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Advancing Multiple Approaches for Characterizing Permafrost Microbes in a Changing Climate
Mar. 4, 2015 — To better characterize the microbial activities in the thawing permafrost, scientists have reported on the application of multiple molecular technologies: ... full story -
Dog DNA Tests Alone Not Enough for Healthy Pedigree, Experts Say
Mar. 4, 2015 — Breeding dogs on the basis of a single genetic test carries risks and may not improve the health of pedigree lines, experts warn. Only a combined approach that makes use of DNA analysis, health ... full story -
Experiments Support Conductivity Claims for Microbial Nanowires
Mar. 4, 2015 — Scientific debate has been hot lately about whether microbial nanowires, the specialized electrical pili of the mud-dwelling anaerobic bacterium Geobacter sulfurreducens, truly possess metallic-like ... full story -
Study Sheds Light on How Malaria Parasites Grow Exponentially
Mar. 4, 2015 — The mysterious process by which malaria-related parasites spread at explosive and deadly rates inside humans and other animals has been uncovered by researchers for the first time. As drug-resistant ... full story -
Determining Recipes for Some of the World's Oldest Preserved Beers
Mar. 4, 2015 — Some breweries have taken to resurrecting the flavors of ages past. Adventurous beer makers are extrapolating recipes from clues that archeologists have uncovered from old and even ancient brews ... full story -
Basis for Cadmium Toxicity Uncovered
Mar. 4, 2015 — Research has uncovered how the metal cadmium, which is accumulating in the food chain, causes toxicity in living cells. "Cadmium is a very important industrial metal, but exposure to it results ... full story -
Cause of Tree-Killing Fungus Uncovered: Extra Genes
Mar. 4, 2015 — Forest scientists believe they've discovered the root cause of a deadly tree fungus: extra genes. The fungus, Mycosphaerella populorum, uses extra genes to produce a toxin that can cause fatal ... full story -
Oxytocin May Enhance Social Function in Psychiatric Disorders
Mar. 4, 2015 — Inducing the release of brain oxytocin may be a viable therapeutic option for enhancing social function in psychiatric disorders, including autism spectrum disorders and schizophrenia, researchers ... full story -
Amazon Deforestation 'Threshold' Causes Species Loss to Accelerate
Mar. 4, 2015 — One of the first studies to map the impact of deforestation on biodiversity across entire regions of the Amazon has found a clear 'threshold' for forest cover below which species loss ... full story -
Genetic Data Can Help Predict How Pine Forests Will Cope With Climate Change
Mar. 4, 2015 — Data from only a small number of gene variants can predict which maritime pine trees are most vulnerable to climate change, scientists report. The results will improve computer models designed to ... full story -
Hurricanes Helped Accelerate Spread of Lionfish
Mar. 4, 2015 — Just when you thought hurricanes couldn't get any scarier, think again. Their names roll of the tongue like a rogues' gallery: Floyd, Frances, Irene, Wilma and Andrew. But these aren't ... full story -
Wild Yaks: Shaggy Barometers of Climate Change
Mar. 4, 2015 — A new study finds that climate change and past hunting in the remote Tibetan Plateau is forcing female wild yaks onto steeper and steeper ... full story -
Usual Prey Gone, a Fish Survives by Changing Predictably
Mar. 4, 2015 — Without the Bahamas mosquitofish to eat, bigmouth sleepers slide down the food chain and survive on insects, snails and crustaceans. And, in so doing, sleepers' behaviors, ratio of males to ... full story -
NASA Ames Reproduces the Building Blocks of Life in Laboratory
Mar. 4, 2015 — NASA scientists studying the origin of life have reproduced uracil, cytosine, and thymine, three key components of our hereditary material, in the laboratory. They discovered that an ice sample ... full story -
'No Take Zones' in English Channel Would Benefit Marine Wildlife, Fishing Industry
Mar. 4, 2015 — Marine conservationists are increasingly pinning their hopes on marine protected areas (MPAs) to save threatened species and reduce over-fishing. However, while most people agree that stopping some ... full story -
Grand Tree of Life Study Shows a Clock-Like Trend in New Species Emergence and Diversity
Mar. 4, 2015 — Researchers have assembled the largest and most accurate tree of life calibrated to time, and surprisingly, it reveals that life has been expanding at a constant rate. The study also challenges the ... full story -
Analysis of Spider Venom Reveals Seven Promising Compounds With Potential to Relieve Chronic Pain
Mar. 4, 2015 — New research shows that seven compounds of the countless found in spider venom block a key step in the body's ability to pass pain signals to the ... full story -
Animal Functional Diversity Started out Poor, Became Richer Over Time
Mar. 4, 2015 — The finding refutes a hypothesis by the famed evolutionary biologist Stephen J. Gould that marine creatures underwent an 'early burst' of functional diversity during the dawn of animal ... full story -
Widespread Risk of Infectious Diseases to Wild Bees, New Study Reveals
Mar. 4, 2015 — A network of viruses, which were previously associated with managed honeybees, may now pose a widespread risk to bumblebees in the wild, according to a new study. The study revealed multiple ... full story -
Why Many Similar Species Coexist Within Complex Ecosystems, Such as Amazon Rainforest or Coral Reefs
Mar. 4, 2015 — Scientists suggest one possible answer for the enigma of stability in complex ecosystems like the Amazon rainforest or coral reefs. Many similar species coexist in these complex ecosystems without ... full story
- Advancing multiple approaches for characterizing permafrost microbes in a changing climate
- Dog DNA tests alone not enough for healthy pedigree, experts say
- Experiments support conductivity claims for microbial nanowires
- Study sheds light on how malaria parasites grow exponentially
- Determining recipes for some of the world's oldest preserved beers
- Basis for cadmium toxicity uncovered
- Cause of tree-killing fungus uncovered: Extra genes
- Oxytocin may enhance social function in psychiatric disorders
- Amazon deforestation 'threshold' causes species loss to accelerate
- Genetic data can help predict how pine forests will cope with climate change
- Hurricanes helped accelerate spread of lionfish
- Wild yaks: Shaggy barometers of climate change
- Usual prey gone, a fish survives by changing predictably
- NASA Ames reproduces the building blocks of life in laboratory
- 'No take zones' in English Channel would benefit marine wildlife, fishing industry
- Grand tree of life study shows a clock-like trend in new species emergence and diversity
- Analysis of spider venom reveals seven promising compounds with potential to relieve chronic pain
- Animal functional diversity started out poor, became richer over time
- Widespread risk of infectious diseases to wild bees, new study reveals
- Why many similar species coexist within complex ecosystems, such as Amazon rainforest or coral reefs
- Vampire bats: Who bit whom?
