Category: 5. Biology

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  • Senescence-associated LncRNAs TRMP and TRMP-S promote gastric cancer by activating IGFL4

  • Tan, Y. T. et al. LncRNA-mediated posttranslational modifications and reprogramming of energy metabolism in cancer. Cancer Commun. (Lond). 41 (2), 109–120 (2021).

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  • Evolutionary shift in flower shape linked to bird pollinators

    Evolutionary shift in flower shape linked to bird pollinators

    How do plants evolve into new species to accommodate other species? This is what a recent study published in New Phytologist hopes to address as a team of scientists investigated longstanding models discussing…

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  • How fire-loving fungi learned to eat charcoal

    How fire-loving fungi learned to eat charcoal

    Wildfire causes most living things to flee or die, but some fungi thrive afterward, even feasting on charred remains. New University of California, Riverside research finds the secret to post-fire flourishing hidden in their genes. The study is…

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  • Real-time imaging captures contact between cells and between a single neuron's extensions

    Real-time imaging captures contact between cells and between a single neuron's extensions

    Living organisms are made up of hundreds of thousands of cells that cooperate to create the organs and systems that breathe, eat, move, and think. Now, researchers from Japan have developed a new way to track how and when cells touch each other…

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  • Bacterial 'brains' operate on the brink of order and disorder

    Bacterial 'brains' operate on the brink of order and disorder

    The sensory proteins that control the motion of bacteria constantly fluctuate. AMOLF researchers, together with international collaborators from ETH Zurich and University of Utah, found out that these proteins can jointly switch on and off at the…

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  • Kangaroo and wallaby evolution tied to Australia's past climate shifts

    Kangaroo and wallaby evolution tied to Australia's past climate shifts

    A QUT-led study has found how increasing aridity and habitat variation and the subsequent emergence of grasslands shaped the evolution of modern kangaroos and wallabies. The study, published in Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution, resolves…

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  • How plants respond to changing environments for better reproductive success

    How plants respond to changing environments for better reproductive success

    Once a seed germinates, it is committed to one location. Plants are sessile—stuck where they started out—forced to cope with whatever conditions arrive next. The only way out of trouble is to rebuild themselves in place.

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  • Flying gurnard grunts and flares fins to communicate, camera study confirms

    Flying gurnard grunts and flares fins to communicate, camera study confirms

    Researchers have just published a study demonstrating that the flying gurnard (Dactylopterus volitans) emits sounds while simultaneously performing movements to communicate—a discovery that enriches our knowledge about the “symphony” of the…

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