Biología

El “Nacimiento Virginal” De Un Cocodrilo Es El Primero En Los Libros De Historia De La Ciencia

Imagen de un cocodrilo. Crédito: Ray Bilcliff/ PexelsHistóricamente se han contado historias de nacimientos vírgenes, que consisten en la producción de crías sin fertilización. Algunos ejemplos de estas historias son el nacimiento de Marte, un antiguo dios romano, Horus, un antiguo dios egipcio, y Qi, una personaje de la antigua mitología china, de los...

Tiburones Martillo, la Primera Especie de Peces que Mantiene la Respiración

La imagen ilustra a un tiburón martillo festoneado joven (Sphyrna lewini) en las proximidades de la superficie del océano, cerca de Hawai, con la boca y las branquias visiblemente abiertas. Crédito: Biosphoto/AlamyEl tiburón martillo gigante (Sphyrna lewini) ha adquirido una peculiar adaptación para conservar el calor corporal mientras caza en profundidades gélidas. Para potenciar...

Future Mars Housing May Be Built With Astronaut Blood and Urine

Credit: Evgeniyqw/Adobe StockA brand-new type of inexpensive real estate has been suggested for future Mars colonists. All the astronauts require to do is pay in blood.Scientists from the College of Manchester proposed-- we guarantee this is not the story of a 90s straight-to-VHS sci-fi horror movie-- as a means to considerably decrease the price...

The Warming Climate is Triggering Animals to ‘Shapeshift’

Environment change is not only human trouble; pets have to adjust to it too. Some "warm-blooded" pets are shapeshifti and getting more giant beaks, legs, and ears to manage their body temperatures better as the planet obtains hotter. Bird scientist Sara Ryding of Deakin College in Australia explains these modifications in a review released...

Sex, Age, and Genetics Impact Brain Alignment.

Brain's Structural and Functional Alignment Can Differ with Sex, Age and Maybe Genetic, Research SuggestsThe degree to which the brain's wiring aligns with its patterns of task can differ with sex and age, as well as may be hereditary, recommends research published by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators. The study finds that this placement might...

Tiger Coastline Study Discloses Tiger Sharks Have Social Preferences for One Another

Researchers at the University of Miami Rosenstiel College of Marine and Atmospheric Science (UM) and the Institute of Zoology at the Zoological Society London (ZSL) discovered that tiger sharks often thought about a particular nomadic species, are social animals, having preferences for each other.A first of its kind, the study additionally evaluated if exposure...

Scientists Create a QIBA Profile for Cartilage Compositional Imaging

Brand-new suggestions will assist offer more dependable, reproducible outcomes for MRI-based measurements of cartilage material degeneration in the knee, helping to reduce disease and stop progression to permanent osteoarthritis, according to an exceptional record released in the journal Radiology.Osteoarthritis is the most common type of joint inflammation, with a prevalence of greater than 33%...

Russian Scientists Investigate the Immune Response to COVID

Russian Scientists Investigate the Immune Response to COVID Variations (Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Trace, Kappa and Lambda)The continuing development of new SARS-CoV-2 anomalies allows the virus to spread more effectively and also avert antibodies. Nevertheless, it is unclear whether brand-new strains can escape T-cell immunity - one of the body's...

Antibodies Shield Against Alphaviruses

Scientists Identify Antibodies that Might Safeguard Against AlphavirusesScientists at Washington College Institution of Medication in St. Louis have determined two antibodies that protect animals from disease brought on by alphaviruses. The antibodies helped every alphavirus checked, suggesting they possibly can create the basis of treatments or serve as a theme for universal vaccination.Rising Concerns:...

CRISPR-Based DNA Tech: Game-Changer in Diagnostics

Lead author, Karl Barber with a PICASSO microarray. Credit: Karl Barber, Schmidt Science FellowsNew DNA Modern Technology Based on CRISPR Can Reinvent Medical DiagnosticsResearchers have repurposed the genetic modification innovation CRISPR to identify antibodies in-person blood examples in an action that can influence a new class of medical diagnostics along with a host of...