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Molecular sleuths track evolution through the ribosome

15 years ago from Physorg

A new study of the ribosome, the cell's protein-building machinery, sheds light on the oldest branches of the evolutionary tree of life and suggests that differences in ribosomal structure between...

Dying Frogs Sign Of A Biodiversity Crisis

15 years ago from Science Daily

Devastating declines of amphibian species around the world are a sign of a biodiversity disaster larger than just frogs, salamanders and their ilk, according to researchers from the University of...

Towards understanding bluetongue outbreaks

15 years ago from Physorg

A recent article published in Virology, reports the identification of a bluetongue virus strain that caused the northern European Bluetongue outbreak in 2006. Comparison of the virus strain with the...

Graduate Student Discovers, Names Bacterium Linked To Psyllid Yellows

15 years ago from Science Daily

Allison Hansen, a doctoral student in entomology at the University of California, Riverside, has discovered and named a new bacterial pathogen that could be responsible for "psyllid yellows," a disease...

Microbes, By Latitudes And Altitudes, Shed New Light On Life's Diversity

15 years ago from Science Daily

Microbial biologists may not have Jimmy Buffett's music from 1977 in mind, but they are changing attitudes about evolutionary diversity on Earth, from oceanic latitudes to mountainous altitudes. They are...

Hollywood Hair is Captured at Last

15 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- UC San Diego computer scientists presented a new method this week for accurately capturing the shape and appearance of a person`s hairstyle for use in animated films and...

Navy sonar pact is reached

15 years ago from LA Times - Science

Federal court in San Francisco OKs an accord that restricts use of low-frequency active sonar to protect whales and other marine life. ...

Climate Change Threatens One In Five Plant Species In Germany

15 years ago from Science Daily

One in five of Germany's plant species could lose parts of its current range, a new study reveals. Species distributions will be rearranged as a result of climate change; this...

PHOTOS: Primates Newly Listed as Critically Endangered

15 years ago from National Geographic

A black-and-white lemur, a tiny tamarin, and a monkey discovered just three years ago are among the species added in 2008 to the "critically endangered" category of the IUCN Red...

Observatory: Effects of Parasite Extend to Offspring

15 years ago from NY Times Science

Parasite infections can have repercussions that go beyond individual hosts to the population as a whole.

Science Visuals: How the First Farmers Colonized the Mediterranean

15 years ago from NY Times Science

Using a new set of criteria, researchers have determined that animals were domesticated much earlier than previously thought.

Strange Molecule In The Sky Cleans Acid Rain, Scientists Discover

15 years ago from Science Daily

Researchers have discovered an unusual molecule that is essential to the atmosphere's ability to break down pollutants, especially the compounds that cause acid rain. It's the unusual chemistry facilitated by...

The Anthrax Case: From Spores to a Suspect

15 years ago from Science NOW

Full-genome sequencing played central role in linking Army scientist to attacks

Disney backs research centres

15 years ago from News @ Nature

New facilities in Zurich and Pittsburgh hope to develop film technologies for the next animated blockbuster.

Researchers Discover Tiny Cellular Antennae Trigger Neural Stem Cells

15 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- Yale University scientists today reported evidence suggesting that the tiny cilia found on brain cells of mammals, thought to be vestiges of a primeval past, actually play a...

Running Slows Aging

15 years ago from PopSci

A recent study by Stanford researchers has confirmed your worst fears—that dorky neighbor in the short-shorts who zips by every morning at 6 o’clock in the morning will likely outlive...

Female migrants most likely to be illegally underpaid

15 years ago from Physorg

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study shows female migrant workers may be more likely than any other group to be paid less than the national minimum wage.

Mutant plants can boost yields, resistance: IAEA conference

15 years ago from Physorg

Against a backdrop of global food and energy crises, the UN atomic watchdog opened a four-day conference Tuesday on ways of using radiation to improve crop yields and resistance.

Carbon Nanotube-Coated Electrodes Improve Brain Readouts

15 years ago from Physorg

A research group has significantly improved the quality of brain-function measurements by coating metal neural electrodes with carbon nanotubes. Their work could potentially allow scientists to learn more about brain...

Zoo's Tiger a Shy Guy

15 years ago from Live Science

Officials at the Erie Zoo say one of their new Amur tigers is too shy to explore a new $500,000 exhibit.

Humpback whale on comeback trail, say conservationists

15 years ago from CBC: Technology & Science

The humpback whale, for four decades the poster child of the conservation movement, is no longer considered a high risk for extinction, a leading environmental group said Tuesday.

Cuba to send animals to Venezuelan zoos

15 years ago from MSNBC: Science

Venezuela sends oil to Cuba and now Cuba will ship zoo animals to Venezuela, giving a new dimension to ties between the socialist allies.

In Some Henna Tattoos, a Harmful Dye

15 years ago from NY Times Health

Henna is a vegetable dye that can be brown, red or green, and it wears off in a matter of days. But to produce a darker color, some tattoo artists...

VIDEO: Echidna Sex Secrets Studied

15 years ago from National Geographic

Scientists in Tasmania, Australia, have tagged hundreds of ant-eating Echidnas to better understand their reproductive habits—and the role of the animals' unusual sex organs. Warning: video contains graphic imagery.

Opinion: The effect of acidation on polar oceans

15 years ago from Science Alert

Acidification isn't limited to the tropics, we need to better understand the damage that is being done to cooler ocean ecosystems and how it may affect both marine and human...

Actions Of Individuals Key To Saving Biodiversity -- And Ourselves, Biologists Say

15 years ago from Science Daily

A multi-pronged approach is the only way humanity can preserve biodiversity, say Stanford biologists Paul Ehrlich and Robert Pringle. While many people have gotten the impression that only government-level action...

Elephant seals enlisted in study of Antarctic seas

15 years ago from Reuters:Science

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Scientists have enlisted some burly help as they try to get a better understanding of the remote south polar marine environment -- and these assistants don't mind...

Actions of individuals key to saving biodiversity-and ourselves

15 years ago from Physorg

Even if you don't like the outdoors, you're probably pretty fond of air, clean water and food. That makes you a fan of biodiversity, because those essentials for life-human and...