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How the Brain Generates Rhythmic Behavior

MIT neuroscientists have identified an oscillatory circuit that controls the rhythmic movement of mouse whiskers.

Global Fish Stocks Can’t Rebuild If Nothing Done to Halt Climate Change and Overfishing, New Study Suggests

Global fish stocks will not be able to recover to sustainable levels without strong actions to mitigate climate change, a new study has projected.

Giant Roo Relic Found in PNG

Palaeontologists from Flinders University in South Australia have described a new genus of giant fossil kangaroo from the mountains of central Papua New Guinea.

Resolving the Evolutionary History of the Closest Algal Relatives of Land Plants

Scientists use genomic data to resolve the phylogeny of zygnematophyte algae and pinpoint several emergences of multicellularity in the closest known relatives of terrestrial plants / publication in ‘Current Biology’

Corals Pass Mutations Acquired During Their Lifetimes to Offspring

Researchers document for the first time that corals can pass mutations acquired during their lifetimes to their offspring, providing increased genetic diversity for potential evolutionary adaptation

Push, Pull or Swirl: The Many Movements of Cilia

Cilia are tiny, hair-like structures on cells throughout our bodies that beat rhythmically to serve a variety of functions when they are working properly, including circulating cerebrospinal fluid in brains and transporting eggs in fallopian tubes.

Microbial Communities Stay Healthy by Swapping Knowledge

High levels of horizontal gene transfer could help researchers engineer useful microbiomes independent of unstable population dynamics

Lost Islands Cited in Welsh Folklore and Poetry Are Plausible, New Study of Coastal Geography and a Medieval Map Suggests

A Welsh tradition dating to the medieval period of a landscape lost to the sea is plausible, new evidence on the evolution of the coastline of west Wales has revealed.

Motion of DNA Linked to Its Damage Response, Ability to Repair Itself

A multidisciplinary team of Indiana University researchers have discovered that the motion of chromatin, the material that DNA is made of, can help facilitate effective repair of DNA damage in the human nucleus -- a finding that could lead to improved cancer diagnosis and treatment.

Faster in the Past: New Seafloor Images – the Highest Resolution of Any Taken Off the West Antarctic Ice Sheet – Upend Understanding of Thwaites Glacier Retreat

The Thwaites Glacier in West Antarctica – about the size of Florida – has been an elephant in the room for scientists trying to make global sea level rise predictions.

The Power of Compost - Making Waste a Climate Champion

A new way of using compost could boost global crop production and deliver huge benefits to the planet, according to a study co-led by The University of Queensland.

UBC Team Developing Oral Insulin Tablet Sees Breakthrough Results

A team of University of British Columbia researchers working on developing oral insulin tablets as a replacement for daily insulin injections have made a game-changing discovery.

UBCO Research Proves It’s Worth the Money to Pay for a Weight Loss Program

Those in the program enjoyed more success compared to going it alone

What Happens to the Waste After an Oil Spill Clean Up?

UBCO researchers develop framework for safe disposal of soiled materials

Using Sound and Bubbles to Make Bandages Stickier and Longer Lasting

UBC researchers are part of an international collaboration that has discovered how to control the stickiness of adhesive bandages using ultrasound waves and bubbles.

Computer Modelling Aims to Inform Restoration, Conservation of Coral Reefs

UBCO researcher creates hundreds of scenarios, determines importance of coral diversity

Mapping the Brain

Using advanced neuroimaging, UBC scientists are changing how we understand and treat mental health disorders.

Study Calls for Change in Guidance About Eating Fish During Pregnancy

A woman’s mercury level during pregnancy is unlikely to have an adverse effect on the development of the child provided that the mother eats fish, according to a new University of Bristol-led study.

Neolithic Culinary Traditions Uncovered

A team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has uncovered intriguing new insights into the diet of people living in Neolithic Britain and found evidence that cereals, including wheat, were cooked in pots.

Boosting Physical Activity/Curbing Sitting Time Highly Likely to Lower Breast Cancer Risk

Boosting physical activity levels and curbing sitting time are highly likely to lower breast cancer risk, finds research designed to strengthen proof of causation.