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Climate change puts ecosystems on the run, researchers say
(PhysOrg.com) -- Global warming is causing habitats to move across the landscape. Can the creatures living there keep up? If they can't, some species may die out, researchers say.
How the daisy got its spot: Insect mimicry
Dark spots on flower petals are common across many angiosperm plant families and occur on flowers such as some lilies, orchids, and daisies. Much research has been done on the...
Broken genomes behind breast cancers
The first detailed search of breast cancer genomes to uncover genomic rearrangements is published today. The team characterised the ways in which the human genome is broken and put back...
Research yields new agent for some drug-resistant non-small cell lung cancers
The ability to make, test, and map the atomic structure of new anti-cancer agents has enabled a team of Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists to discover a compound capable of halting...
UCSB scientists discover how the brain encodes memories at a cellular level
Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have made a major discovery in how the brain encodes memories. The finding, published in the December 24 issue of the journal Neuron, could eventually...
Turtles' Christmas journey tracked by scientists
The journeys of two marine turtles around the world's oceans will be available to view online this Christmas, thanks to a new research project launched by the University of Exeter...
Columbia scientists discover 2 genes that drive aggressive brain cancers
A team of Columbia scientists have discovered two genes that, when simultaneously activated, are responsible for the most aggressive forms of human brain cancer...
Whiskers hold secrets of invasive minks
Details of the lifestyle of mink, which escaped from fur farms and now live wild in the UK, have been revealed through analysis of their whiskers. Research led by the...
EU eyes 2010 for binding climate treaty
BRUSSELS, Dec. 23 (UPI) -- The EU is looking for new allies in the fight against climate change after a failed Copenhagen summit.
Encyclopedia of microbe genomes underway
Genome scientists from the US and Germany have assembled the first pages of a comprehensive encyclopedia of genomes of all the microbes on Earth. There are estimated to be a...
Genomic differences identified in common skin diseases
(PhysOrg.com) -- If you have dry skin, wet it, if wet skin, dry it. This has been a general rule of dermatology for centuries, but scientists are working to develop...
Female ducks able to thwart forced sex
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dec. 23 (UPI) -- Female ducks likely developed vaginas with clockwise spirals to prevent fertilization from aggressive males, scientists in Connecticut said.
Scientists visualize how a vital hepatitis C virus protein moves along its nucleic acid substrate
In a series of three snapshots that recapitulate the coordinated actions, scientists reveal how a protein essential for the replication of the hepatitis C virus moves along its nucleic acid...
Titia de Lange awarded $400,000 grant from American Cancer Society
The head of Rockefeller University’s Laboratory of Cell Biology and Genetics has received a $400,000 grant from the American Cancer Society and has been named an American Cancer Society Research...
Copenhagen Call For Action
Climate Change: Negotiators sweat the details as clock ticks down.
Fish tanks 'threaten Sunshine State sea creatures'
Florida invertebrate fishery could be heading for collapse, scientists warn.
Discovery's Edge Winter Issue
Here are highlights from the winter issue of Discovery's Edge, Mayo Clinic's research magazine. 1) Deep Brain Stimulation -- It Boggles the Mind; 2) Osteoporosis in Men; 3) Combat Injuries...
Phragmites partners with microbes to plot native plants' demise
Researchers have uncovered a novel means of conquest employed by the common reed, Phragmites australis, which ranks as one of the world's most invasive plants.
Synergistic interaction enhances pathogenesis of Parkinson's disease
Scientists have identified a synergistic interaction that disrupts normal intracellular transport mechanisms and leads to the accumulation of neuron-damaging clumps of protein associated with...
Birds Play an Important Role in the Spread of Lyme Disease
(PhysOrg.com) -- The range of Lyme disease is spreading in North America and it appears that birds play a significant role by transporting the Lyme disease bacterium over long distances,...
Self-healing networks mimic nature
Organic inks draw a positive picture for the future of tissue engineering
Motility mechanism of malaria pathogens explained
How do one-celled parasites move from the salivary gland of a mosquito through a person's skin into red blood cells? What molecular mechanisms form the basis for this very important...
Birds Provide Clues in How Humans Learn Speech
Researchs on communication in animals helps understand of how language develops in humans and how they use it. Language is a phenomenon of evolutionary biology.
Student-Made 'Sustain-a-Bear' Puts Green Spin on Timeless Toy
Most teddy bears, regretfully, face a lonesome retirement once their owners grow up or move on.
Microbes, micobes, microbes
For those of you interested in the world of microbes. There is an excellent website that allows the viewer to gain further understanding of the microbial cosmos. www.microbes.info
Rare Gorillas Spied Feasting on Figs
See what could be the first professional footage of elusive Cross River gorillas, the most endangered subspecies of gorilla, filmed recently in Cameroon. Video.
Adjusting acidity with impunity
(PhysOrg.com) -- How do individual cells or proteins react to changing pH levels? Researchers at the MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology at the University of Twente, The Netherlands, have developed a...
Elpida Begins Mass Production of 40nm 2-Gigabit DDR3 SDRAM
Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), today announced that its Hiroshima Plant has begun volume production of 40nm process 2-gigabit DDR3 SDRAMs. Since completing...