News articles tagged with 'organism'
Earth's early ocean cooled more than a billion years earlier than thought: Stanford study
— 12 Nov 2009 08:37 | EnvironmentThe scalding-hot sea that supposedly covered the early Earth may in fact never have existed, according to a new study by Stanford University researchers who analysed isotope ratios... — full story
What is the meaning of 'one'?
— 10 Nov 2009 16:40 | BiologyRice University evolutionary biologists David Queller and Joan Strassmann argue in a new paper that high cooperation and low conflict between components, from the genetic level on up,... — full story
UCSD discovery allows scientists for the first time to experimentally annotate genomes
— 10 Nov 2009 16:30 | BiologyOver the last 20 years, the sequencing of the human genome, along with related organisms, has represented one of the largest scientific endeavours in the history of mankind. The information... — full story
Study sheds light on evolution of human complexity
— 4 Nov 2009 13:36 | HealthA painstaking analysis of thousands of genes and the proteins they encode shows that human beings are biologically complex, at least in part, because of the way humans evolved to cope... — full story
There's a speed limit to the pace of evolution, Penn biologists say
— 3 Nov 2009 10:32 | BiologyResearchers at the University of Pennsylvania have developed a theoretical model that informs the understanding of evolution and determines how quickly an organism will evolve using... — full story
Standards for a new genomic era
— 22 Oct 2009 15:10 | BiologyA team of geneticists at Los Alamos National Laboratory, together with a consortium of international researchers, has recently proposed a set of standards designed to elucidate the... — full story
Caltech researchers reveal unexpected sources of nitrogen fixation
— 18 Oct 2009 11:43 | EnvironmentResearchers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have identified an unexpected metabolic ability within a symbiotic community of microorganisms that may help solve a... — full story
Genome sequence published for important biofuels yeast
— 7 Oct 2009 14:54 | BiologyA strain of yeast that thrives on turning sugar cane into ethanol for biofuel has had its genome completely sequenced by researchers at Duke University Medical Centre... — full story
New ancient fungus finding suggests world's forests were wiped out in global catastrophe
— 2 Oct 2009 13:03 | Geology and palaeontologyTiny organisms that covered the planet more than 250 million years ago appear to be a species of ancient fungus that thrived in dead wood, according to new research published 1 October... — full story
Planet's nitrogen cycle overturned by 'tiny ammonia eater of the seas'
— 1 Oct 2009 11:44 | EnvironmentIt's not every day you find clues to the planet's inner workings in aquarium scum. But that's what happened a few years ago when University of Washington researchers cultured a tiny... — full story