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Feb. 20, 2023 —Geckos can use their tongue to differentiate their own odor from that of other members of their species, as researchers have shown in a new experimental study. The findings show that geckos are able ...
Aug. 23, 2021 —Mosquitoes spread viruses that cause potentially deadly diseases such as Zika, dengue fever and yellow fever. New research uses gene editing to render certain male mosquitoes infertile and slow the ...
May 24, 2021 —Mosquitoes are one of humanity's greatest nemeses, estimated to spread infections to nearly 700 million people per year and cause more than one million ...
Aug. 4, 2022 —Researchers generated rat sperm cells inside sterile mice using a technique called blastocyst ...
July 20, 2021 —A news study shows soil microbes boost 'hybrid vigor,' a well-known phenomenon where crosses between inbred lines of corn and other crops produce offspring that outperform their parents in ...
May 24, 2021 —A new study by ecologists warns that heat-induced male infertility will see some species succumb to the effects of climate change earlier than thought. Currently, scientists are trying to predict ...
Jan. 26, 2023 —The mint family of herbs, which includes sage, rosemary, basil, and even woody plants like teak, offers an invigorating jolt to our senses of smell and taste. Researchers have found that these plants ...
Jan. 25, 2023 —Scientific claims that babies harbor live bacteria while still in the womb are inaccurate, and may have impeded research progress, according to new ...
Aug. 18, 2022 —Applying CRISPR-based technology to a broad agricultural need, scientists have developed a new technology aimed at Drosophila suzukii, the invasive fruit fly responsible for millions of dollars in ...
Mar. 1, 2022 —Researchers have discovered orf137, the gene underlying male sterility in a strain of tomato plant, CMS tomato. Cytoplasmic male sterility (CMS) -- where a plant is unable to make fertile pollen -- ...