Streamlined sharks are legendary for their effortless swimming. George Lauder from Harvard University, USA, explains that the fish have long inspired human…
Researchers from the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association cooperating in a joint study with biologists and…
As one of the most important staple crops, rice plays a central role in supplying the nutrients needed to keep the world population healthy. The nutritional…
However, University of Alabama researchers have identified how a specific gene protects dopamine-producing neurons from dying in both animal models and in…
Researchers found that older male white-crowned sparrows don’t put much of a fight when they hear a young male singing in their territory – probably because…
The snowshoe hare, also commonly called the snowshoe rabbit, is found throughout North America and plays an integral part in the food chain. Understanding the…
The new species, collected on two small islands off Madagascar, brings to about 170 the number of species in the genus Amorphophallus, which is Greek for…
While broken bones, muscle tears or wounds in the skin usually heal by themselves, the situation is different in the spinal cord. If the spinal cord is…
It has long been known that psychostimulant drugs have the paradoxical effect of reducing hyperactivity. [Psychostimulant drugs include methylphenidate – known…
Reviving a theory first proposed in the late 1800s that the development of organs in the normal embryo and the development of cancers are related, scientists…
Now, new research from the Sehgal lab is taking a peek inside, describing a molecular pathway and its inner parts that connect the well-known clock neurons to…
Their findings, which appear in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, have implications for a better understanding of basic locomotion strategies found…
A young scientist from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU)'s Food Safety and Technology Research Centre (FSTRC) has successfully prepared highly…
Protein labeling is used by researchers in a variety of fields to help them understand how these important molecules affect the normal functioning of cells….
Each part of the body has its own nerve cell area in the brain –we therefore have a map of our bodies in our heads. The functional significance of these maps…
The research is published in Europe´s leading reproductive medicine journal Human Reproduction. Although some previous studies and anecdotal evidence have…
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