Biology
Findings have implications for studying evolution of menopause, birth patterns, and offspring rearing of earlier humans
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Crumpled graphene could be used in a wide array of biosensing applications for rapid diagnosis, researchers say
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A simple chemical process turns pollen grains from sunflowers and other types of plants into soft microgel particles that respond to various stimuli
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A wormlike creature that lived more than 555 million years ago is the earliest bilaterian
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A reanalysis of a global amphibian disease study found the main conclusions lack evidence and are unreproducible
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A new study led by the University of Washington finds dramatic increases in the abundance of a worm that can be transmitted to humans who eat raw or undercooked seafood
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A new study reveals that soil represents up to 25 percent of the total global potential for natural climate solutions
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Researchers have now sequenced three hornwort genomes, providing insights into the genetics underlying the unique biology of the group, an extant representative of the earliest land plants
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International team, UMass Amherst ecologist, tested new mammal survey method
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Research team points out how bureaucratic inefficiency can be likened to that of the peer-review process associated with academic research in the health sciences
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New research shows that, even before they begin to speak, babies already have a strong grasp of the grammar basics of their first language
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An avocado a day improves the ability to focus attention for overweight or obese adults, Illinois researchers found in a new study
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