
Plant Derivative Could Help Refine Cancer Treatment
Researchers are seeking to
refine cancer treatment with
an anti-inflammatory plant
derivative long used in
Chinese medicine. ... > full story

How Respiratory Tubes and Capillaries Form in Flies
Scientists in Spain report
on the formation of the
small-diameter respiratory
tubes of the fly Drosophila
-- a process that resembles
the development of the
... > full story

Evolution Impacts Environment: Fundamental Shift in How Biologists Perceive Relationship Between Evolution and Ecology
The traditional view is that
ecology shapes evolution.
Some research has suggested,
however, that evolutionary
processes reciprocate by
... > full story

Great Tits: Birds With Character
Gene variation is the reason
that some great tit
populations are more curious
than others. In humans and
animals alike, individuals
differ in sets of traits
that we usually refer to as
... > full story
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Will Earlier Springs Throw Nature out of Step?
February 9, 2010 The recent trend towards earlier UK springs and summers has been accelerating, according to a new study. The research is the most comprehensive and rigorous assessment so far of long-term changes in ... > full story -
Conservation from Space: Landscape Diversity Helps to Conserve Insects
February 8, 2010 Rugged, hilly landscapes with a range of different habitat types can help maintain more stable butterfly populations and thus aid their conservation, according to new findings. This has implications ... > full story -
Like Escape Artists, Rotifers Elude Enemies by Drying Up and -- Poof! -- They Are Gone With the Wind
February 8, 2010 They haven't had sex in some 30 million years, but some very small invertebrates named bdelloid rotifers are still shocking biologists -- they should have gone extinct long ago. Researchers have ... > full story -
Agricultural Scientists Turn to a Wild Oat to Combat Crown Rust
February 8, 2010 Scientists are tapping into the DNA of a wild oat, considered by some to be a noxious weed, to see if it can help combat crown rust, the most damaging fungal disease of oats ... > full story -
Argonautes: A Big Turn-Off for Proteins
February 8, 2010 Scientists believe they may have figured out how genetic snippets called microRNAs are able to shut down the production of some ... > full story -
Cells Send Dirty Laundry Home to Mom
February 8, 2010 Understanding how aged and damaged mother cells manage to form new and undamaged daughter cells is one of the toughest riddles of aging, but scientists now know how yeast cells do it. In a ... > full story -
Road Mapping Could Be Key to Curing TB
February 8, 2010 The complex chain of metabolic events in bacteria that lead to fatal diseases such as tuberculosis may be better understood using mathematical models, according to a new ... > full story -
Genetic Analysis Helps Spot Sugarcane Rusts
February 8, 2010 Scientists have analyzed rust fungi from more than 160 sugarcane samples from 25 countries to provide a valuable resource for plant breeders and pathologists who are searching for genetic resistance ... > full story -
First Measurement of Energy Released from a Virus During Infection
February 7, 2010 For the first time, scientists have directly measured the energy associated with the expulsion of viral DNA, a pivotal discovery toward fully understanding the physical mechanisms that control viral ... > full story -
First Discovery of the Female Sex Hormone Progesterone in a Plant
February 7, 2010 In a finding that overturns conventional wisdom, scientists are reporting the first discovery of the female sex hormone progesterone in a plant. Until now, scientists thought that only animals could ... > full story
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