News tagged with sea anemone
Texas-sized tract of single-celled clones
Mar 11, 2009 |
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A Rice University study of microbes from a Houston-area cow pasture has confirmed once again that everything is bigger in Texas, even the single-celled stuff. The tests revealed the first-ever report of a ...
Deep-sea researchers uncover several new species and thousands of fossilized coral samples
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Feb 04, 2009 |
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Scientists from the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and an international team of collaborators have returned from a month-long deep-sea voyage to a marine reserve near Tasmania, Australia, that ...
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Acidic oceans could aid photosynthesis
May 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Groundbreaking Victoria University research shows that ocean acidification may have no negative effect on tropical corals and local sea anemones - in fact it may improve photosynthesis.
Biomedical research profits from the exploration of the deep sea
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Nov 19, 2008 |
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A study published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE highlights how the exploration of the ocean depths can benefit humankind. This is the story of a voyage of discovery, starting with marine animals that glow, the identi ...
Sea anemone genome provides new view of our multi-celled ancestors
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Jul 05, 2007 |
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The first analysis of the genome of the sea anemone shows it to be nearly as complex as the human genome, providing major insights into the common ancestor of not only humans and sea anemones, but of nearly ...
You don't call, you don't write: Connectivity in marine fish populations
Mar 25, 2009 |
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Children of baby boomers aren't the only ones who have taken to setting up home far from where their parents live. A new study published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences documents how larval ...
Genomics of large marine animals showcased in the biological bulletin
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Jun 24, 2008 |
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Though the slow moving purple sea urchin may look oblivious, lacking a head, eyes and ears, this prickly creature has an impressive suite of sensory receptors to detect outside signals. And don't overlook ...
Divers find new species in Aleutians
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Nov 02, 2007 |
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There are unknown creatures lurking under the windswept islands of the Aleutians, according to a team of scientific divers from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Study: Anemones fight as organized armies
Aug 24, 2005 |
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Researchers say they've found clashing colonies of sea anemones fight as organized armies, with distinct castes of warriors, scouts and other types.
Short RNAs show a long history
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Oct 01, 2008 |
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MicroRNAs, the tiny molecules that fine-tune gene expression, were first discovered in 1993. But it turns out they've been around for a billion years.
A Biomolecule as a Light Switch
Sep 29, 2005 |
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Switchable fluorescent proteins - able to switch themselves reversibly back-and-forth between an "on" and "off" state - have been known for only a few years. However, they already hold promise for a large number ...
Team led by Scripps research scientists finds new way that cells fix damage to DNA
Jun 10, 2009 |
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A team of researchers at The Scripps Research Institute and other institutions has discovered a new way by which DNA repairs itself, a process that is critical to the protection of the genome, and integral to prevention of ...
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