science
Exposure to BPA potentially induces permanent reprogramming of painted turtles’ brains
Painted turtle eggs were brought from a hatchery in Louisiana, candled to ensure embryo viability and then incubated at male-permissive temperatures in a bed...
Silk proteins paired with renewable wood nanocellulose produces possibly the strongest...
“The strength of the fiber is significantly better than any human-made, silk-based material to our knowledge, and on the same level as what can...
Natural resistance to malaria linked to variation in human red blood...
A new study shows that large structural variants in human glycophorin genes, which are unusually common in Africa, are protective against malarial disease.
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Earth’s atmosphere more chemically reactive in cold climates
Becky Alexander in the cold room of the UW's IsoLab with sections of an ice core. Her group is analyzing these samples from Antarctica...
During heat waves, urban trees can increase ground-level ozone
Trees in cities have many benefits but can increase ozone during heat waves.
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Planting trees is a popular strategy to help...
Shedding light on Earth’s first animals
Researchers at UC Riverside are studying the world's oldest fossil animal, Dickinsonia, to learn more about the evolutionary history of animals.
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Wild orangutan teeth provide insight into human breast-feeding evolution
Baby orangutan nursing.
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Biomarkers in the teeth of wild orangutans indicate nursing patterns related to food fluctuations in their habitats, which...
Dams are major driver of global environmental change
Dam in Sabiñanigo town, Spain. There are currently in excess of 70,000 large dams worldwide. With the continuing construction of new dams, more than...
Secrets behind T. rex’s bone crushing bites: T. rex could crush...
Tyrannosaurus rex model (stock image).
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The giant Tyrannosaurus rex pulverized bones by biting down with forces equaling the weight of...
Tiny bubbles help heal broken bones, in pigs
Gene therapy for bone regeneration.
Credit: M. Bez et al., Science Translational Medicine (2017)
Researchers have developed a much needed alternative to bone grafts that could...
Large volcanic eruption may have caused the first mass extinction
These are Ordovician-Silurian marine fossils from the museum of Tohoku University.
Credit: Kunio Kaiho
Researchers in the USA and Japan say they may have found the...
