Female songbird promiscuity can reduce the negative consequences of inbreeding in socially monogamous birds
Due to this genetic structure in the population, females can make sure that extra-pair
The terror bird known as Gastornis was probably a herbivore according to a geochemical isotopic analysis. Analysing the calcium isotope in the bird’s fossil bones, a team with participation of the Max Planck Institute for Chemistry determined the position of the bird in the food chain and discovered that the animal may have been mistaken for a bird of prey and carnivore due to its mighty beak.
To be completely sure, the researchers will be checking their results on Gastornis
A metal-organic framework (MOF) separates the heavy hydrogen isotope deuterium from ordinary hydrogen more efficiently than previous methods. As a group of researchers headed by M. Hirscher from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems have found out, the isotope separation is achieved by quantum sieving, which is based on the tunnel effect and the different adsorption energies of the two isotopes.
“We are not yet sure whether it will also be worthwhile to produce helium-3 industrially
Under cold conditions, not only the mother plant but also the father plant can pass on its chloroplasts to the offspring
believe for decades that they lived sexually abstemious, but now we can’t be so sure
4000-year-old cuneiform writings from Mesopotamia tell us little about the brewing techniques used at the time
Given our limited knowledge about the Sumerian brewing processes, we cannot say for sure
During the evolution of plants of the mustard family a leucine producing enzyme mutated into an enzyme that protects plants against herbivores
To make sure that enzyme mediated catalysis does not happen uncontrolled in the cell
After 20 years of searching scientists discover the mystic gene controlling vessel and blood cell growth in the embryo.
Then we were sure that we had found the cloche gene“, says Reischauer.
Scientists discover two spatially separate sub-areas within the anterior cingulate cortex of mice
ACC plays an important role in making sure we behave appropriately to a situation
Even learning to read in your thirties profoundly transforms brain networks.
volunteers from the same social class in two villages in Northern India to make sure
Millions of years ago, some plants in the mustard family made the switch from simple leaves to complex leaves through two tiny tweaks to a single gene. One tweak to a small enhancer sequence gave the gene a new domain of expression in the leaf. Paradoxically, the other tweak sub-optimised its function in this new domain. But together, these changes gave rise to fit plants with complex leaves.
capture light, exchange gas, or transport water—but there’s no real way to know for sure
