Your gut bacteria are constantly sensing, moving, and sharing nutrients to keep the microbiome thriving. The gut microbiome, also called the gut flora, is essential to human health. This vast and constantly changing community of microorganisms…
Category: 5. Biology
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Your Gut Bacteria Are Actively Searching for Food
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Exploring electron microscopy and AI as key players for identifying pollen grains
Have you ever seen a hibiscus flower? Although its petals have a range of colors, what makes the trumpet-shaped flower more beautiful is the central stalk, which houses the anthers that produce pollen grains. Powdery in structure, this pollen is…
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Moving biopesticides through plants opens new opportunities
University of Queensland research has revealed that double-stranded RNA-based biopesticides (dsRNA) sprayed on plant leaves can travel right down into root systems. Led by Dr. Chris Brosnan at UQ’s Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food…
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Scientists Say Your Fingers Hold a Secret of Brain Evolution
The secret to how our brains grew may be hidden in our fingers before we are even born. One of the defining features of human evolution is the steady expansion of our brains. New findings suggest this growth may be partly linked to higher levels…
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Horses with over 30 minutes of REM sleep show better persistence in learning tasks
Just as for humans, sufficient sleep supports learning and coping for horses. A recent study at the University of Helsinki indicates that short periods of REM sleep impair horses’ perseverance and performance in demanding learning tasks. In a…
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Greenland entrepreneur gambles on leafy greens
Growing lettuce in the Arctic as a business venture? One Greenland entrepreneur believes in the idea, selling his house to get start-up capital in a gamble he’s hoping will pay off.
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Scientists Reveal the Brain’s Hidden Map of Thought
The brain’s wiring forms a unique fingerprint that reveals how we think, remember, and make decisions. A new study offers the strongest evidence so far that the way different parts of the brain are wired together can reveal what each region is…
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New gene editing approach offers hope for cystic fibrosis patients
UCLA researchers have developed a lipid nanoparticle-based gene-editing approach capable of inserting an entire healthy gene into human airway cells, restoring key biological function in a laboratory model of cystic fibrosis and…
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Extreme heat and drought at flowering could put future wheat harvests at risk, study suggests
New research shows that short periods of extreme heat and drought during flowering could become one of the biggest threats to global wheat production in the coming decades. As the climate changes, farmers around the world are facing more frequent…
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Prehistoric Japan was home to cave lions—not tigers
Present-day Japan may see its fair share of bears, but the islands’ big cat…
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