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A fascinating act of cellular cannibalism

December 17, 2015
Feature
After a century of observing strange acts of cellular cannibalism, Jo Durgan and Oliver Florey tell us how close we are to understanding entosis, and what it may mean for...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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Lead exposure can affect children’s sleep

December 16, 2015
News
Lead exposure in early childhood can increase the risk for sleep problems, new study finds.
Chemistry, Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Environmental Chemistry
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Ancient bees collected pollen in two ways

December 14, 2015
News
The ancestors of honeybees that lived 50 million years ago collected pollen in two ways.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Paleobiology
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Brain mechanism for durable memories revealed

December 10, 2015
News
Rehearsing information immediately after being given it may be all you need to make it a permanent memory, scientists from the University of Sussex suggest.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Neuroscience
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Chicken study reveals speedy and dynamic evolution

December 7, 2015
News
Mutations in chicken genomes suggest that evolution rates could occur 15 times faster than previously thought.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Developmental Biology
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Life hits 4.1 billion years

December 3, 2015
News
New evidence suggests that life on Earth began 300 million years earlier than previously thought.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Earth & Environmental Sciences, Geology, Paleobiology
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Umbilical stem cells help retinal neurons grow

December 2, 2015
News
Cells found in human umbilical cord tissue could be used in the future for the treatment of degenerative eye diseases.
Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Cell Biology, Neuroscience
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2016 Breakthrough Prizes announced

December 1, 2015
News
The winners of the 2016 Breakthrough Prizes – worth $22 million in total (£15 million) – in life sciences, fundamental physics and maths have been announced at a live ceremony...
Life Sciences, Physics & Engineering
Biological Sciences, Physics
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Genetic differences in microbes and wine variation linked

November 25, 2015
News
The distinctive variations in taste and odour between wines from different regions are linked to tiny genetic differences in microbe species, new study finds.
Earth & Environmental, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Food & Beverage, Microbiology, Proteomics & Genomics
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It simply isn’t cricket

November 17, 2015
Feature
It is well-established that parasites can affect the behaviour of their hosts, but can a parasitical worm really get a cricket to shut-up? Dr Megan Wise de Valdez thinks so,...
Chemistry, Life Sciences
Biological Sciences, Biology, Biotech, Drugs & Pharmaceuticals, In Depth, Pharmaceutical, Pharmacology
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