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Deep time tracking devices: Fossil barnacles reveal prehistoric whale migrations
Long-distance migrations are common for large whales, but when in their evolutionary past did whales begin…
Restoring this enzyme’s function protects against heart disease in lupus and beyond
Patients with lupus are at increased risk of heart disease. Exposing endothelial cells -- known to…
Wood-based technology creates electricity from body heat
A research team has developed a flexible, wood-based membrane that someday could turn body heat into…
Matter waves and quantum splinters
Physicists have shown that shaking ultracold Bose-Einstein condensates can cause them to either divide into uniform…
The struggle for life in the Dead Sea sediments: Necrophagy as a survival mechanism
The Dead Sea is not completely dead. The most saline lake on Earth (more than 10…
Model learns how individual amino acids determine protein function
A machine-learning model computationally breaks down how segments of amino acid chains determine a protein's function,…
The most aggressive spider societies are not always the ones that flourish
Evolutionary biologists who study the social lives and behavior of colony spiders -- some of which…
Testosterone can help men with hypogonadism lose weight, keep it off
Long-term testosterone therapy can help men with hypogonadism lose weight and maintain their weight loss, researchers…
The stroke care paradox: Close-knit social networks increase delays in hospital arrival
Patients with closer-knit social networks, including family members and spouses, were more likely to delay seeking…