Lysosomes play an important role in cells and tissues, controlling not only the degradation of substances but also cell division and growth. A team led by Professor Volker Haucke and Dr. Michael Ebner at the FMP has investigated ...
Cell & Microbiology
Oct 25, 2023
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Your genetic code determines that you will grow two arms and two legs. The same fate is true for all mammals. Similarly, the number of fins a fish has and the number of legs and wings an insect has are embedded in their genetic ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 2, 2020
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University of Sydney researchers have found monkeys living in the wild in cold snowy habitats adjust their nutrient intake to match the elevated costs of thermoregulation.
Plants & Animals
Jun 8, 2018
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During the winter season, northern-latitude herbivores must cope with a food supply that is both restricted and of poorer quality. The ability of red deer to handle these extreme situations was the focus of a study conducted ...
Plants & Animals
Dec 11, 2015
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Researchers at the Champalimaud Centre for the Unknown in Lisbon discovered that fruit flies share the human craving for salt during pregnancy and shed light on how the nervous system controls this behaviour. The study is ...
Cell & Microbiology
Sep 24, 2015
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Sensors and software used to track physical activity are increasingly popular, as smart phones and their apps become more powerful and sophisticated, but, when it comes to food, they all rely on the user to report meals.
Engineering
Nov 10, 2014
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In the April issue of Food Technology magazine, published by the Institute of Food Technologists (IFT), contributing authors write about how extrusion technology is a powerful food processing technique that can produce a ...
Other
Apr 22, 2014
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At first glance, measuring what the common fruit fly eats might seem like a trivial matter, but it is absolutely critical when it comes to conducting studies of aging, health, metabolism and disease. How researchers measure ...
Plants & Animals
Mar 30, 2014
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Against the backdrop of the growing epidemic of obesity in the United States, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute have made an important new discovery regarding a specific gene that plays ...
Biochemistry
Nov 23, 2011
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In the winter months, the mountain ranges of central Europe attract thousands of tourists for skiing, snowboarding and other outdoor sports, but conservationists fear this annual invasion may threaten indigenous bird species, ...
Environment
Jan 11, 2011
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