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Artistic swimming dance of algae
With the help of high-speed cinematography, scientists at Cambridge University discovered that single-cell algae can coordinate the whips of the two whips, thus masterin…
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Measures to prevent pregnancy for round mouth fish
In addition to providing an overview of the evolution of estrogen receptors, the study of a scholar group at the University of California, San Diego may lead to a way to…
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Insects: neglected victims of climate change
Insect species such as butterflies and beetles will need many protection measures equivalent to typical species associated with previous conservation campaigns, such as…
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New insights into the evolution of the first angiosperms
About 130 years ago, Charles Darwin described the origin of flowering plants (otherwise known as angiosperms) as a very mysterious thing, which until today the scientifi…
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Franklin bees may be extinct
Experts are looking for Franklin bumblebee species on the list of seriously threatened animals.
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Create sperm from stem cells
Scientists from Ho Chi Minh City University of Natural Sciences have succeeded in culturing mouse sperm germ cells into sperm that open up the prospect of treating infer…
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Red weapon of roses
Naturalists claim roses, symbolic flowers of love, not only use red to attract the attention of butterflies but also a powerful weapon to drive away enemies.
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Termites do not necessarily have to reproduce sexually
Scientists at the University of North Carolina and three other universities in Japan have demonstrated for the first time that lords can reproduce in both sexual and ase…
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Pressure makes people evolve faster
Scientists claim that human evolution has not stopped because our genes are responding to changes from the outside environment.
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Discovering the gene that causes daytime sleep patterns
Researchers at the University of Tokyo, Japan, have discovered a gene involved in narcolepsy.
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Detection of genes related to high blood pressure
According to a study published on December 29, scientists at the University of Maryland (USA) have discovered a gene variant associated with high blood pressure.
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Tobacco is completely free of nicotine
Scientists at Kyoto University (Japan) have made a breakthrough in the way of creating tobacco that does not contain nicotine toxins.
Biology
Theory of new 'engine'
For decades biologists have known that cells use very small molecular motors to move chromosomes, mitochondria, and other organelles in the cell.
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Bacteria destroy themselves to ... survive
Like firefighters fighting the fire, researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of Massachusetts at Amherst have discovered a way to deceive bacterial…