A theoretical mineral physics approach based on the ab initio methods was adopted to determine the…
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Immune system alteration identified as key process in the male pregnancy of seahorses
Embryonic development in the womb is a complicated process that is still puzzling today. In particular,researchers…
Researchers find a new HIT defense bacteria use against antibiotics
Scientists at the Severinov Laboratory in Skoltech and their colleagues from Russia and the U.S. have…
Plant diversity in European forests is declining
In Europe’s temperate forests, less common plant species are being replaced by more widespread species. An…
Estuaries are warming at twice the rate of oceans and atmosphere
Estuaries on the south-east coast of Australia are warming at twice the rate of oceans and…
Predicting the evolution of genetic mutations
Quantitative biologists David McCandlish and Juannan Zhou at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory have developed an algorithm…
'A bad time to be alive': Study links ocean deoxygenation to ancient die-off
In a new study, Stanford researchers have strongly bolstered the theory that a lack of oxygen…
Pacific clean-up after homes 'blown to smithereens' by superstorm
Tens of thousands of people remain homeless in Vanuatu a week after Tropical Cyclone Harold pummelled…
Vulnerable cells armor themselves against infection by depleting surface cholesterol
Cells in some of the body’s most vulnerable entry routes to bacterial infection buffer themselves when…
A new species of black endemic iguanas in Caribbeans is proposed for urgent conservation
A newly discovered endemic species of melanistic black iguana (Iguana melanoderma), discovered in Saba and Montserrat…