Pharmaceutical pollution alters fish behavior
Environmental pollution by pharmaceuticals shown to alter the behavior of fish in natural populations causing ecological and evolutionary consequences.
Biology
Bat wing aerodynamics
Researchers find that bats employ many adjustments to find tune their wing aerodynamics.
Analysis of bat genomes provides insight on flight evolution
Flight adaptation in bats may have had an inadvertent negative effects on immune system function, and potentially also on life expectancy.
Analysis of pig genome provides insight to evolution
These researchers compared the genomes of wild and domestic pigs from around the globe. Turns out these nosy creatures have a lot of genes related to olfaction.
Corals cue fish to remove seaweeds
Corals use chemical signals to attract mutualistic fish that remove competing seaweeds that would otherwise hinder coral growth.
Visualization of important protein molecules
This paper uses total internal reflection microscopy (TIRF) to visualize single molecules of proteins that are important in decoding, copying, and rearranging DNA.
Influence of plate tectonics on subterranian evolution
This article describes how plate tectonics influenced the evolution of subterranean water crustaceans.
Magnetic beads help understand how cancer invades tissues
In this manuscript, the authors labeled cancer cells with magnetic beads and held them in place using a magnetic-pin array. This method may clarify how cancer cells invade tissues.
Protistan herbivory helps detoxify chlrophyll
Ever wonder how chlorophyll can be super-reactive but not destroy the things that eat it?
Coastal eutrophication driving salt marsh loss
Nutrient enrichment is shown to be a driver for salt marsh loss by decreasing below-ground plant mass and increasing rates of microbial decomposition.
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