Cities as study proxies for climate change
Cities can serve as useful proxies to study and predict the effects of climate change, according to a research review that tracks urbanization's effects...
Sap-sucking bugs manipulate their host plants’ metabolism for their own benefit
Researchers have shown for the first time that free-living, sap-sucking bugs can manipulate the metabolism of their host plants to create stable, nutritious feeding...
Plant mothers ‘talk’ to their embryos via the hormone auxin
In plants, it has been clear for a while that maternal signals regulate embryo development. However, the signal itself was unknown -- until now....
Growing a dinosaur’s dinner
Scientists have measured the nutritional value of herbivore dinosaurs' diet by growing their food in atmospheric conditions similar to those found roughly 150 million...
Rats trail behind shrews, monkeys, and humans in visual problem solving
Rats take a fundamentally different approach toward solving a simple visual discrimination task than tree shrews, monkeys, and humans, according to a comparative study...
New evidence of two subspecies of American pikas in Rocky Mountain National Park
Rocky Mountain National Park provides habitat for not one, but two subspecies of the American pika.
Bale monkeys living in different areas have very different DNA
Bale monkeys that live in continuous bamboo forests have different mitochondrial DNA to Bale monkeys living in fragmented forests, according to a new study.
New insights on mosquitoes that spread disease
The Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) is a highly invasive species and a vector of multiple pathogens including various viruses, such as chikungunya, dengue,...
New receptor involved in symbiosis between legumes and nitrogen-fixing rhizobia identified
Legumes are able to grow in nitrogen-poor soils due to their ability to engage in symbiosis with nitrogen-fixing bacteria. There is a great interest...
Shedding light on the energy-efficiency of photosynthesis
A new study suggests that photorespiration wastes little energy and instead enhances nitrate assimilation, the process that converts nitrate absorbed from the soil into...
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