Some of the most ancient fossils collected to date were traced back to the Ediacaran period. This is the time interval ranging from around 635 to 541 million years ago, shortly before the time when scientists predict that a wide range of animals…
Category: 5. Biology
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Embryo-like fossils from Southern China offer new clues about ancient life
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Seals use whisker movement to follow underwater trails—an approach that could improve robotic sensing
Seals are carnivorous marine mammals that are well adapted to hunting for fish underwater, where visibility is poor. In such conditions, seals rely on their highly sensitive whiskers to detect tiny water movements left behind by swimming fish….
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Importing queen bees won't solve Canada's beekeeping problems
Every spring, Canadian beekeepers await the arrival of queen bees crucial to their industry. The queens that populate Canadian bee colonies through the season largely do not come from Canada at all.
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Parks are sanctuaries but can also harbor disease—here's how to protect yourself
Parks are vital public spaces. This is especially true if you’re a parent with energetic children, or an office worker searching for a peaceful lunch spot.
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A stranded whale in Germany's Baltic Sea weakens as hopes of its return to the Atlantic fade
A stranded humpback whale in Germany ‘s Baltic Sea looks weaker, and experts fear it won’t be able to find its way back to the Atlantic despite several attempts at its rescue this week.
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Scientists Finally Capture Elusive Lipids in Action Inside Cells
A new imaging approach is shedding light on one of cell biology’s most elusive questions: how lipids are organized and sorted within membranes. Cell membranes are far from simple barriers. They are highly organized landscapes made up of tiny…
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Scientists Track Bees in 3D and Discover Remarkable Secret Navigation Skills
Honeybees fly consistent, landmark-guided routes with remarkable precision, revealing better navigation than their waggle dance suggests. A research team at the University of Freiburg, led by neurobiologist and behavioral biologist Prof. Dr….
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“Super Bizarre” – Neuroscientists Discover That Adult Brain Is Filled With Millions of “Silent Synapses”
Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly large reserve of “silent synapses” in the adult brain—unused neural connections that can be rapidly activated to store new memories. Learning something new without erasing what you already know is…
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Phosphorylation of SF3B1 by CDK11 orchestrates spliceosome activation via SNIP1-dependent RES complex recruitment
Carrocci, T. J. & Neugebauer, K. M. Emerging and re-emerging themes in co-transcriptional pre-mRNA splicing. Mol. Cell 84, 3656–3666 (2024).
Kastner, B., Will, C.L., Stark, H. & Luhrmann, R….
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Harnessing natural sunlight indoors: sensor-regulated therapeutic approach to enhance vitamin D status in humans
Alam, S. et al. Overview of the Vital Role of Vitamin D: Functions, Deficiency Syndromes, and Impact Throughout Life. Curr. Pharm. Res. https://doi.org/10.63785/cpr.2025.1.1.125136 (2025).
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