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Study: Genes from bacteria helped plants conquer the land

Study: Genes from bacteria helped plants conquer the land

A gelatinous blob on top of a wet stone has led to the discovery that bacteria likely helped plants conquer land. A new study by...

Research: Extinct giant ape directly linked to the living orangutan —

By using ancient protein sequencing, researchers have retrieved genetic information from a 1.9 million year old extinct, giant primate that used to live...

Research: Experts unlock key to photosynthesis, a find that could help us meet food...

Scientists have solved the structure of one of the key components of photosynthesis, a discovery that could lead to photosynthesis being 'redesigned' to...

Research: DNA study rejects the idea that Egyptians domesticated sacred ibis for ritual use...

In ancient Egypt, Sacred Ibises were collected from their natural habitats to be ritually sacrificed, according to a study released November 13, 2019...
Scientists head to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Researchers head to Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

Nearly 100 researchers and support staff depart this week (13 November 2019) for the most ambitious mission to date for Thwaites Glacier in West...
Research: Ancient King Kong-like ape likely stood 10 feet tall

Research: Ancient King Kong-like ape likely stood 10 feet tall

Researchers have extracted protein fragments from the enamel of a 1.9 million-year-old tooth – the oldest specimen yet to yield ancient proteins. Their study, published...

Research: White noise improves hearing —

Noise is not the same as noise -- and even a quiet environment does not have the same effect as white noise. With...

Research: Relationship between jet stream, atmospheric blocking events —

Climate change will increase the size of stalled high-pressure weather systems called "blocking events" that have already produced some of the 21st century's...

Research: Monetary price of health and air quality impacts —

Bitcoin, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero -- the names of digital-based 'cryptocurrencies' are being heard more and more frequently. But despite having no physical...

Research: Could cytotoxic T-cells be a key to longevity? —

Scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Science (IMS) and Keio University School of Medicine in Japan have used single-cell RNA analysis...

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