Suburbanization feminizes frog offspring sex ratio...
Human-made chemicals may be linked to a reversal of sex ratios in frog populations living closer to suburban a...
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October 2, 2015
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September 29, 2015
How does a wasp venom peptide selectively inhibit ...
A new study explores the mechanism by which a peptide contained in wasp venom inhibits cancer cell proliferati...
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September 21, 2015
“Your kids are what you eat”
Descendants of starved worms appear to be more resistant to starvation and heat stress
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September 10, 2015
The first mass extinction of complex life
The new research sheds light on the factos that led to the mysterious extinction of Ediacara biota
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September 8, 2015
Dominant, cheek-padded male orang-utans enjoy grea...
Female orangutans prefer heavy cheek-padded males despite them being less adaptive
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September 7, 2015
Oxygen sensor molecules assist breast cancer cells...
Blocking an oxygen sensor in a breast cancer tumor impairs its ability to metastacize
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September 4, 2015
Fruit flies diversify their offspring when sick
Fruit flies sense danger to their organism and influence the variability of their offspring accordingly
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August 27, 2015
Neurogenetic profiles of human memory components
Computational models allowed researchers to analyze the genetics of mental processes
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August 24, 2015
Allelic Architecture of Complex Traits
Geneticist Shamil Sunyaev on the difference between Mendelian and complex traits, linkage methods in genetics,...
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August 20, 2015
Adaptability of Life to Extreme Environments
Astrobiologist Christopher Carr on archaea and bacteria, possibly habitable planets, and life on Mars
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August 18, 2015
Optical Magnetic Imaging of Living Cells
Physicist Ronald Walsworth on non-invasive measurement tools, N-V color centers in nanodiamonds, and magnetota...
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August 7, 2015
Animal nerve signal is an innate plant stress sign...
Plants respond to stress with a combination of chemical responses similar to those of animals, but using a sep...
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