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Study on Fungi Helps Explain Coal Formation and May Advance Future Biofuels Production
June 28, 2012 — The evolution of white rot fungi might have helped bring an end to the geologic period characterized by the formation of large coal deposits, and may help lay the groundwork for the future production ... > full storyMore: -
Searching for the Origin of Muscles
June 28, 2012 — Scientists have addressed the origin of musculature. A new analysis reveals for the first time that some central components of muscles of higher animals are much older than previously assumed. These ... > full story -
How Sticky Toepads Evolved in Geckos and What That Means for Adhesive Technologies
June 28, 2012 — Geckos are known for sticky toes that allow them to climb up walls and even hang upside down on ceilings. A new study shows that geckos have gained and lost these unique adhesive structures multiple ... > full story -
Mercury Mineral Evolution Tied to Supercontinent Assembly Over Last 3 Billion Years
June 25, 2012 — Mineral evolution posits that Earth's near-surface mineral diversity gradually increased through an array of chemical and biological processes. A dozen different species in interstellar dust ... > full story -
Origin of Limbs in the Evolutionary Lineage of Vertebrates
June 21, 2012 — A chromosomal rearrangement in the genome could be the genetic base of the origin of limbs in vertebrates, according to a new ... > full story -
Darwin’s Principles Say Cancer Will Always Evolve to Resist Treatment
June 21, 2012 — Cancer is subject to the evolutionary processes laid out by Charles Darwin in his concept of natural selection, experts say. Natural selection was the process identified by Darwin by which nature ... > full story -
Still Capable of Adapting: Genetic Diversity of 'Living Fossil' Coelacanths
June 14, 2012 — The morphology of coelacanths has not fundamentally changed since the Devonian age, that is, for about 400 million years. Nevertheless, these animals known as living fossils are able to genetically ... > full story -
Does Cooperation Require Both Reciprocity and Alike Neighbors?
June 8, 2012 — Scientists have developed a new theoretical model on the evolution of cooperation. Evolution by definition is cold and merciless: it selects for success and weeds out failure. It seems only natural ... > full story -
How Infectious Disease May Have Shaped Human Origins
June 4, 2012 — Scientists suggest that inactivation of two specific genes related to the immune system may have conferred selected ancestors of modern humans with improved protection from some pathogenic bacterial ... > full story -
Chemical Substitution: On Early Earth, Iron May Have Performed Magnesium's RNA Folding Job
May 31, 2012 — Researchers have used experiments and numerical calculations to show that iron, in the absence of oxygen, can substitute for magnesium in RNA binding, folding and catalysis. The findings suggest that ... > full story
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