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Human beta cells can be easily induced to replicate

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Jan 13, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine have successfully induced human insulin-producing cells, known as beta cells, to replicate robustly in a living animal, as well as in the lab. The discovery not ...





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Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Exploration by explosion: Studying the inner realm of living cells

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Scientists in Washington, DC, are reporting development and successful tests of a new way for exploring the insides of living cells, the microscopic building blocks of all known plants and animals. They explode ...


The clouded leopard is listed as critically endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature

Bangladesh leopard renews hopes for species survival

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Bangladeshi conservationists said Thursday the discovery of a rare leopard captured by villagers in the southeast of the country renewed hopes for the survival of the critically endangered species.


Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart

Jellyfish Robot Swims Like its Biological Counterpart

Electronics / Robotics

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (9) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- "Jellyfish are one of the most awesome marine animals, doing a spectacular and psychedelic dance in water," explain engineers Sung-Weon Yeom and Il-Kwon Oh from Chonnam National University ...


Live fast, die young? Maybe not

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The theory that a higher metabolism means a shorter lifespan may have reached the end of its own life, thanks to a study published in the journal Physiological and Biochemical Zoology. The study, led by Lobke Vaanholt (University ...


A 'one health' approach to addressing emerging zoonoses: The HALI project in Tanzania

Medicine & Health / Other

created Dec 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In this week's PLoS Medicine, Jonna Mazet (University of California, Davis) and colleagues describe their work in the Tanzania-based HALI Project, which adopts the "One Health" approach to address emerging zoonoses, recogn ...


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New evidence of culture in wild chimpanzees

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 1

A new study of chimpanzees living in the wild adds to evidence that our closest primate relatives have cultural differences, too. The study, reported online on October 22nd in Current Biology shows that neighb ...


Hippo ancestry disputed: Researchers rebut family tree involving hippos, whales and pigs

Biology / Evolution

created Mar 18, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 0

Hippos spend lots of time in the water and now it turns out (or researchers argue), they are the closest living relative to whales. It also turns out, the two are swimming in a bit of controversy.


Protein that triggers plant cell division

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jun 11, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

From the valves in a human heart to the quills on a porcupine to the petals on a summer lily, the living world is as varied as it is vast. For this to be possible, the cells that make up these living things must be just as ...


India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks (AP)

India to move all zoo elephants to wildlife parks

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Nov 13, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

(AP) -- All elephants living in Indian zoos and circuses will be moved to wildlife parks and game sanctuaries where the animals can graze more freely, officials said Friday.


Fossil fragments reveal 500-million-year-old monster predator

Fossil fragments reveal 500-million-year-old monster predator

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created Mar 19, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (21) | comments 7

Hurdia victoria was originally described in 1912 as a crustacean-like animal. Now, researchers from Uppsala University and colleagues reveal it to be just one part of a complex and remarkable new animal that h ...



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