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A natural hormone may protect muscle from atrophy
Researchers have found a potential new treatment for the common problem of muscle atrophy. Results of the animal study were presented at The Endocrine Society's 91st Annual Meeting in Washington,...
Canada geese brought down flight 1549
WASHINGTON, June 10 (UPI) -- Smithsonian Institution scientists say the birds that struck a plane in New York, forcing it into the Hudson River in January, were migratory...
Researchers learn how mutations extend life span
In the sense that organisms existing today are connected through a chain of life – through their parents, grandparents, and other ancestors – almost a billion years back to the...
Chimpanzees remember where fruit trees are
LEIPZIG, Germany, June 9 (UPI) -- Scientists who mapped fruit trees and tracked chimpanzees in Ivory Coast say the animals can remember the locations of thousands of trees.
Siberian jays use complex communication to mob predators
When mobbing predators, Siberian jays use over a dozen different calls to communicate the level of danger and predator category to other members of their own group. A Swedish study...
Pulling malaria from mosquitoes to fight disease
(AP) -- Think your job's tedious? Try beheading 100 mosquitoes an hour. Gently, no smushing allowed. Malaria parasites lurk in these mosquitoes' salivary glands, and a small company on...
Visual system that detects movement, colors and textures created in Granada
Mimicking the way in which a retina works is a hard as it sounds. Scientists from Stanford University, in the United States, have spent the past two years working on...
Pd(III) catalysis insight
Discovery of a palladium(III) complex that catalyses C–H bond formation boosts understanding of the widely used metal
Insomniac flies resemble insomniac humans
ST. LOUIS, June 8 (UPI) -- U.S. scientists have created a line of fruit flies that they hope might someday help shed light on the mechanisms that cause...
Different genes can cause same effects
SALT LAKE CITY, June 8 (UPI) -- U.S. biologists have found the loss of pelvises and body armor in two species of stickleback fish was caused by different...
Researchers Shed Light On Trading Behavior In Animals -- And Humans
Scientists conducted a study to see if chimpanzees spontaneously bartered foods among each other, using tokens which represented those foods. While results indicated that the animals were cognitively able to...
Feathers reveal owl's secrets
An Australian researcher has used stray feathers to DNA fingerprint and improve our understanding of threatened owls.
Scientists produce GM crops without foreign genes
A new GM technique can produce desired crop traits without transferring genes between species.
Is the daddy-longlegs doomed?
Is the humble daddy-longlegs in trouble?
Mice injected with Alzheimer's cast new light on dementia
Scientists have found that harmful tangles of proteins that cause diseases s
Dead tigers to be frozen, studied
Thirty tigers have died in the country's various sanctuaries and reserves this year. With many of the deaths being suspect, the state has decided to take some action.
Scientists Uncover Mode Of Action Of Enzyme Linked With Several Types Of Cancer
Scientists have discovered a key mechanism used by cells to efficiently distribute chromosomes to new cells during cell multiplication.
Link Unraveled Between Chromosomal Instability And Centrosome Defects In Cancer Cells
Scientists have disproved a century-old theory about why cancer cells often have too many or too few chromosomes, and show that the actual reason may hold the key to a...
A lethal cancer knocked down by one-two drug punch
Bar Harbor, Maine -- In the battle against cancer, allies can come from unexpected sources. Research at The Jackson Laboratory has yielded a new approach to treating leukemia, one...
Research identifies 3-D structure of key nuclear pore building block
The genome of complex organisms is stashed away inside each cell's nucleus, a little like a sovereign shielded from the threatening world outside. The genome cannot govern from its protective...
Indian scientists clone buffalo: report
Scientists in the Indian state of Haryana have cloned a buffalo using foetal tissue, according to a report.
Greater mouse-eared bats can recognise each other's voices
Bats can recognise other bats from their voices, claim scientists, who said this explains how they remain in a group when flying at high speeds in darkness, and how they...
Key Regulator Of Fat Cell Development Discovered
Scientists have discovered how two related proteins and their roles in a key molecular pathway are critical to creating obesity-causing fat cells.
Hundreds Of Cell-surface Proteins Can Be Simultaneously Studied With New Technique
A new method now enables researchers to study hundreds of cell-surface proteins simultaneously. The results obtained could help to develop more accurate diagnostic tests and more specific therapies in the...
'Junk' DNA Proves To Be Highly Valuable
What was once thought of as DNA with zero value in plants--dubbed "junk" DNA--may turn out to be key in helping scientists improve the control of gene expression in transgenic...
New Category Of Fat In Mammalian Cells May Help Explain How Toxin Harms Farm Animals
A new category of fats in mammalian cells may help explain how a harmful toxin called fumonisin causes disease in farm animals.
Deer Disoriented by Power Lines
Apparently they have an internal compass. The animals faced every which way near the lines.
This little piggie went to the science lab
And the agricultural scientists hope to go all the way to the bank. They say farm animals are an underrated resource for human health studies, and they want more in...