Jack Of All Trades Or Master Of One? Answers From Fossils And Dog Poop
Which will be more successful: an animal with a flexible diet or an animal that eats meat only or plants only? Is it better to…
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C1 Microbes And Biotechnological Applications
Specialized guilds of microbes are capable of consuming single carbon (C1) compounds, i.e. compounds containing no carbon-carbon bonds, such as methane, methanol, or CO2. Microbes…
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Daytime And Nighttime Warming And How They Affect Our Environment
Increased co2 in the atmosphere following the industrial revolution has led to global warming. While average global temperatures have been increasing and are expected to…
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Otter Trawl Gear Effects On Estuary Ecosystems
Estuaries are very productive ecosystems, where the distribution of sediments and fauna are driven by environmental parameters as speed and direction of the wind, river…
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Can We Make Old Drugs Great Again? The Relevance Of Licensing Generics
Throughout a drug’s life cycle, there is a continuous development of drug features and new uses beyond the initial or approved drug indication. Identifying new…
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Male Mate-Copying Practices In Drosophila melanogaster Males
Finding the right partner can be difficult, time-consuming, and prone to errors. And that is true for species across the tree of life, not just…
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Evaluating Different Radiocesium Decontamination Practices In A Forest Plantation Near The Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant
Owing to an earthquake and the resulting tsunami that occurred on March 2011 in central-eastern Japan, the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant was damaged by…
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Three Tests To Measure Sloth Bears’ Cognitive Skills
The main aim of comparative psychology is to test cognitive skills across different species, and from their distribution gain better insight into the socio-ecological factors…
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Chemical-Biology Space Exploration… To Go Where No Drug Has Gone Before!
The introduction of The Hitch Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy begins like this: “Space,” it says, “is big. Really big. You just won’t believe how…
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Colchicine: The Cinderella Of Anticancer Drugs
Cancer is the second-most common cause of death in developed countries. The statistics suggest that, in the next 20 years, the number of global cancer…
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Citrus War: The Fight Against Lemon Fungi Using Sustainable Biological Weapons
Argentina is the world’s leading lemon producer and industrialist and the second-largest exporter of this fruit. More than 70% of the industry’s production is destined…
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