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Foot feathering in domesticated breeds of pigeons and chickens use same gene regulatory networks
Poultry geneticists have long studied the inheritance of a prized fancy chicken breeding trait; feathered legs. …
Micro-CT scans give clues about how hero shrews' bizarre backbones evolved
At first glance, hero shrews don’t seem super exciting—they’re small grayish-brown mammals, related to moles and…
Hubble captures breakup of comet ATLAS
The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has provided astronomers with the sharpest view yet of the breakup…
Study reveals important flowering plants for city-dwelling honey bees
Trees, shrubs and woody vines are among the top food sources for honey bees in urban…
Polymer membranes could benefit from taking a dip
Many industrial processes rely on thin membranes that can clean water, for example, by filtering out…
Virus genomes help to explain why a major livestock disease has re-emerged in Europe
Livestock diseases like bluetongue virus (BTV) can have devastating economic and health consequences, but their origins…
Gold standard force fields help identify promising peptides to disrupt COVID-19
Drug discovery is arduous, expensive, and often prone to failure, but computer-aided drug design and simulation…
Scientists explore the power of radio waves to help control fusion reactions
A key challenge to capturing and controlling fusion energy on Earth is maintaining the stability of…
Harnessing psyllid peptides to fight citrus greening disease
Citrus greening disease, also called huanglongbing (HLB), is a bacterial infection of citrus trees that results…