Multicellular organisms like ourselves depend on a constant flow of information between cells, coordinating their activities in order to proliferate and…
Through certain genetic modifications, the process of evolution has resulted in a great variety of adaptations to different environments in the animal kingdom….
The result is a treasure trove of scientific information stored in the form of millions of butterfly specimens, offering insights into community ecology, how…
In the damselfish genus, there are species that live in close proximity to branching stone corals. They swarm around them and seek shelter between their…
Parkinson's disease, Huntington's disease, cystic fibrosis – these and many other fatal hereditary human diseases are genetically transmitted. Many cancers and…
Researchers from the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry of the CAS (IOCB Prague), Institute of Physics of the CAS (IP CAS) and Palacký University…
Now, a study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) explains why the risk of osteoarthritis increases as we age and offers a potential avenue…
In a short space of time, immunotherapy, that is to say therapies based on stimulating the immune system against cancer cells, has become a powerful approach…
The Australian fire beetle is attracted to freshly burnt wood. Experts also call this pyrophilia (“love of fire”). This behavior is not very common in insects….
The African Matabele ants (Megaponera analis) tend to the wounds of their injured comrades. And they do so rather successfully: Without such attendance, 80…
Surfaces must satisfy a wide range of requirements: they need to be decorative, and even contribute substantially to hygiene. They also play a large role in…
A UQ School of Chemistry and Molecular Biosciences study led by Associate Professor Luke Guddat uncovered how penoxsulam, the active ingredient in the world's…
The discovery of penicillin about 90 years ago and the widespread introduction of antibiotics to combat infectious diseases have revolutionized human medicine….
Models for extinction risk are necessarily simple. Most reduce complex ecological systems to a linear relationship between resource density and population…
A team of researchers led by the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory used neutron macromolecular crystallography to investigate the different…
Microbes can be found in a variety of habitats and ecosystems, where they have almost perfectly adapted to their natural environment. In particular,…
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