Chocolate produced in the Amazon is internationally recognized for its unique flavor. A study by researchers at São Paulo State University (UNESP) in Brazil has shown that it could be even more valuable. The analysis indicates that postharvest…
Category: 5. Biology
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Amazonian chocolate: Combining cocoa clones with different post-harvest processes balances flavor and nutritional value
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Bull sharks form social relationships with specific 'friends,' research reveals
Sharks are often viewed as solitary, but a new study—carried out on the Shark Reef Marine Reserve in Fiji—has found that rather than mixing at random, bull sharks have “active social preferences” and choose their social partners. The research…
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Bull Sharks Make Friends, Too
When we think about the dynamics of friendship, mean-girl cliques or frat bros typically come to mind. But a study published today in Animal Behaviour by researchers from the United Kingdom, Fiji, and Switzerland reported similar friendship…
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Bull sharks make ‘friends’—and prefer females to males
Bull sharks (Carcharhinus leucas) have a really bad reputation. The ocean’s…
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New study offers insight into tissue-specific gene regulation of sheep
Livestock breeders could soon have more tools to improve the health and quality of their animals, thanks to a recent study that sheds new light on regulatory elements in the sheep genome.
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Microbes in Antarctica survive the freezing and dark winter by living on air
Winter in Antarctica is long and dark. Temperatures remain well below freezing. In many places, the sun sets in April and does not rise above the horizon again until August. Without sunlight, photosynthetic life such as plants, mosses and algae…
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Blue crabs have a serious cannibalism problem
It’s a crab-eat-crab world for the Chesapeake Bay’s juvenile blue crabs…
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Tropical Bush Cricket’s Hot-Pink Phase May Be Nature’s Perfect Disguise
Entomologists in Panama have observed a leaf-masquerading katydid species that begins life bright pink before turning green days later, a shift that may mimic rainforest leaves that flush red or pink before maturing — an adaptive camouflage…
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New polygenic risk scores improve prediction of metabolic disease outcomes
Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity are metabolic conditions with many causes, including overlapping and distinct genetic features. A polygenic risk score (PRS) can capture multiple genetic risk factors to provide an estimate for…
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Reducing Flu Risk by Taking Aim at Two Proteins
When vaccines are designed, scientists have aimed to prevent the virus from spreading to others, or stop it from producing more flu particles in an infected person. But now researchers think a vaccine could do…
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