How a tiny pet store fish became the center of neuroscience research
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/zebrafish-research-history-neuroscience
The tropical zebrafish is used extensively in genetics, neuroscience, and development labs worldwide
How a tiny pet store fish became the center of neuroscience research
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/zebrafish-research-history-neuroscience
The tropical zebrafish is used extensively in genetics, neuroscience, and development labs worldwide
Some people just don’t age, at least not like most
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/super-aging-neuroscience-memory-cognition
Super Agers and their brains might reveal something about age-related cognitive decline
What would photosynthesis look like around other stars?
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/photosynthesis-exoplanets-alien-worlds-wavelength
Scientists have modeled possible plant behavior on alien worlds
To shop sustainably for clothing, stop shopping
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/co2-emissions-clothing-manufacturing-fast-fashion
Even clothing recycling and rental programs don’t reduce CO2 emissions as much as just wearing the clothes you have
Cocaine use slices and dices RNA in mouse brain cells
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/cocaine-mice-neuroscience-splicing-epigenetics
The analysis of epigenetic changes caused by cocaine use adds to the evidence that substance use disorders are rooted in biology
Your gut bacteria may be hoarding your medication
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/gut-bacteria-medication-accumulation
Researchers have observed this effect in petri dishes and nematodes
Chimpanzees’ brains reflect their early childhood experiences
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/brain-development-chimpanzees-children-social-maternal
Proper socialization could make up, in part, for separation of a child from their mother
Meet the springhare: the first glow-in-the-dark African mammal known to science
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/springhare-glow-in-the-dark-rabbit
Researchers discovered the springhare’s fluorescent abilities entirely by accident
For the first time ever, researchers have "housebroken" cows
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/potty-training-cows-emissions-greenhouse-gas
Controlling where cow waste ends up could lead to cleaner air and water and decreased greenhouse gas emissions
Infants are being exposed to PFAS chemicals in breast milk
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/pfas-chemicals-breast-milk-food-safety
A new study finds that currently used PFAS — thought to be less dangerous than "legacy" versions — are becoming increasingly common in our bodies
Feeding extra amino acids to cells with a mutated enzyme makes them grow faster
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/ars-mutations-amino-acids-proteins
This new finding could lead to advances in treatment of diseases caused by ARS mutations
White pine blister rust’s habitat range is changing with the climate
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/white-pine-blister-pathogen-climate-change-california
New study in Sequoia and Kings Canyon National Parks demonstrates the complexity of changing plant-pathogen interactions
Students can learn with their mouths as well as with their eyes and hands
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/stem-education-mouth-eyes-hands-accessibility
The finding is a win for education accessibility for blind and low-vision students
AI and machine learning could halve preventable errors in medicine
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/ai-artifical-intelligence-machine-learning-healthcare-tedmed
Researcher Suchi Saria works to bridge the gap between AI solutions and implementation in healthcare
Giant clams are growing faster than ever. That’s not a good thing
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/giant-clams-growth-fossils
This supercharged growth is likely due to nitrate aerosols in our modern atmosphere
There’s more than one way to discover a new species
▻https://massivesci.com/articles/new-species-discovery-naming-recognize
Papers published this year demonstrate the different paths to recognition
Skeletons’ broken clavicles tell a centuries-old tale of humans and horses
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/horses-riding-skeletons-bones-clavicle
Clavicle fractures can be used to identify horse riders from their bones
Researchers observe a boar releasing two caged younglings in a impassioned rescue
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/wild-boar-rescue-empathy-prosocial-behavior
The act sheds light on the prosocial behavior and empathy of wild boars, thought to be rare among animals
Le sanglier, un animal bien sympathique.
Près de Toulouse : le parcours d’un club de golf ravagé par le passage de sangliers
▻https://actu.fr/occitanie/vieille-toulouse_31575/pres-de-toulouse-le-parcours-d-un-club-de-golf-ravage-par-le-passage-de-sanglie
Female jumping spiders favor the most aggressive males
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/jumping-spider-aggression-males-competition
A new study provides evidence for sexual selection in these spiders
Roe deer pause development of their embryos for months, and researchers just learned how
▻https://massivesci.com/notes/roe-deer-diapause-protein-mtor
An embryonic phenomenon discovered over 150 years ago may finally have an explanation