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Tomato’s wild ancestor is a genomic reservoir for plant breeders
Thousands of years ago, people in South America began domesticating Solanum pimpinellifolium, a weedy plant with small, intensely flavored fruit. Over time, the plant...
Researchers explore population size, density in rise of centralized power in...
Early populations shifted from quasi-egalitarian hunter-gatherer societies to communities governed by a centralized authority in the middle to late Holocene, but how the transition...
Memories create ‘fingerprints’ that reveal how the brain is organized
While the broad architecture and organization of the human brain is universal, new research shows how the differences between how people reimagine common scenarios...
Zebra finches amazing at unmasking the bird behind the song
If songbirds could appear on "The Masked Singer" reality TV competition, zebra finches would likely steal the show. That's because they can rapidly memorize...
Not just lizards: Alligators can regrow their tails too, new study...
An interdisciplinary team of scientists using advanced imaging technology have answered the question of whether alligators share any of the same regenerative capabilities as...
Scientists call for decade of concerted effort to enhance understanding of...
The deep seas—vast expanses of water and seabed hidden more than 200 meters below the ocean surface to depths up to 11,000 meters—are recognized...
Tunable coating allows hitch-hiking nanoparticles to slip past the immune system...
Nanoparticles are promising drug delivery tools, offering the ability to administer drugs directly to a specific part of the body and avoid the awful...
Scientists discover potential method to starve the bacteria that cause tuberculosis
The infectious disease Tuberculosis (TB) is one of the leading causes of death worldwide. While rates of TB in Canada have remained relatively static...
Breaking the rules of chemistry unlocks new reaction
Scientists have broken the rules of enzyme engineering to unlock a new method for creating chemical reactions that could unlock a wide range of...
Next step in simulating the universe
Computer simulations have struggled to capture the impact of elusive particles called neutrinos on the formation and growth of the large-scale structure of the...
Molecule that promotes muscle health when magnetised
As people age, they progressively lose muscle mass and strength, and this can lead to frailty and other age-related diseases. As the causes for...













