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Category: 5. Biology
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This moth species may use the Milky Way as its guiding star
One kind of Australian moth looks to the stars on its voyage to a summertime refuge.
Stellar cues from the Milky Wayâs bright band may help Bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) chart a path from the sizzling plains of southeastern…
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Revealing New Details About the ‘Brain in the Gut’
Our guts hold a kind of brain, known as the enteric nervous system; it is a network of neurons that extends throughout the walls of the gastrointestinal tract. This neural network can also function…
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Fish Are Smarter Than Previously Thought, Scientists Reveal
A new method shows fish can learn and strategize in their natural habitats, challenging long-held views based on lab studies. For years, scientists have underestimated the intelligence of fish, often relying on lab-based studies that donât…
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Defying Darwin: Scientists discover worms rewrote their DNA to survive on land
In 1859, Darwin imagined evolution as a slow, gradual progress, with species accumulating small changes over time. But even he was surprised to find the fossil record offered no missing links: the intermediate forms which should have told this…
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âJumping Genesâ Found Hijacking Cell Division To Rewrite Human DNA
LINE-1, a “jumping gene” making up 20% of the genome, invades DNA during cell division using protein-RNA clusters, offering insights into genome evolution and disease. Viruses are masters of hijacking the cells they infect. To make more copies of…
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Cryo-EM structure of a blue-shifted channelrhodopsin from Klebsormidium nitens
Ethical approval
This study was carried out in accordance with regulations by the institutional animal care and use committee of the Nagoya Institute of Technology (approval number: 2021009). All methods are reported in accordance with the ARRIVE…
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Complete computational design of high-efficiency Kemp elimination enzymes
Röthlisberger, D. et al. Kemp elimination catalysts by computational enzyme design. Nature 453, 190â195 (2008).
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Innate immune responses to pathogens at the maternalâfetal interface
Devaraju, M. et al. Beyond TORCH: a narrative review of the impact of antenatal and perinatal infections on the risk of disability. Neurosci. Biobehav. Rev. 153, 105390 (2023).
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