Facial attraction -- choice of sexual partner shaped the human face
... as studies on our fossil ancestors have shown our choice of sexual partner has shaped the human face. The findings appear in the online, open-access journal PLoS ONE. The face holds the secret to determining the sex of our ancestors and what makes us attractive to the opposite sex for reproduction. Ac...New textbook illuminates the close links between evolutionary and molecular biology
...inciples and processes. It is a new and innovative choice of textbook for undergraduate courses in evolution. It is the most comprehensive book out there, with an admirable and clear presentation of the facts, wrote Trevor Price, Ph.D., in a pre-publication review of the text. I personally learnt a great...New study suggests Concord grape juice may provide protection against breast cancer
...utrition choices may also play a role. One dietary choice that may help provide protection against breast cancer is a glass of 100 percent grape juice made from deep purple Concord grapes. According to a new study, published in the current issue of the Journal of Medicinal Foods, natural compounds in Concor...Pets could be source of multiresistant bacteria infections in humans, MU researchers investigate
...ession as doctors are prescribing second and third choice medicines when common antibiotics dont work. In many cases, these other medicines might be less effective or cause more side effects. One particular type of bacterium, Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), which can be fatal in humans, ...Caffeine and exercise can team up to prevent skin cancer
...ttle or no caffeine has become a popular lifestyle choice for many Americans. But a new Rutgers study has found that it may not be the best formula for preventing sun-induced skin damage that could lead to cancer. Low to moderate amounts of caffeine, in fact, along with exercise can be good for your health....Elsevier partners with National Natural Science Foundation of China
...hinese science is seeing many opportunities in its choice of partners, we are truly delighted that NNSFC has chosen to work with us....Implanon, Norplant and Jadelle are all effective contraceptives -- but side effects vary
...ant is inserted so that women can make an informed choice about their contraceptive strategy, says Power....Tips from the Journals of the American Society for Microbiology
...ant bacteria, they are showing promise as a better choice for treatment of some bacterial and fungal infectious diseases. In the study researchers identified a novel parasiticidal peptide named longicin from the tick species Haemaphysalis longicornis and tested its ability to inhibit infection. It showed...Sour taste make you pucker? It may be in your genes
...ved because they have a significant impact on food choice and therefore nutrition. If we can understand how and why people differ in their taste perception, we might eventually be able to manipulate the taste of individual diets to help encourage healthy eating....Time-lapse recordings reveal why IVF embryos are more likely to develop into twins
... that are likely to give rise to twins, or, if the choice of embryos is limited, the mother could be prepared for the likelihood of twins and given appropriate clinical advice. In addition, more information about the cause of monozygotic twins could be collected in the future by a straightforward check o...Female iguanas pay high costs to choose a mate
...ured how much energy female iguanas expend on mate choice in the wild using miniaturized data loggers develo...n order to gain a complete picture of the way mate choice works in this species. These findings provide some of the first evidence that selecting a desirabl...Which came first: Primates' ability to see colorful food or see colorful sex?
...e red-orange traits used in communication and mate choice decisions...Modified mushrooms may yield human drugs
... a recognized potential of the mushroom as being a choice platform for the mass production of commercially valuable proteins," said Charles Peter Romaine, who holds the John B. Swayne Chair in spawn science and professor of plant pathology at Penn State. "Mushrooms could make the ideal vehicle for the manu...Electric fish conduct electric duets in aquatic courtship
...ows for further exploration of such topics as mate choice and neural basis of pattern generation in these fish," explained Hopkins, noting that the next step in the research will be to decode the fish transmissions and unravel their meaning....UN issues analysis of global investors' sustainable energy 'gold rush'
... oil pricesthey are becoming generating systems of choice for increasing numbers of power companies, communities and countries irrespective of the costs of fossil fuels. The other key message is that this is no longer an industry solely dominated by developed country industries. Close to 10 per cent of in...Giant magnetocaloric materials could have large impact on the environment
...applied, making gadolinium the current material of choice for magnetic refrigeration near room temperature. The prospects for a viable magnetic refrigeration technology recently became brighter with the report of a giant magnetocaloric effect in gadolinium-silicon-germanium alloys. The addition of non-mag...Physicist cracks women's random but always lucky choice of X chromosome
...domly between their two X chromosomes and why that choice is always lucky. Human males have both a X and a...ical mechanisms evolve in ways that allow a "best" choice to be made between things rather than a random one. Now researchers led by University of Warwick p...Largest synthetic gene ever built offers insights into anti-malarial drug resistance
... of quinine, which quickly became the treatment of choice because it was inexpensive − now seven cents a dose − and needs no refrigeration. The drug works by preventing heme crystallization, which destroys the parasite by building up toxic levels of non crystalline heme. But because of the overuse of chlo...A first: Simultaneous PET/MR images of the brain debut, increase molecular imaging capabilities
...as the potential to become the imaging modality of choice for neurological studies, certain forms of cancer, stroke and the emerging study of stem cell therapy," he added. "We expect that PET/MR will open new doors in understanding the pathologies and progression of various neurological disorders like Alzhe...Research identifies protein that signals flowering in squash plants
... FT protein was required for floral induction. The choice of a potyvirus vector was important as these plant viruses do not produce sub-genomic RNA species, whose presence could lead to confounding results. The authors found that C. moschata plants could be induced to flower under the normally non-inducing ...