After 25 years of collecting fossils at a Pennsylvania site, scientists at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Drexel University now have a much better picture of an ancient, extinct 12-foot fish and the world in which it ...
Archaeology
May 7, 2018
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Economic tumult in the early 2000s persuaded many young people to keep living with their parents, but the reasons why differ starkly by race, a new Johns Hopkins University-led study concludes.
Economics & Business
May 7, 2018
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6
More frequent El Niño events in the future may have surprising impacts on seabirds and some fish species, according to a study from the University of California, Davis.
Ecology
May 7, 2018
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15
Using an informatics tool that identifies "hotspots" of post-translational modification (PTM) activity on proteins, researchers have found a previously-unknown mechanism that puts the brakes on an important cell signaling ...
Cell & Microbiology
May 7, 2018
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74
Alligators on the beach. Killer whales in rivers. Mountain lions miles from the nearest mountain.
Ecology
May 7, 2018
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Plants know how to do a neat trick.
Biotechnology
May 7, 2018
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Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine in China have identified an enzyme that helps cancer cells make the building materials they need to quickly proliferate. ...
Biochemistry
May 7, 2018
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19
About 700 million years ago, the Earth experienced unusual episodes of global cooling that geologists refer to as "Snowball Earth."
Earth Sciences
May 7, 2018
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The CRISPR-Cas9 system has given researchers the power to precisely edit selected genes. Now, researchers have used it to develop a technology that can target any gene in the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and turn it off ...
Biotechnology
May 7, 2018
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331
Designing bioscaffolds offers bioengineers greater flexibility when it comes to tissue engineering and biomedicine. Systems that use self-assembling peptides can create a variety of materials. Beta peptides have especially ...
Biochemistry
May 7, 2018
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