Biology
Researchers have created a model that may explain the complexities of the origins of life. Their work, which appears in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface, offers new insights into how RNA signaling likely developed into the modern “genetic code.”
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University of Washington researchers have performed what they believe is the first noninvasive human-to-human brain interface, with one researcher able to send a brain signal via the Internet to control the hand motions of a fellow researcher.
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This event will bring together research scientists, post docs, principal investigators, lab directors and professionals from around the world to learn about recent advances in cancer research.Available on Demand
Donations support work on ecotourism and human-primate interaction.
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When he began "Ask A Biologist" in 1997, Chuck Kazilek thought he was at a crossroads in education: the place between formal education, like what is taught in a classroom, and informal education, like what is learned by oneself.
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Lowering arsenic levels in apple juice is a step in the right direction, but regulators could and should go further
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A new laboratory building valued at $1 million is now under construction at the University of Pittsburgh’s Pymatuning Laboratory of Ecology, attracting researchers from across the world to the facility.
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Apparently guinea pig sex is far too loud....
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The Reflections of Research competition seeks out the most extraordinary and surprising views of our heart and blood vessels amongst the research that donations help fund.
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Birds that yield good vibration provide motion excitation ... for engineers: As Earth warms, birds may be changing their migratory patterns. But to obtain avian data, scientists need in-flight tracking sensors – and those sensors need energy.
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In a twist on "survival of the fittest," researchers including biologist Greg Lang have discovered that evolution is driven not by a single beneficial mutation but rather by a group of mutations, including ones called "genetic hitchhikers" that are simply along for the ride.
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Vessels grown from pluripotent stem cells able to function inside mice.
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