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Detecting 'sleeping genes' in fruit flies
While scientists and physicists know what happens if you don't sleep 6 to 8 hours a night, they still haven't explained what really controls our sleeping needs. Research…
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Can create life!
DNA is like a guide to biological life. Each species has a unique set of instructions, ie genes. Long ago, the home
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Is motor mobility innate?
Studies on mice have partly shown that genes affect active or lazy activity.
Biology
Gene loss makes gay male flies homosexual
Scientists at Duke University Medical Center have recently discovered that male fruit flies lack genes that regulate the body's ability to perceive a particular odor.
Biology
Modern Doping
Finnish athlete Eero Mäntyranta won all this medal at another Olympics from 1960 to 1972. Scientists only found a secret trace of success 20 years later.
Biology
How do bacteria get iron from humans?
Like humans, bacteria need iron to survive and they must also take iron from their environment. While humans take iron primarily through food, bacteria evolve complex an…
Biology
The strange sex life of a melon
French scientists have just discovered a gene that can change the sex of the melon flower, so that a plant can produce both male and bisexual flowers.
Biology
Decode the genome of the world's most harmful insect
Scientists from the CSIRO Foundation and the University of Melbourne in Australia and Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, are about to make a discovery that co…
Biology
The bacteria that cause Lyme disease originate in Europe before the Ice Age
Researchers at the University of Bath have recently discovered a bacterium that causes Lyme disease originating in Europe, not North America, as previously thought.
Biology
Knock off DNA to keep the viral gene inside
High resolution analysis shows a strange twist of DNA that can hold the viral gene inside a shell, waiting for the opportunity to spread into the host.
Biology
Deep sea creatures provide clues to the evolution of humanity
Studying the genome of a marine creature by scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego brings a new light source to expl…
Biology
Where does the biological model in nature come from?
Zebra stripes, sea shells, butterfly wings: these are all examples of patterns in nature. Pattern formation is a puzzle for both mathematicians and biologists. How the d…
Biology
Secret decoding of diversity in dogs
What makes a pointy hunting dog point in the direction of the prey, causing the shepherd to pack sheep into herds and make a retriever find and bring the animal back? Wh…
Biology
Be careful about stem cell therapy
A single part may contain more than one type of adult stem cell - exploring complicating the prospect of using stem cells to replace damaged tissue to cure diseases, acc…