Photo Credit:  Dustin Humes Pollinators such as honeybees produce special enzymes that detoxify defense chemicals produced by plants, new re...
Wednesday, April 12, 2023

Scientists develop new way to measure wind

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Photo Credit:  Zbynek Burival Using data from two NOAA satellites, University of Arizona researchers developed an algorithm for measuring wi...

How did Earth get its water?

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Stock photo For decades, what researchers knew about planet formation was based primarily on our own Solar System. However, the explosion of...

ORNL, NOAA launch new supercomputer for climate science research

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Photo Credit: Genevieve Martin/ORNL Oak Ridge National Laboratory, in partnership with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, ...

The brain’s support cells may play a key role in OCD

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An astrocye from the striatum Image Credit: Joselyn Soto A type of cell usually characterized as the brain’s support system appears to play ...

Scientists Trace Key Innovation in Our Camera-like Vision to Bacteria

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Photo Credit: Colin Lloyd Discovery comes to light with evidence that vertebrates acquired a special protein from bacteria more than 500 mil...

Scientists track evolution of microbes on the skin’s surface

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An SEM image showing four yellow-colored, spheroid shaped, Staphylococcus aureus bacteria. Image Credit: National Institute of Allergy and I...

Humans need Earth-like ecosystem for deep-space living

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Even on future cosmic outposts like Mars, depicted in this artistic rendering, humans must consider closely replicating natural conditions f...