A wide range of human diseases is caused by gene mutations, which result in misfolded protein molecules. Medical treatments can’t correct this. But researchers have now demonstrated in mice what could be a revolutionary Read More
Validating the recent finding that females in the animal kingdom are polyandrous, researchers have found that female fire salamanders mate with several males. What’s novel about this discovery, however, is that this behavior was Read More
Molecules existing in two spatial configurations that are mirror images of one another are said to be “chiral.” Thus far, the chirality of molecules in the gaseous state has not been measured. In a recent Read More
Biologists at the University at Buffalo have found that being severely overweight alters the way we taste food. They observed that obese mice had fewer taste cells capable of detecting sweetness than slimmer mice. Read Read More
According to a new study, the presence of molecular hydrogen, carbon dioxide, and water on Mars could have created a greenhouse effect on the red planet 3.8 billion years. Read more in Nature Geoscience. RM Ramirez Read More
The lateral habenula, considered to be one of the oldest regions of the brain, evolution-wise, has always been linked to depression and avoidance behavior. But a new study has found that this region of the Read More
Authors Deeming and Pike highlight the importance of antioxidants for the healthy development of bird embryos. This study may offer insight into the implications antioxidants may have for the embryos of other species, including humans. Read More
Long thought to have been eliminated in mammals, antiviral RNA interference may exist in mammalian cells, after all, suggest Maillard et al. They studied the embryonic stem cells from mice and found that the mice Read More
Researchers have found that infants who can detect changes in number will have a high mathematical aptitude by the time they reach preschool. Read more in Developmental Science. Melissa Libertus & Elizabeth Brannon, Developmental Science, 2013; 13 Read More
NASA’s Kepler spacecraft has uncovered a solar system whose planets orbit at a steep angle to their star’s equator. Read more in Science. Huber et al., Science, 2013; 342 DOI: 10.1126/science.1242066Read More