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Washington, March 5 (ANI): A team of researchers has demonstrated for the first time the specific activity of the protein NEIL3, one of a group responsible for maintaining the integrity of DNA in humans and other mammals.
Since it was first identified about eight years ago, NEIL3 has been believed to be a basic DNA-maintenance enzyme [...]

Washington, Sep 11 (ANI): Scientists in the University of Leicester’s Department of Genetics have for the first time revealed that the male and female do truly communicate -at least at the fundamental genetic level.

The research counters scientific [...]

Patna, Sep 5 (ANI): Wildlife officials of Bihar rescued a rare pangolin from Patna on Friday.

A team of forest officials was rushed to the spot on hearing that a pangolin was spotted by villagers near the Bakhtiyarpur police station.

The pangolin was caged and brought to the Sanjay Gandhi Wildlife Centre where it was examined [...]

Washington, September 4 (ANI): A new study has determined that species living in restricted environments such as the tropics may lack adequate variation in their genes and be unable to adapt to climate change.

Adaptation is a physiological or behavioural change that makes an organism better suited to its environment, [...]

Washington, Aug 18 (ANI): Scientists from University of Pennsylvania have shed light on how lungs are developed in the body.

They have identified a tissue-repair-and-regeneration pathway in the human body, including wound healing that is essential for the early lung to develop properly.

The researchers have also discovered two molecules in this pathway, Wnt2 and Wnt2b [...]

Washington, July 14 (ANI): While cats are often seen as difficult pets when it comes to making them do something, they certainly know the trick to get humans at their service, according to a study.

The crafty cats send something of a mixed signal- an urgent cry or meowing sound embedded within an otherwise pleasant purr- [...]

London, July 9 (ANI): An anti-aging pill may just have come one step closer to reality, with researchers finding that a drug, commonly used in humans to prevent transplanted organs from being rejected, helps extend the expected lifespan of mice by up to 14 per cent.

The study was led by three different US institutions, namely [...]

London, July 2 (ANI): While salamanders are known for their ability to regenerate lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord, and even bits of lopped-off brain, scientists have now shown that humans too possess a [...]

Washington, June 30 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found evidence that the duck-billed dinosaurs – the Hadrosaurs – had a unique way of eating, unlike any living creature today.

Working with researchers from the Natural History Museum, the study uses a new approach to analyze the feeding mechanisms of dinosaurs and understand their place [...]

London, June 25 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have found out that evolution in animals is faster in regions with warmer climates, which could help explain why the warm topics are so species-rich.

According to a report by BBC News, researchers have found that among pairs of mammals of the same species, the DNA of [...]

Washington, June 23 (ANI): Researchers at Duke-NUS Graduate Medical School in Singapore have identified a tumour-suppressing protein in the brains of fruit flies, called PP2A (protein phosphatase 2A), which has a counterpart in mammals.

This work attains significance because [...]

Washington, May 15 (ANI): A new research has suggested that long-necked dinosaurs didn’t graze treetops, and were better off holding their necks horizontal, not upright.

According to a report in National Geographic News, lifting long necks at steep angles would have put intense pressure on sauropod hearts, requiring dramatic expenditures of energy to keep blood [...]

Washington, Apr 24 (ANI): Early birds may be chirpier in the morning, but it’s the night owls that score over them when it comes to being alert after waking up from sleep, concludes a new brain-scan study.

In the study, researchers monitored the brain activity of self-described early birds and night owls in a sleep lab.

Led [...]

Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Italian actress Isabella Rossellini has developed a rather saucy hobby-watching and filming animals having sex.

The ‘Death Becomes Her’ star has always had a keen interest in wildlife, but these days she is so smitten by animal mating that she spends hours capturing them in action on camera.

The actress has even made [...]

Sydney, April 1 (ANI): In a new research, a scientist has suggested that long-necked sauropod dinosaurs would had to have used far too much energy to hold their neck upright and browse tall trees.

Sauropods were about as heavy as a whale and had necks nearly five times the length of a giraffe’s.

The animals have [...]

Sydney, March 27 (ANI): Analyzing the venom of a platypus may help scientists design new pain killers in the future.

According to a report by ABC News, molecular biologist Camilla Whittington has been granted a Fulbright Scholarship to analyse the components of the venom, which can cause severe pain.

“Once we know which one causes [...]

Washington, Mar 10(ANI): A new study, led by Lobke Vaanholt (University of Groningen, The Netherlands), has cast significant doubt on the theory that a higher metabolism means a shorter lifespan.

In the study, the researchers found that mice with increased [...]

Manila – More than 100 dolphins were beached Tuesday in a northern Philippine town and at least three of them were already dead, a local official said.
The dolphins crowded the sea off Pilar town in Bataan province, 75 kilometres north-west of Manila, according to provincial Governor Enrique Garcia.
Garcia said fishermen in the area were [...]

Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): Politics, not aggression, is what small male chimpanzees use to secure the top position in their group, a new study has revealed.

In majority of mammals, the biggest and most aggressive male claims the alpha male role and gets his choice of food and females.

But the new study from the University [...]

Washington, Feb 3 (ANI): Politics, not aggression, is what small male chimpanzees use to secure the top position in their group, a new study has revealed.

In majority of mammals, the biggest and most aggressive male claims the alpha male role and gets his choice of food and females.

But the new study from the University [...]