Biology News

Chimp Chaser: Studying Ranging Patterns using GPS Saturday, September 25, 2010 - 23:00

McCarthy spent three months in the tropical rain forest this past summer tracking the ranging patterns of 16 chimps living in a small, long and narrow patch of land - roughly 1.5 square miles by 500 feet - cut off from main forest blocks such as Budongo.

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Genetic Clues to Evolution of Jaws in Vertebrates Unearthed by CU-Led Team Friday, September 24, 2010 - 23:00
Evidence that three genes in jawless vertebrates might have been key to the development of jaws in higher vertebrates. Might explain how vertebrates shifted from a life of passive filter feeding
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Cilia Revolution: Man-made, hair-like structures poised to change industry paradigms Thursday, September 23, 2010 - 23:00
Developed a new, skinny-molecule-based material that resembles cilia, the tiny, hair-like structures through which organisms derive smell, vision, hearing and fluid flow.
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Berkeley Lab Scientists Reveal Path to Protein Crystallization Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 23:00
By assembling a crystalline envelope around a cell, surface-layer (S-layer) proteins serve as the first point of contact between bacteria, extremophiles and other types of microbes and their environm
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Why are there no hyenas in Europe? Wednesday, September 22, 2010 - 23:00
Analysed the impact of climate change on spotted hyena survival in Europe over 10,000 years ago. Studies are still needed to look at the influence of human expansion and changes in herbivorous fauna o
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Biological engineers have found a way to convert carbon-dioxide emissions to building materials Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 23:00
MIT biological engineers have found a way to convert carbon-dioxide emissions to useful building materials, using genetically altered yeast
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Foraging for fat: crafty crows use tools to fish for nutritious morsels Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 23:00
Ecological significance of tool use in New Caledonian crows, a species renowned for its sophisticated tool-use behaviour a substantial amount of the crows' energy intake comes from tool-derived food
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The Joy of Sets: For ants and trees, multiple partners are a boon Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 23:00
In the complex world of ant-plant partnerships, serial monogamy can help trees maximize their evolutionary fitness, a new University of Florida study shows.
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