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Life in the Precambrian may have been much livelier than previously thought
Top and side views produced by computer simulations show how water flows around the body of Parvancorina when the current is coming from the...
First human antibodies to work against all ebolaviruses
These findings could lead to the first broadly effective ebolavirus therapies and vaccines, say researchers. (Stock image)
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After analyzing the blood...
Brain blood vessel lesions tied to intestinal bacteria
These are MRIs of healthy (left) and a patient with a mutation that increases CCM formation (right). These lesions can cause blood to leak...
Blood discovery could benefit preemies, help end platelet shortages
Adam Goldfarb, MD, (left) and Kamal Elagib, MBBS, PhD, examine the effects of flipping the "master switch" they discovered. One set of cells displays...
Kamchatkan volcanic ash travels half the world
Volcano Mutnovsky Kamchatka, Russia. (Stock image)
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Geochemical fingerprinting links microscopic ash found on the bottom of a Svalbard lake to volcanic...
Untangling the genetic legacy of tomato domestication
This photograph shows how by reorganizing the genetic combinations of tomato fruit yield increasing mutations, researchers achieved weakly branched flower-bearing shoots that gave higher...
World’s thinnest hologram paves path to new 3-D world
Scientists have designed a nano-hologram that is simple to make, can be seen without 3D goggles and is 1000 times thinner than a human...
New coral reef fish species shows rare parental care behavior
Altrichthys alelia (Alelia's damselfish) is a new species of damselfish discovered in the Philippines. Unlike most coral reef fish, in this species the parents...
Newly discovered brain network offers clues to social cognition
While showing monkeys videos of social interaction, scientists scanned their brains and tracked their gaze (red dot).
Credit: Screen shot from video by C.J. Machado...
Evolution in butterfly eye dependent on sex, scientists find
Heliconius erato butterfly (stock image).
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By analyzing both the genes that control color detecting photoreceptors and the structural components of the...
Even non-migratory birds use a magnetic compass
Zebra finch.
Credit: Atticus Pinzón-Rodríguez
Not only migratory birds use a built-in magnetic compass to navigate correctly. A new study from Lund University in Sweden shows...
