Scientists have extracted and analyzed DNA from 216 canid remains, including 181 from Paleolithic and Mesolithic Europe. The oldest data that they recovered are from a 14,200-year-old dog from the Kesslerloch site in Switzerland. Their results…
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The emotional price of conservation work
Earlier this month, Jeremy Hance’s “‘An epidemic of suffering’: Why are conservationists breaking down?” and the follow-up commentary “Emotional and psychological stresses beleaguer conservation professionals” by Vik Mohan and…
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Tiny LED design could power next-generation technology
From 3D movie screens to augmented-reality devices, many modern technologies rely on our ability to manipulate light. Doing so in a cost-effective and efficient way, however, is often a formidable task. In an article published in Optics Letters,…
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Researchers use quantum biosensors to peer into cells' inner workings
In a major advance applying insights from quantum physics to the inner workings of biology, a team of WashU researchers has successfully implanted quantum sensors in living cells to measure shifts in magnetism and temperature. The measurements…
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Chernobyl Fungus Seems to Have Evolved an Incredible Ability : ScienceAlert
The Chernobyl exclusion zone may be off-limits to humans, but not to every form of life.
Ever since the Unit Four reactor at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant exploded nearly 40 years ago, other kinds of life-forms have not only moved in but
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Bioluminescent bacterial partner proves essential for squid development
The Hawaiian bobtail squid, a small, multi-colored native of coastal waters in Hawai’i, uses bioluminescence to camouflage itself and evade predators. However, the costume change is only possible through an exclusive symbiotic relationship with a…
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Sewage overflows may pose greater threat to England's rivers than previously thought
Combined sewer overflows (CSOs) could be contributing far more pollution to England’s rivers than previously recognized, according to new research involving scientists from Imperial College London and Brunel University London. The study,…
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240-Million-Year-Old Coelacanth May Have Used Lungs to Hear Underwater
Learn how fossils and high-resolution imaging revealed that some Triassic fish may have used a lung-like organ to detect sound underwater — and what that suggests about early vertebrate senses.
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New synthetic origin of replication lets multiple plasmids coexist in one bacterial cell
“If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” goes the old adage, which Rice University professor James Chappell completely ignored in a recent Nature Communications publication. In the study, Chappell describes an innovation in plasmids, circular pieces of…
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Chechen cemetery contains burials with ornate bronze ornaments
Excavations in Chechnya have uncovered the burial of a woman adorned with numerous bronze ornaments and jewellery.
The discovery was made during rescue excavations by the Institute of Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences in preparation…
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