- Newly discovered hormone mimics the effects of exercise
- Bird flu: New compound protects 100 percent of ferrets, mice, from H5N1
- Highly sensitive detection of malaria parasites
- Lasting severe weather impact found in feathers of young birds
- 3-D printed parts provide low-cost, custom alternatives for lab equipment
- High-salt diet could protect against invading microbes
- Marijuana: The allergen you never knew existed
- Float like a mosquito: Mechanical logic may inspire aquatic robots, better boats
- Advisory about not feeding peanuts to infants and young children at risk for peanut allergy
- Gold standard management of the diabetic cat
- Step change for screening could boost biofuels
- Plants detect bacterial endotoxin in similar process to mammals
- Mystery solved: Why seashells' mineral forms differently in seawater
- Researchers monitor for next novel influenza strain
- Modeling chimp behavior? Try using laws that govern matter
- Spurring production of a sluggish enzyme for crop yields
- Some tropical plants pick the best hummingbirds to pollinate flowers
- In hot and cold water: The private lives of 'Hoff' crabs revealed
- Towards dust-free wood combustion
- Gorilla origins of the last two AIDS virus lineages confirmed
- North/south genetic divide in Welsh Red Kite
- Methane oxidation fuelled by algal oxygen production
- New technique improves forecasts for Canada's prized salmon fishery
- Giant virus revealed in 3-D using X-ray laser
- Disease-carrying fleas abound on New York City's rats
- Colon + septic tank = unique, at times stinky, study
- Reducing animal testing for skin allergies
- Parasite provides clues to evolution of plant diseases
- Unlocking key to immunological memory in bacteria
- Family log of spring's arrival helps predict climate-driven change
- Sequencing the hookworm
- Genetically speaking, mammals are more like their fathers
- 'Milk' protein that enables survival of the species discovered by researchers
- Scientists crack piece of neural code for learning, memory
- Peanut consumption associated with decreased total mortality and mortality from cardiovascular diseases
- Munching bugs thwart eager trees, reducing the carbon sink
- Lycopene may ward off kidney cancer in older women
- Infection control experts outline guidance for animal visitations in hospitals
- Environment may change, but microbiome of queen bees does not
- Norwegian mammals and birds have many different methods of surviving long, intense winter nights
- Looking for alternatives to antibiotics
- How is the membrane protein folded? From molecular biology toward new medical care
- Enhancing high-temperature tolerance in plants: Effective on rice and tomatoes
- Borrowing from whales to engineer a new fluid sensor
- First detailed microscopy evidence of bacteria at the lower size limit of life
- Research of plain wren duets could help further understand fundamentals of conversation
- Life 'not as we know it' possible on Saturn's moon Titan
- Mystery of the reverse-wired eyeball solved
- Cryptochrome protein helps birds navigate via magnetic field
- HIV controls its activity independent of host cells
- Modern logging techniques benefit rainforest wildlife
- Untangling DNA with a droplet of water, a pipet and a polymer
- The biobattery: Turning sewage sludge into electricity and engine oil
- Feast-and-famine diet could help extend life, study suggests
- Transient details of HIV genome packaging captured
- Strait of Georgia: Salish Sea seagull populations halved since 1980s
- Newly discovered algal species helps corals survive in the hottest reefs on the planet
- Quick test for quality beer, milk
- DNA evidence shows surprise cultural connections between Britain and Europe 8,000 years ago
- Antibiotic resistant salad: Resistant Listeria monocytogenes not as widespread as thought
- Can coffee reduce your risk of MS?
- Economic models provide insights into global sustainability challenges
- Malaria transmission linked to mosquitoes' sexual biology
- Role of specialized protein affirmed in assuring normal cell development
- Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver disease reversed in rats
- World's challenges demand science changes -- and fast, experts say
- Fighting Colorado potato beetle with RNA interference
- Living in genetic comfort zone: How to avoid influence of genetic variation
- Asian herb holds promise as treatment for Ebola virus disease
- How mantis shrimp evolved many shapes with same powerful punch
- Altering perception of feeding state may promote healthy aging
- Bumblebees make false memories, too
- Distemper virus affects wild carnivores of all stripes
- Better genes for better (more adaptable) beans
- Amphibian chytrid fungus reaches Madagascar
- Pollution is driving force behind growth of nuisance algal scums linked to disease
- Could squirmy livestock dent africa's protein deficit?
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