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To prevent cancer in butterfly disease patients
A novel gene defect that causes a hereditary blistering disorder of the skin, epidermolysis bullosa, was identified in dogs.
Credit: Hannes Lohi research group
Researchers at...
Gene finding to eradicate severe blistering disorder of the skin found in dogs
A novel gene defect that causes a hereditary blistering disorder of the skin, epidermolysis bullosa, was identified in dogs.
Credit: Hannes Lohi research group
Researchers at...
Boy is given new skin thanks to gene therapy
Stem cell graft.
Credit: Copyright Frank Jacobsen
A medical team at the Ruhr-Universität Bochum's burn unit and the Center for Regenerative Medicine at the University of...
Height and weight evolved at different speeds in the bodies of our ancestors
Femoral head bones of different species illustrating the size range in the hominin lineage. From top to bottom: Australopithecus afarensis (4-3 million years; ~40...
Cockatoo select the right key to insert into a ‘keyhole’
Cockatoo selects the right key to insert into the keyhole shape for a reward of a nut.
Credit: Copyright Bene Croy
The Goffin's cockatoo is not...
Skilful cockatoos able to shape same tool from different materials
The cockatoos can cut out elongated tools of a cardboard to rake pieces of food.
Credit: Bene Croy
Tool manufacture was once regarded a defining feature...
Chip-based sensors with incredible sensitivity
This is a chip-scale glass microspherical shell sensor array blown on a silicon substrate. Insert is a near-perfect spherical shell.
Credit: Tadigadapa Lab/Penn State
In London's...
Forest of molecular signals in star forming galaxy
ALMA detected radio signals from 19 different molecules at the center of this galaxy.
Credit: ESO/J. Emerson/VISTA, ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), Ando et al. Acknowledgment: Cambridge Astronomical...
Stunning finds from ancient Greek shipwreck
Return to Antikythera project chief diver Philip Short inspects the bronze spear recovered from the Antikythera Shipwreck.
Credit: Brett Seymour, Copyright: Return to Antikythera 2014
A...
Has the Baron de Rothschild’s Ship, lost over 100 years ago, been found?
Items excavated from the shipwreck.
Credit: University of Haifa
The "Baron de Rothschild's Ship" was one of three ships used to carry raw materials from France...
Rare warrior tomb filled with Bronze Age wealth and weapons discovered
The weapons of bronze found within the tomb included a meter-long slashing sword with an ivory handle covered with gold.
Credit: University of Cincinnati, Pylos...
