Researchers have pinpointed a key reason why people are more likely to get sick and even die from flu during winter months: low humidity. …read more Source:: Science
Day: May 13, 2019
Catch a virus by its tail
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•Research uncovers key mechanism that allows some of the deadliest human RNA viruses to orchestrate the precise copying of the individual pieces of their viral genome and replicate. The findings …read more Source:: Science
Scientists bioengineer a cellular speedometer
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•Researchers have discovered that Pseudomonas bacteria can detect the speed (shear rate) of flow regardless of the force. By linking the flow-detecting gene to one responsible for illumination, they have …read more Source:: Science
Evolutionary backing found in analysis of mammalian vertebrae
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•Differences in numbers of vertebrae are most extreme in mammals which do not rely on running and leaping, such as those adapted to suspensory locomotion like apes and sloths, a …read more Source:: Science
Room for thought: Brain region that watches for walls identified
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•To move through the world, you need a sense of your surroundings, especially of the constraints that restrict your movement: the walls, ceiling and other barriers that define the geometry …read more Source:: Science