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Discovery of cross-species signaling pathway unlocks mysteries around parasite immunity, development
Research led by a University of Maryland team has identified the first inter-species signaling pathway between an arthropod parasite and host, where molecules in the blood of a host animal triggers the immunity and development ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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Tanzania's tomato harvest goes to waste: Solar-powered cold storage could be a sustainable solution
Feeding Africa's growing population is a big development challenge for governments, policy makers and agriculture experts. Adding to the challenge is the high level of food loss and waste that most small-scale farmers experience.
Biotechnology
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'More potent than cyanide': How to stay safe from blue-ringed octopus this summer
As an octopus biologist, I get a call from the media every summer because someone has had an encounter with a blue-ringed octopus. Thankfully, everyone has been OK.
Plants & Animals
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Sounding the alarm in time to save endangered species
A few years—or sometimes even just a few weeks—can be all it takes for a plant or animal to acquire "endangered species" status. For instance, when a new road is built through a forest, the chainsaws come out and a rare ...
Ecology
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South Korea to ban bear farming, but what to do about hundreds of captive animals that remain?
South Korea's successful restoration of a wild Asiatic black bear population to Jirisan National Park is a huge conservation success story. But the fortune of this wild population stands in contrast to the plight of more ...
Ecology
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Scientists solve the mystery of why OGT enzyme is critical for cell survival
Researchers at La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI) have at last uncovered how an enzyme called O-GlcNAc transferase (OGT) keeps cells healthy. Their findings, published in the Proceedings of the National Academies of ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Study clarifies mystery of crocodilian hemoglobin
It can pogo-stick along at 50-plus miles per hour, leaping 30-odd feet in a single bound. But that platinum-medal athleticism falls by the wayside at a sub-Saharan riverside, the source of life and death for the skittish ...
Evolution
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Ancient ostrich eggs found in southern Israeli desert
Ostrich eggs estimated to be at least 4,000 years old have been found in Israel, archaeologists announced on Thursday, providing insight into the life of ancient peoples in the region.
Paleontology & Fossils
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Scientists take another step toward creating better pain medications
In the continuing effort to improve upon opioid pain relievers, American and Chinese scientists used cryoEM technology to solve the detailed structures of the entire family of opioid receptors bound to their naturally occurring ...
Molecular & Computational biology
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How immortal jellyfish turn back time
Achieving immortality is something that has driven human beings throughout much of their history. Many peculiar legends and fables have been told about the search for the elixirs of life. Medieval alchemists worked tirelessly ...
Plants & Animals
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Why older fathers pass on more genetic mutations to their offspring
The male reproductive system serves as a hotspot for the emergence of new genes. Perhaps that explains why more new mutations are inherited from fathers than from mothers. It doesn't, however, clarify why older fathers pass ...
Evolution
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Climate change puts brakes on speedy corals
Scientists at the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS) have found some fast-growing coral species on the Great Barrier Reef slow down their growth rates when exposed to warm water.
Plants & Animals
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Toxic toilet paper and long-lasting chemicals found in endangered killer whales
A chemical used in the production of toilet paper and 'forever chemicals' have been found in the bodies of orcas in B.C. , including the endangered southern resident killer whales.
Plants & Animals
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800 Florida manatees died in 2022 as starvation lingers—but most survived red tide
For the second year in a row, more Florida manatees died than normal as the species battles a human-caused seagrass famine.
Plants & Animals
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Overactive cell metabolism linked to biological aging
Why do cells, and by extension humans, age? The answer may have a lot to do with mitochondria, the organelles that supply cells with energy. Though that idea is not new, direct evidence in human cells had been lacking. Until ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Mind your Qs: PolyQ-binding protein 5 scaffolds the nucleolus
Everyone has that one friend who's the life of the party, bringing people together and keeping everyone connected. Now, researchers from Japan find that an unusually structured protein plays a similar role in bringing a diverse ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Researchers devise, test food-safety training program for farmers market vendors
Responding to a need revealed in their earlier studies, a team of Penn State researchers developed and pilot-tested a customized food safety training program for farmers market vendors.
Agriculture
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Breaking down bacterial barriers: Computational models to speed up screening of antimicrobials
In two recent studies, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and Unilever have collaborated to develop computational models of bacterial cell walls that can speed up the screening of antimicrobials—molecules ...
Cell & Microbiology
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Fish-hunting and eating behaviors confirmed in Japanese macaques
Consumption of fish in monkeys has been thought of to be a rare occurrence, potentially even happening accidentally. However, through fecal studies of Japanese macaques in the Kamikochi area, evidence of fish-eating amongst ...
Plants & Animals
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Cells use mechanical principles to integrate within existing tissues, study shows
Integration is not only a problem of social significance among humans, but also an issue for the cells that form us as humans. The addition of new cells into an already established group of cells is crucial for shaping the ...
Cell & Microbiology
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