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Rats Take High-Speed Multisensory Snapshots: Smell and Touch, Sniffing and 'Whisking,' Are Locked in Sync
May 7, 2013 — New research from the laboratory shows that rats create high-speed "snapshots" of the environment by synchronized use of the senses of smell (sniffing) and touch (through their whiskers). Furthermore ... > full story -
Genetic Variations Associated With Susceptibility to Bacteria Linked to Stomach Disorders
May 7, 2013 — Two genome-wide association studies and a subsequent meta-analysis have found that certain genetic variations are associated with susceptibility to Helicobacter pylori, a bacteria that is a major ... > full story -
New Insights Into Ebola Infection Pave the Way for Much-Needed Therapies
May 7, 2013 — The Ebola virus is among the deadliest viruses on the planet, killing up to 90 percent of those infected. A new study reveals how the most abundant protein making up the Ebola virus -- viral protein ... > full story -
Silk and Cellulose Biologically Effective for Use in Stem Cell Cartilage Repair
May 7, 2013 — Over 20 million people in Europe suffer from osteoarthritis which can lead to extensive damage to the knee and hip cartilage. Stem cells offer a promising way forward but a key challenge has been to ... > full story -
Oldest? New 'Bone-Head' Dinosaur Hints at Higher Diversity of Small Dinosaurs
May 7, 2013 — Scientists have named a new species of bone-headed dinosaur (pachycephalosaur) from Alberta, Canada. The plant-eating Acrotholus audeti was approximately six feet long and weighed about 40 kgs in ... > full story -
Pathogen Turns Protein Into a Virulence Factor in One Easy Step
May 7, 2013 — To infect its host, the respiratory pathogen Pseudomonas aeruginosa takes an ordinary protein usually involved in making other proteins and adds three small molecules to turn it into a key for ... > full story -
The More Feathers a Male Sparrow Carries to the Nest, the More Eggs the Female Will Lay
May 7, 2013 — A new study has found that female sparrows will invest more energy into laying eggs according to the male's ability to fill the nest with feathers which serve to insulate the chicks from the cold and ... > full story -
New Fairyflies or Mymarid Wasp Species Named After University
May 6, 2013 — An entomologist discovered a new wasp species in Russia and named it after the university, commonly abbreviated as UCR. A museum researcher had been sorting wasps from the Russian Far East, when he ... > full story -
The Black Sea Is a Goldmine of Ancient Genetic Data
May 6, 2013 — When one marine paleoecologist was mining through vast amounts of genetic data from the Black Sea sediment record, he was amazed about the variety of past plankton species that left behind their ... > full story -
Boosting 'Cellular Garbage Disposal' Can Delay the Aging Process
May 6, 2013 — Biologists have identified a gene, previously implicated in Parkinson's disease, that can delay the onset of aging and extend the healthy life span of fruit flies. This research has important ... > full story
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