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Biologists rediscover endangered frog population
For the first time in nearly 50 years, a population of a nearly extinct frog has been rediscovered in the San Bernardino National Forest's San Jacinto Wilderness. Biologists from the...
E. Coli Learns to Solve Complex Equations
E. coli can do a lot more than wreak havoc within your digestive system. Scientists have made strides over the years turning the little microbe species into computational workhorses. Now a team of...
Human-dog Communication: Breed As Important As Species
Dog breeds selected to work in visual contact with humans, such as sheep dogs and gun dogs, are better able to comprehend a pointing gesture than those breeds that usually...
Human Cells Secrete Cancer-killing Protein
The tumor-suppressor protein Par-4 is secreted by human and rodent cells and activates a novel extrinsic pathway involving cell surface GRP78 receptor for induction of apoptosis, researchers have found.
Scientists closer to making implantable bone material
Scientists are closer to understanding how to grow replacement bones with stem cell technology, thanks to research published today in the journal Nature Materials. Many scientists are currently trying to...
Baby panda born from frozen sperm
The first giant panda conceived through artificial insemination using frozen sperm has been born in China, scientists say.
Toucan's bill keeps things cool, study says
Researchers believe the beak can regulate body temperature. ...
Ants more rational than humans
In a study released online on 22 July in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society: Biological Sciences, researchers at Arizona State University and Princeton University show that ants can...
Synchronised swimming of algae
Using high-speed cinematography, scientists at Cambridge University have discovered that individual algal cells can regulate the beating of their flagella in and out of synchrony in a manner that controls...
On Protecting Birds and Bats from Wind Turbines, Cornell Helps Set Research Agenda
Thirty top wildlife scientists--including five from Cornell--have announced agreement on some of the highest research priorities to help America's rapidly growing wind energy industry produce much-needed alternative energy while also...
WD-40: Strange Facts and Myths
WD-40 does not contain fish oil and it won't cure arthritis.
Songbirds' elaborate cries for food show first signs of vocal learning
(PhysOrg.com) -- Only a handful of social animals -- songbirds, some marine mammals, some bats and humans -- learn to actively style their vocal communications. Babies, for instance, start by...
Process For 'Surgical' Genetic Changes In Plants Developed
Scientists have developed a process that will make genetic changes in plant genes much more efficient, practical and safe.
DNA 'Sloppier Copier' Surprisingly Efficient: Three Major Puzzles About Famous Enzyme Solved
The "sloppier copier" is also the best sixth man in the DNA repair game, a new article shows.
Monarch butterflies with a heavy load
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have succeeded for the first time in fitting monarch butterflies with a radio transmitter and in tracking them from an aircraft over a long distance on their...
Central Nervous System Repair? Neuronal Survival And Axonal Regrowth Obtained In Vitro
While repair of the central nervous system has long been considered impossible, researchers have just developed a strategy that could promote neuronal regeneration after injury.
Red List overlooks island species
The criteria of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN)'s Red List are an essential tool for evaluating the conservation status of species around the planet, and according...
Footwear Alters Normal Form And Function Of The Foot
A habitually shod lifestyle has consequences for the biologically normal anatomy and function of the foot.
Bcl6 gene sculpts helper T cell to boost antibody production
Expression of a single gene programs an immune system helper T cell that fuels rapid growth and diversification of antibodies in a cellular structure implicated in autoimmune diseases and development...
New lizard species found in India
Scientists discover a new species of lizard in the lush Western Ghats mountain range in the Indian state of Maharashtra.
Wall 'could stop desert spread'
The growing environmental threat of desertification could be stopped in Africa by solidifying dunes using bacteria.
Scientists discover gene mutation responsible for hereditary neuroendocrine tumour
University of Utah researchers and their colleagues have identified the gene that is mutated in a hereditary form of a rare neuroendocrine tumour called paraganglioma (PGL). The gene, called hSDH5,...
Ralph F. Hirschmann dies at 87; pioneering chemist
The scientist was among the first to synthesize an enzyme in a laboratory. He also led a team that developed key drugs for Merck. Ralph F. Hirschmann, the leader of one of two...
Breakthrough In Transgenic Animal Production Enables Development Of New Human Disease Models
Scientists have announced the creation of the first genetically modified mammals developed using zinc finger nuclease technology.
Toucan’s bill gives big chill
Thermal imaging study reveals new function for bird’s distinctive front end
The Wiener Gene: Stumpy Dogs Share Single Ancestor
The short legs of the dachshund, the basset hound, and other diminutive dog breeds have been linked to a single mutation that could be linked to a form of human dwarfism.
Do Chicago`s suburbs hold the key to understanding West Nile virus?
(PhysOrg.com) -- When Tony Goldberg is not whacking through the brush of central Africa, one of the world's great cauldrons of emerging human and animal disease, he is scouring another...
Monitoring Cancer Cell Changes With Quantum Dots
One of the earliest events that changes a normal cell into a malignant one is known as deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) hypermethylation, a biochemical alteration that inactivates critical tumor-suppressor genes. A...