New research led by the University of California, Berkeley and the Georgia Institute of Technology reveals that flamingos, far from being passive filter-feeders, are active predators that use flow-induced traps to capture agile invertebrates.
Category: 5. Biology
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A plant you’ve never heard of can do what scientists once thought impossible
About 3.7 billion years ago, a string of naturally occurring amino — the same kind that astronomers have found in meteorites and just recently in a stellar nursery near the center of the Milky Way Galaxy — reacted with a naturally occurring…
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With AI, researchers predict the location of virtually any protein within a human cell
Trained with a joint understanding of protein and cell behavior, the model could help with diagnosing disease and developing new drugs.
A protein located in the wrong part of a cell can contribute to several diseases, such as Alzheimer’s, cystic…
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Bittersweet fledge watch begins for bald eagles Sunny and Gizmo
It’s almost time for two young birds who have captivated the internet around the…
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New light-based 3D printing technique advances tissue engineering
Researchers at the Terasaki Institute for Biomedical Innovation (TIBI) have developed a technique that could help advance treatments in tissue engineering. The study, published in the scientific journal Small, introduces a technique…
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Flamingos conjure ‘water tornadoes’ to trap their prey
A pink flamingo is typically associated with a laid back lifestyle, but the way…
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Growth before photosynthesis: How trees regulate their water balance
In order for trees to grow, they need to control their water balance meticulously. A study by the University of Basel shows how trees react to drought — and revises previous perceptions.
Plants have small pores on the underside of their leaves,…
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Scientists film the heart forming in 3D earlier than ever before
Researchers at UCL and the Francis Crick Institute have, for the first time, identified the origin of cardiac cells using 3D images of a heart forming in real-time, inside a living mouse embryo.
For the study, published in The EMBO Journal, the…
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‘Loop’hole: HIV-1 hijacks human immune cells using circular RNAs
In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine have identified a never-before-seen mechanism that enables the human immunodeficiency type 1 virus (HIV-1) to evade the body’s…
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Butterflies hover differently from other flying organisms, thanks to body pitch
Butterflies’ flight trajectories often appear random or chaotic, and compared with other hovering insects, their bodies follow seemingly mysterious, jagged, jerking motions.
These unique hovering patterns, however, can potentially provide…
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