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'Early Birds' Adapt To Climate Change

Individual birds can adjust their behaviour to take climate change in their stride, according to a study by scientists from the University of Oxford.

Numerical targets eyed to keep biodiversity

The secretariat of the biodiversity treaty is now telling signatory nations that a new plan of action, including setting numerical targets, will be needed in order to prevent further environmental degradation, a key cause of extinction of various life forms, informed sources said Sunday.

Gene for asthma discovered

A gene that significantly increases the risk of asthma in children has been discovered by British scientists who described it as the strongest link yet in the search to find a genetic basis for the condition.

Scientists replicate lost tropical species

The appearances of dozens of extinct species of animals that lived alongside the dodo on several Indian Ocean islands have been replicated, researchers say.

Fruit fly avoidance mechanism could lead to new ways to control pain in humans

At first, fruit flies eat like horses. Hatching inside over-ripe fruit where they were laid, they feed wildly in the sugar-rich environment until nature sends them an offer they can’t refuse. To survive, they must leave the fruit, wander off and burrow into the earth where they avoid food as if it were poison. Only then can the larvae grow and hatch into flies that will take wing to lay their own eggs.

Gene breakthrough to help women

AUSTRALIAN scientists have played a vital role in the discovery of a mutant gene linked to a rare condition that causes epilepsy and mental retardation in women.

Geraldine Peacock: The human fertilization and embryology bill gives me hope

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Scientists report the genetic makeup of the platypus

With a bill like a duck, a tail like a beaver and snake-like venom hidden in heel spurs, the platypus could be the result of some strange genetic experiment.

Scientists map the genetic makeup of the platypus

Scientists said they have mapped the genetic makeup of the platypus _ one of nature's strangest animals with a bill like a duck's, a mammal's fur and snake-like venom.

Engineers 'bone' up on biological materials

In a recent feature article published in Materials Research Society's Bulletin, Dr Michelle Oyen explores the potential uses of synthetic bone-like material. Michelle suggests that these materials will be too expensive to replace materials in typical construction and building applications but can be developed for use in particularly demanding sections of advanced architecture as well as other specialist structural applications.

Poachers kill 249 animals in SAfrica's Kruger park

"A reply to a DA (Democratic Alliance) parliamentary question to the minister of environmental affairs and tourism has revealed that over the last four years at least 44 white rhinos and 31 buffaloes were killed by poachers," Gareth Morgan said in a statement.

Food: Fishy Business ; No Codding..Sea Bass Defies Its Fancy Image in This Simple 'One- Pot'Dish

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Scientists find 10 height regulating genes

Scientists wanting to know why people are taller or shorter, have discovered 10 new genes that influence height, according to an international study.

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Retailers can use DNA tracing to track meat

IdentiGEN Ltd., based in Ireland with U.S. offices in Lawrence, Kan., said its DNA TraceBack technology can boost consumer confidence, as well as the value of the hamburger, steak, pork cuts and other meat.

Pfizer to build 190m Biologics facility in Cork

The world's largest pharmaceutical company, Pfizer, is to invest €190m, with the support of IDA Ireland, in the establishment of a biologics facility at Shanbally, Co. Cork, the first time the company has placed a development of this kind outside of the US. The new research and development operation, which will create 100 high quality jobs over three years, will be built on a 30-acre site near Pfizer's existing plant in Ringaskiddy and is due for completion by the end of next year.

Steno 'Superbug' Genome Shows Extreme Drug Resistance

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Magnetite Deposits May Hide Martian Life

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The Secret of the World's Largest Bacterium Revealed

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H5N1 bird flu detected in another dead swan in Hokkaidonull

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Launches e-Newsletter, LIFECYCLE Enterprise Solutions

West Palm Beach, FL (March 18) -- Thermo Fisher Scientific is pleased to introduce LIFECYCLE Enterprise Solutions, a quarterly e-newsletter that will provide the laboratory industry with educational white papers, case studies and best practices on how to reduce total cost of ownership, increase instrument and equipment performance, improve productivity and ensure compliance.

Of Mice, Rabbits, And Men: New Rabbit Model Of Sudden Cardiac Death Provides Insight Into The Human Disease

Individuals with long QT syndrome (LQTS) are at increased risk of sudden death due to irregular heartbeats (also known as a cardiac arrhythmias). Although mutations in several genes have been shown to cause the disease, the most commonly affected genes are KCNQ1 and KCNH2.

New Study Shows How Genes Control Blood Proteins Important To Health

A new study shows how genes control levels of many blood proteins implicated in disease. The findings are the result of an international collaboration between scientists at the University of Exeter, the National Institute on Aging, and the Tuscany and Florence Health Agencies. Newly published details determine how many of the key proteins within our blood are under genetic control, showing that diet and lifestyle are not the only factors influencing its makeup.

Molecular Espionage Shows A Single HIV Enzyme's Many Tasks

Using ingenious molecular espionage, scientists have found how a single key enzyme, seemingly the Swiss army knife in HIV's toolbox, differentiates and dynamically binds both DNA and RNA as part of the virus' fierce attack on host cells. The work is described in the journal Nature.