Life Sciences

A Guardian Of Grasses

ancestor. Since it is present throughout the grass family, but is absent from all other groups of plants, it ...

Article - Ian Ramjohn - Sep 24 2010 - 8:37pm

Ant Life Isn't A Commune- It's More Like The Mafia

development into queens and all larvae could have that opportunity,” explains Dr Hughes. “But we carried out ...

Article - News Staff - Mar 11 2008 - 9:46pm

Group II Intron Images Visualize The Machinery Of MRNA Splicing

their active site and their activity — all in a natural state. We were even able to visualize their ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 5 2008 - 1:02am

Lizard Foraging Sheds Light On Evolution Of Biomechanics

with people, dogs or horses. But they’re all freaks,” Reilly said. “They’ve gone erect, they have extra ...

Article - News Staff - Apr 22 2008 - 1:36am

Myosin 2- Turkeys, Scallops And The Aneurism Connection

an organism, it is not conserved. The fact that the scallop has retained all the functions of its ...

Article - News Staff - May 12 2008 - 10:14am

Kangaroos Shared Our Genetic Imprinting Mechanism 150 Million Years Ago

biology and genomics to the interpretation of the results," Professor Renfree said. "We all ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 15 2008 - 8:32am

Does A 'Sleepless Gene' Mutation Control Sleep?

J. Joiner, Mark N. Wu, Zhifeng Yue, and Corinne J. Smith, all from Penn and HHMI, were authors on the ...

Article - News Staff - Jul 29 2008 - 6:58pm

Organic Is Best? Not If You Require Actual Evidence

the same time. In the case of the organically grown vegetables, all were grown on established organic ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 7 2008 - 10:11am

The Herculean Feats Of Strength Of The Anolis Opalinus Lizard Get Some Answers

day, from before dawn to dusk. In all four species, he found distinct peaks of activity at daybreak and ...

Article - News Staff - Aug 28 2008 - 5:51pm

The Physical Effects Of Feelings- Exclusion Literally 'Feels' Cold

many times, but others were left out. Afterwards, all the volunteers rated the desirability of certain ...

Article - News Staff - Sep 15 2008 - 10:03am