Researchers have found that opsin 3 — a protein closely related to rhodopsin, the protein that enables low-light vision — has a role in adjusting the amount of pigment produced …read more Source:: Science
Day: May 17, 2019
Researchers unravel mechanisms that control cell size
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•A multidisciplinary team has provided new insight into underlying mechanisms controlling the precise size of cells. The researchers found that ‘the adder,’ a function that guides cells to grow by …read more Source:: Science
Earliest evidence of the cooking and eating of starch
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•New discoveries made at the Klasies River Cave in South Africa’s southern Cape, where charred food remains from hearths were found, provide the first archaeological evidence that anatomically modern humans …read more Source:: Science
Sedimentary, my dear Johnson: Is NASA looking at the wrong rocks for clues to Martian life?
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•While volcanic, igneous rock predominates on Mars, virtually the entire Earth fossil record comes from sedimentary rocks. Addressing the problem, Swedish scientists have begun compiling evidence of fossilized microbes in …read more Source:: Science
Scientists propose rethinking ‘endangered species’ definition to save slow-breeding giants
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•Conservation decisions based on population counts may fail to protect large, slow-breeding animals from irrevocable decline, according to new research. …read more Source:: Science