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Burn injuries may be part of human evolution
6+ hour, 42+ min ago (1011+ words) Burns have been part of human life for as long as we have lived with fire. Fire cooks our food, warms our homes, and powers much of the modern world. It has done so for more than a million years....
Gregor Mendel Discovered Genetics While Gardening
12+ hour, 32+ min ago (290+ words) A monastery garden in the mid-1800s became the birthplace of genetics. Gregor Mendel, a friar, studied pea plants. He meticulously counted and recorded traits. His work revealed that traits are passed down in predictable ways. These discoveries, though initially overlooked, later…...
Florida Cane Toad: Complex Spread and Selective Evolution
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (972+ words) Invasive species offer a unique window into the mechanisms of rapid evolution and adaptation, especially as they colonize new environments that often differ drastically from their native habitats. Among these, the cane toad (Rhinella marina) has long served as a…...
Indian Mudflats Reveal New Member of Rare ‘Muddy Bristle Worm’ Family
1+ day, 16+ hour ago (194+ words) Did you play Scidle, the science wordle today? Researchers have discovered a new species of marine worm hiding in the muddy banks of the Champa Estuary in the Bay of Bengal, marking the first time this rare group of creatures…...
Herpesvirus makes itself at home: remodeling the host-cell nucleus
2+ day, 12+ hour ago (116+ words) Original story from the University of Jyv'skyl' (Finland). Researchers show that the infection remodels nuclear biomechanics, leading to dramatic softening of the nucleus. To understand the phenomenon, advanced microscopy, including cryo-soft X-ray tomography (SXT) and atomic force microscopy (AFM), and…...
Pulling out some of the “STOPs” for non-natural amino acid mutagenesis
2+ day, 16+ hour ago (162+ words) Language editing support was provided by Grammarly (v1.2.201.1767). The images in the second figure were constructed by Siddhartha Barua. All content was verified and revised by Siddhartha. Sneha Khedkar on Nov 01, 2024 Preethi Ravi on Mar 25, 2019 Ranjini Raghunath on Oct 03, 2017 Anjali Krishna…...
Back from the Dead: Rare Wrasse Rediscovered in Australian Depths
2+ day, 18+ hour ago (280+ words) Back from the Dead: Rare Wrasse Rediscovered in Australian Depths'streamlinefeed.co.ke In a stunning victory for marine biodiversity, a "ghost" of the ocean has reappeared. The Braun's wrasse, a tiny, jewel-like fish unseen since 2009, has been miraculously spotted in…...
Did Iron Suppress Eukaryote Emergence and Early Radiation?
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (176+ words) The last eukaryotic common ancestor (LECA) is widely thought to have been an oxygen-respiring organism, arising through endosymbiosis when a free-living bacterium became the mitochondrion. Notably, the earliest candidate eukaryotes appear contemporaneous with the cessation of major iron deposits and…...
Team Creates Innovative Synthetic Material Inspired by Octopus Skin
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (786+ words) Researchers at Penn State University have unveiled a groundbreaking method for creating multifunctional "smart synthetic skin," inspired by the remarkable adaptive capabilities of cephalopods like octopuses. Through an innovative fabrication technique, the team has effectively developed a programmable hydrogel material…...
FinalSpark tests living neurons as a biocomputing platform
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (1270+ words) As silicon scaling slows and energy costs rise, platforms like FinalSpark are testing what living neurons can, and cannot deliver as compute. Computing is entering a period of fragmentation rather than convergence. As silicon scaling slows and energy costs climb,…...