Pourquiié Lab uncovers mechanism contributing to appropriate formation of the spine

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The Stowers Institute's Pourquié Lab has shed light on the mechanism causing animals to develop the appropriate number of vertebrae.


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Migrating animals may imprint on a magnetic signature

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One of nature's enchanting mysteries is how marine animals such as sea turtles and salmon cross thousands of miles of ocean but still find their way back to their birthplaces to reproduce.

Imitation is not just flattery for Amazon butterfly species

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Many studies of evolution focus on the benefits to the individual of competing successfully – those who survive produce the most offspring, in Darwin's classic 'survival of the fittest'. But how does this translate to the ...

Escape cancer, but age sooner? The dark side of the tumor suppressing process

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Cells shut down and stop dividing when their DNA is damaged, in a process known as cellular senescence, so as to prevent damaged DNA from leading to unregulated cell division and therefore cancer. However, a new study, published ...

Chemists look for cleaner, cheaper rocket fuel

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Mark Gordon recently held up a small vial containing three liquids layered one on top of another. That middle layer, the brownish one, is an ionic liquid, Gordon explained.

Study on wildlife corridors shows how they work over time

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At the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, there are five strange looking "patches" cleared out of the surrounding forest. No, they're not crop circles carved by aliens.
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