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A strange partnership between two ancient microbes could explain one of evolution’s biggest mysteries — how simple cells first joined forces to create complex lifeResearchers found an unusual archaeon physically linked to a bacterium in Shark Bay. Tiny tube-like structures connect these ancient microb...- Why does the human brain take so long to develop? Scientists find a gene that may provide a clue about our extraordinary brainpower, cognitive abilitiesA human-specific gene influences brain immune cell development. These cells, called microglia, mature much slower than in mice. This extend...
- 567 million years ago, strange soft-bodied animals began moving across the deep seafloor in what is now Canada, with Dickinsonia feeding through its underside despite having no mouth, pushing animal movement millions of years earlierThe fossil assemblage also includes Funisia, a stationary, tube-shaped organism found living in clusters. Researchers interpret these clust...
- Scientists used AI to create 16 new viruses that never existed in nature; they worked and now experts fear how the technology could be usedResearchers have successfully used artificial intelligence to design entirely new viruses. These laboratory-tested viruses function as inte...
- In 2007, a tiny ghost-white beetle revealed the secret to the world's brightest white paintNature's whitest white beetle is giving scientists a new way to rethink modern materials. The tiny Cyphochilus beetle creates an intensely ...
- Japan closed a century-old prison in 2017; its cellblocks have now become a luxury hotel where guests pay to sleep behind the original wallsHOSHINOYA Nara Prison, previously the Nara Juvenile Prison in Japan, has transformed into a luxury hotel that embraces and preserves its hi...
- Reliance Industries shares gain 3% as Jio files DRHP for India’s largest IPOReliance Industries share price rose 3% after Jio Platforms filed its DRHP for what could be India’s largest IPO. The issue will be entirel...
- How your blood formed? Scientists say ancient 700-million-year-old single-celled ancestors may still live inside human bloodScientists discover ancient single-celled ancestors still live on in human blood, revealing a 700-million-year evolutionary link hidden ins...
- Why Some Animals Live Alone While Others Form Complex Societies: The Genetic FactorRecent studies reveal that changes in gene regulation, not just gene sequences, are crucial for the evolution of animal social behavior. Co...
- The Hidden Biology Behind Some of the Internet’s Strangest Animal MomentsSurprising animal behaviors, from birds to amphibians, are revealing deep biological processes. Scientists are uncovering how viruses manip...
- Wondering where life began? Scientists reveal surprising ‘spark’ that may have kickstarted Earth’s first organismsA new study by University College London researchers offers fresh clues to life’s origins. The team showed that aminoacyl-thiols, sulfur-ba...
- IISc research team finds glitch in protein synthesis could affect tumour growthIn the study, the researchers found that stop codon readthrough causes the translation machinery to make a longer and more unstable version...
- Model Scientist: Statistical physicist who helps biologists understand life at a deep levelHe's working on how proteins, after they're made in the cell, acquire key bells and whistles. It's often the difference between health and ...
- Photosynthesis began 1.25 billion years ago on Earth: StudyThe world's oldest algae fossils are a billion years old, according to a study which found that the basis for photosynthesis in today's pla...
- Photosynthesis began 1.25 billion years ago on Earth: studyThe study may resolve a long-standing mystery over the age of the fossilised algae, Bangiomorpha pubescens, which were first discovered in ...
- IIT Kharagpur to launch genomics study for beginnersStudents will be able to visualise protein inside the bacteria and animal cell using fluorescent microscopy and conduct many experiments to...
- Rats, cockroaches are wired with GPS!The researchers recorded cell activities in an area of the brain called the central complex while roaches were restrained in a tube.
- Animals caused Earth's first mass extinction, not a catastropheEarth's first mass extinction 540 million years ago was caused not by a meteorite impact or volcanic super-eruption but by the rise of earl...
- Single brain protein made humans smartest animals on Earth?Researchers have discovered that a single molecular event in our cells could hold the key to how we evolved to become the smartest animals ...
- Telecom companies to shell out hefty penalties for fudging 4G band revenuesA telecom department panel has been unable to find a foolproof way to segregate revenue generated from using airwaves in the 2300 MHz band.
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