The fish generate electric fields to navigate, fight and attract mates in murky streams and rivers throughout Central and South America. They do so at night,…
The long-standing mystery of the evolution of the turtle shell has been resolved by researchers from the RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology in Kobe. The…
A porous coordination polymer (PCP) that strongly adsorbs methanol, a model guest molecule, has been prepared by Masakazu Higuchi from the RIKEN SPring-8…
Toshiya MuranakaSenior Visiting ScientistMetabolic Diversity Research TeamMetabolic Function Research GroupRIKEN Plant Science CenterPlants biosynthesize a…
The five-year project, part of the NIH Director’s Transformative Program (T-R01), will focus on three types of disease-producing bacteria to determine how…
The annual migration of monarch butterflies from across eastern North America to a specific grove of fir trees in Mexico has long fascinated scientists who…
If you think the air outside is polluted, a new research report in the September 2009 issue of the journal Genetics (http://www.genetics.org) might make you to…
A University of Oregon research team has found that evolution can never go backwards, because the paths to the genes once present in our ancestors are forever…
Phototrophic organisms ranging from green and red algae, to cyanobacteria, green sulfur bacteria and plant suspensions, can now enjoy optimal lighting…
In “Canine and Feline Behavior and Training: A Complete Guide to Understanding Our Two Best Friends,” author Linda P. Case answers these questions and explains…
Research at UCLA’s Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center has raised that question.It has been known for decades that reactive oxygen species (ROS) – ions or very…
Biomedical researchers suspect graphene, a novel nanomaterial made of sheets of single carbon atoms, would be useful in a variety of applications. But no one…
An international team of scientists from the Czech Republic, Germany and Japan have developed a new method for improving the properties of enzymes.The method…
Drawing upon current scientific understanding of the Earth System, the scientists make a first attempt to identify and quantify a set of nine planetary…
Dr. Jorge Serrador, from Harvard Medical School, worked with a team of researchers, including NASA scientists, to carry out the tests. He said, “While a role…
Collaborating teams from the University of York in the UK and the University of Calgary in Canada combined their expertise in molecular genetics and…
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