World's largest rainforest drying experiment completes first phase
...nter, "This experiment provides researchers with a peek into the future of this majestic forest, a future that will most likely be drier because of global warming, El Nio episodes, and even the drying effects of rainforest clearing and burning itself." First, the biggest surprise noted thus far has been t...Gaining ground in the race against antibiotic resistance
...enzyme inhibitors by giving drug designers a sneak peek at the next generation of resistance. Alejandro Vila, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute international research scholar, and colleagues at the University of Rosario's Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology in Argentina and at the Biotechnology I...Nice guys do finish first in lizards' evolutionary race, says MSU professor
...orks for some lizards, it also gives a fascinating peek into hard-wired altruism in evolutionary biology. Side-blotched lizards spend their year on earth looking to reproduce, and their strategies have lessons about evolution. An article in the May 9 edition of the Proceedings of the National Academy of S...Scientists crack genetic secrets of human egg
...e magic trick that the egg has. This paper takes a peek at what genes are in the egg waiting to make these changes." Combined with sperm, the egg divides and organizes cells to ultimately create a human being. Combined with technology, the unfertilized egg might be coaxed to produce other specific ce...New poinsettia for the nontraditionalist
... light that if people open the closet door for one peek during that time period, or even shine a flashlight in, the plants won't change color," said Warnock....Famous Galpagos tortoise, Lonesome George, may not be alone
... The study, published in Current Biology, gives a peek into the evolutionary history of a species of Galpagos tortoise (G. becki) previously known to be genetically mixed on the neighboring island of Isabela. The results were possible only with advances in technology from these researchers that make DN......als have provided scientists with an unprecedented peek into the secret lives of seals. The measurements reveal in detail where the seals go on their winter feeding trips, where they find food and where they dont, and help explain why some populations have remained stable since 1950 while others have de...