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Hares, turtles, and the race to unravel genetic diversity

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:15:31 PDT

If you thought the only way to solve a puzzle was by looking at a picture of its end result as you go, guess again. Using an innovative approach to the study of genetic diversity, an international...

New Excavations Indicate Use of Fertilisers 5,000 Years Ago

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 19:11:28 PDT

Researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have spent many years studying the remains of a Stone Age community in Karleby outside the town of Falköping, Sweden. The researchers have for...

Scientists Create Novel Approach to Find RNAs Involved in Long-term Memory Storage

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:48:54 PDT

Despite decades of research, relatively little is known about the identity of RNA molecules that are transported as part of the molecular process underpinning learning and memory. Now, working...

Reseachers sequenced Turtle genome, shed light on turtle ancestry and shell evolution

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 18:09:01 PDT

From which ancestors have turtles evolved? How did they get their shell? New data provided by the Joint International Turtle Genome Consortium, led by researchers from RIKEN in Japan, BGI in China,...

Researchers converted bad fat to good fat

IANS — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 17:34:33 PDT

Scientists from ETH Zurich have shown for the first time that brown and white fat cells in a living organism can be converted from one cell type to the other. Their work, using mice as a model...

Wild populations of great tits and earlier springs

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:42:08 PDT

What happens when climate change makes for a food timing problem for great tit populations? In this week’s issue of Science magazine, Norwegian, French, American and Dutch researchers explain...

Researchers ‘capture’ the replication of the human genome for the first time

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:37:15 PDT

The Genomic Instability Group led by researcher Óscar Fernández-?Capetillo at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO), has for the first time obtained a panoramic photo of the proteins...

Heidelberg Scientists Investigate Release of Bromine in Polar Regions

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:13:38 PDT

Researchers from the Institute of Environmental Physics employ a novel measurement device for their studies in Alaska The chemical element bromine, whose compounds contribute significantly to the...

Obesity may influence heart function through sex hormones

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 14:10:35 PDT

New research suggests that changes in sex hormones as seen in obesity may have possible effects on the heart. The study by researchers from Belgium, presented at the European Congress of...

Sri Lanka posing a challenge to Indian ayurveda

IANS — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 10:25:35 PDT

Its decades long ethnic conflict over, Sri Lanka is steadily emerging as a major competitor to Kerala’s ayurvedic system of medicine, a leading industry expert says. But officials are quick to...

52 new AIDS patients admitted in Islamabad

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:57:43 PDT

As many as 52 new AIDS patients have been registered in the first four months of this year at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS) here in the capital. The News International said the...

Internet cafes losing charm among Chinese

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:54:44 PDT

China has witnessed a decline in the number of Internet bars, a first instance in last eight years, courtesy a boom in the household broadband and mobile Internet sectors, the government has...

China to build robots at new industrial base

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:48:12 PDT

China will establish a new industrial base in northeast Liaoning province that will mostly develop robots and other intelligent equipment, officials said. Located in Shenfu New Town, a development...

Web-based programmes for weight-loss

BioNews — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 09:35:05 PDT

Web-based programmes are the new effective measures in weight loss and weight management, according to a study. Weight loss is a topic of concern for nearly 36 percent of Americans who are considered...

Saturn to be closest to Earth Sunday for decade

BioNews — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 19:29:20 PDT

Planet Saturn will come close to Earth Sunday – its closest position till 2023 – and will be visible directly opposite the Sun, an astrophysicist said here Saturday. Akash Ganga Centre...