by adam phillips | Dec 7, 2018 | Hot Off the Press
A new story for inner ear evolution based on the developmental patterning found in hagfish, one of two extant jawless vertebrates and a link to the last common ancestor of modern jawed vertebrates.
by adam phillips | Nov 13, 2018 | Hot Off the Press
Scientists discover that mutations causing the degenerative movement disorder spinocerebellar ataxia type 29 work by disrupting calcium release of neurons inside the brain.
by adam phillips | Nov 6, 2018 | Hot Off the Press
New genetic insights into the plant rehydration process: this is why your plants don’t die after you forgot to water them.
by adam phillips | Aug 31, 2018 | Featured, Research Highlight
Scientists designed transgenic plants that survive drought-like conditions by bumping up acetic acid production only when water is scarce.
by adam phillips | Jul 5, 2018 | Hot Off the Press
Scientists have discovered a gene that allows plants to cope with extreme heat by changing the composition of chloroplast membranes.
by adam phillips | Jun 28, 2018 | Hot Off the Press
Researchers discover a dopaminergic circuit in the brain that allows fear associations to disappear when there isn’t anything to be afraid of anymore.