The Evolution of Mammalian Placentas
The placenta is required for therian mammalian reproduction to be successful. During mammalian cladogenesis, intense selective pressure shaped changes in placental anatomy and function. Recent…
Biology
A Common Gene for Profiling Microbial Communities
Emu, an algorithm developed by computer scientists, uses long reads of genomes to identify the species of bacteria in a community. The program could make…
Highlights of the Amazon Landscape Change Study Environmental Damages and Action Possibilities
The world’s most biodiverse tropical forest confronts numerous environmental risks, as shown by a large study into landscape changes in the Brazilian Amazon, but it…
AI is being used to identify a New Gene Family in Gut Bacteria
The bacteria, fungi, viruses, and protozoa found in our digestive tracts and on our skin, known as the microbial biome, or microbiome, may play a…
Using DNA Technology to Repair Nature
DNA repair refers to the processes by which a cell detects and repairs damage to the DNA molecules that encode its genome. Normal metabolic activities,…
Bee Health Clues discovered in their Gut Microbiome
According to scientists in a new study, the local environment plays an important role in the health and diversity of the gut microbiome of wild…
Researchers Find a Species of Crocodile that Likely Preyed on Early Humans
Our ancestors were prey to huge dwarf crocodiles that roamed a region of Africa millions of years ago. The tropics of Asia, Africa, Australia, and…
According to a Study, RNA Regulates Proteins, which can Control Cell Growth
The glycolytic enzyme ENO1 appears to have given scientists yet another reason to value RNA, according to new findings from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory…
During Plant Spermiogenesis, the Mitochondria Undergo Dynamic Rearrangement and Autophagic Degradation
The quantity of mitochondria in the spermatozoid (sperm) is regulated by autophagy during spermiogenesis in the liverwort Marchantia polymorpha, according to a team of researchers…
Using Fragments Taken from an Italian Mummy, Researchers could Reconstruct the Genome of a Centuries-Old Strain of E. Coli
Using pieces taken from the gallstone of a corpse from the 16th century, an international team lead by scientists from McMaster University and working in…
Under Time Constraints, how do Cells Correct Errors?
When dividing, how does a cell balance risk and speed? Scientists created and tested the first mathematical theory describing the cell’s best strategy for dividing…
Studies Show that Tiny Tire Particles Inhibit the Growth of Organisms in Freshwater and Coastal Estuaries
Small particles from tires reduced the growth of species in freshwater and coastal estuary habitats, according to two new research papers published by Oregon State…
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