Fish provide a vital source of protein for over half the world’s population, with over 56 million people employed by or subsisting on fisheries. But climate change is beginning to …read more Source:: Science
Month: February 2019
Study of singing mice suggests how mammalian brain achieves conversation
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•By studying the songs of mice from the cloud forests of Costa Rica, researchers have discovered a brain circuit that may enable the high-speed back and forth of conversation. …read more Source:: Science
Nanotechnology makes it possible for mice to see in infrared
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•Mice with vision enhanced by nanotechnology were able to see infrared light as well as visible light, reports a new study. A single injection of nanoparticles in the mice’s eyes …read more Source:: Science
Amoebae diversified at least 750 million years ago, far earlier than expected
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•Reconstitution of Amoebozoa’s evolution shows significant Precambrian species diversity. This study changes the view of how life evolved in the very remote past and deepens the understanding of current climate …read more Source:: Science
Crater counts on Pluto, Charon show small Kuiper Belt objects surprisingly rare
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•Using New Horizons data from the Pluto-Charon flyby in 2015, scientists have indirectly discovered a distinct and surprising lack of very small objects in the Kuiper Belt. The evidence for …read more Source:: Science
Mobile bedside bioprinter can heal wounds
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•Scientists have created such a mobile skin bioprinting system — the first of its kind — that allows bi-layered skin to be printed directly into a wound. …read more Source:: Science
500-million-year old worm ‘superhighway’ discovered in Canada
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•Prehistoric worms populated the sea bed 500 million years ago — evidence that life was active in an environment thought uninhabitable until now, research shows. …read more Source:: Science
‘Incredibly’ diverse microbial community high in Yellowstone
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•More than 10 miles into the backcountry of Yellowstone National Park, on the edge of the caldera, lives a high-elevation community so diverse that scientists call it “incredible, unique and …read more Source:: Science
A rare assemblage of sharks and rays from nearshore environments of Eocene Madagascar
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•Eocene-aged sediments of Madagascar contain a previously unknown fauna of sharks and rays, according to a new study. This newly described fauna is the first report of sharks and rays …read more Source:: Science
Fast, flexible ionic transistors for bioelectronic devices
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•Researchers have developed the first biocompatible internal-ion-gated organic electrochemical transistor (IGT) that is fast enough to enable real-time signal sensing and stimulation of brain signals. The IGT provides a miniaturized, …read more Source:: Science